Drug design and development https://news.nwu.ac.za/ en Jacques Petzer https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/jacques-petzer <span>Jacques Petzer</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/32504" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">BELINDA BANTHAM</span></span> <span>Tue, 10/23/2018 - 11:57</span> <div class="field field--name-field-field-of-expertise field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1928" hreflang="en">Drug design and development</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-person-s-title field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof</div> <div class="field field--name-field-job-title field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item">Research Professor</div> <div class="field field--name-field-name-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Jacques</div> <div class="field field--name-field-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Petzer</div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-from field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts from</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1309" hreflang="en">School of Pharmacy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong><em>Jacobus Petrus Petzer, BPharm, MSc, PhD (NWU)</em></strong> is a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the NWU.  He has extensive experience in medicinal chemistry and drug design.  His research interest is the rational design of drugs that block the function of the monoamine oxidase enzymes.  He has supervised numerous postgraduate students and has published several papers in peer-reviewed international journals.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-visit-fsd field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Visit</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1431" hreflang="en">Faculty of Health Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-physical-address field--type-text-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Physical Address</div> <div class="field--item"><p>Gebou G16 Kamer 228 / Building G16 Room 228<br />             Potchefstroom Kampus / Potchefstroom Campus</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-telephone-number field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Telephone Number</div> <div class="field--item">+27(18) 299 2206</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-e-mail-main field--type-email field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">E-mail</div> <div class="field--item">jacques.petzer@nwu.ac.za</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img src="/sites/news.nwu.ac.za/files/files/experts/jp.jpg" width="609" height="786" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-photo-caption field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof JP Petzer</div> Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:57:00 +0000 BELINDA BANTHAM 24265 at https://news.nwu.ac.za Gisella Terre’Blanche https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/gisella-terre%25E2%2580%2599blanche <span>Gisella Terre’Blanche</span> <span><span lang="" about="/user/32504" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">BELINDA BANTHAM</span></span> <span>Mon, 10/22/2018 - 14:12</span> <div class="field field--name-field-field-of-expertise field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1928" hreflang="en">Drug design and development</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-person-s-title field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof</div> <div class="field field--name-field-job-title field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--item">Professor</div> <div class="field field--name-field-name-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Gisella </div> <div class="field field--name-field-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Terre’Blanche</div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-from field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts from</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1305" hreflang="en">Faculty of Health Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>My research involves chemical synthesis, radioligand binding studies, animal behavioural studies and adenosine antagonist drug design for central nervous system diseases such as Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s disease.</p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-physical-address field--type-text-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Physical Address</div> <div class="field--item"><p>Potchefstroom campus, Building G23, office 324</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-telephone-number field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Telephone Number</div> <div class="field--item">018 299 2264</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-cellphone field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Cellphone Number</div> <div class="field--item">0834467236</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-e-mail-main field--type-email field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">E-mail</div> <div class="field--item">Gisella.TerreBlanche@nwu.ac.za</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img src="/sites/news.nwu.ac.za/files/files/experts/Gisella%20TerreBlanche%20foto.png" width="300" height="343" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-photo-caption field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof Gisella Terre’Blanche</div> Mon, 22 Oct 2018 12:12:15 +0000 BELINDA BANTHAM 24258 at https://news.nwu.ac.za Douglas Oliver https://news.nwu.ac.za/experts/douglas-oliver <span>Douglas Oliver</span> <span><span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Anonymous</span></span> <span>Wed, 07/27/2016 - 13:39</span> <div class="field field--name-field-field-of-expertise field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1928" hreflang="en">Drug design and development</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1926" hreflang="en">Pharmacodynamics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-person-s-title field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof</div> <div class="field field--name-field-name-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Douglas</div> <div class="field field--name-field-surname field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Olivier</div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-from field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts from</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1309" hreflang="en">School of Pharmacy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><strong>Douglas William Oliver</strong>, (South African citizen) was born on 29th March 1954 (one of an identical twin) in Johannesburg, South Africa. He enrolled as a pharmacy student at the North-West University (former Potchefstroom University for CHE) in 1973 after his matric (Randburgse Hoërskool, 1971) and military training in Oudsthoorn (1972). He is pharmacist registered with the South Africa Pharmacy Council and has served in more than 50 pharmacies in South Africa and Namibia. He specialized through obtaining <strong>two doctoral degrees, one in Pharmacology and one in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry </strong>in the fields of <em>in vivo </em>cerebral perfusion pharmacology and in drug discovery, respectively. He was a frequent marathon and Comrades runner, sky diver, and bungee jumper. He is currently an advanced scuba diver and a keen underwater photographer.</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-other-experts-in field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Other experts in</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1602" hreflang="en">Pharmaceutics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-url-google-scholar field--type-link field--label-hidden field--item"><a href="https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=BCk0EuYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao">Google Scholar</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-visit-fsd field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Visit</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1539" hreflang="en">School of Pharmacy</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-visit-f field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Visit</div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1999" hreflang="en">Health Sciences</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-physical-address field--type-text-long field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Physical Address</div> <div class="field--item"><p>Physical Address:  </p> <p>Building G23<br /> Potchefstroom Campus</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-telephone-number field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Telephone Number</div> <div class="field--item">+27(18) 299 2270</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-fax field--type-string field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Fax</div> <div class="field--item">+27(87) 231 5432</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-e-mail-main field--type-email field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">E-mail</div> <div class="field--item">douglas.oliver@nwu.ac.za</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img src="/sites/news.nwu.ac.za/files/files/experts/D.%20OLIVIER_1.jpg" width="606" height="909" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-photo-caption field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Prof. Douglas Olivier</div> Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:39:40 +0000 Anonymous 22216 at https://news.nwu.ac.za