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Dr Gerrit Koorsen

Senior Lecturer
Name: Gerrit Koorsen
Location: C2 Lab 420 Auckland Park Kingsway Campus
Biochemistry Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: +27 (0) 11 559​ 2821

Email: gkoorsen@uj.ac.za

About Dr Gerrit Koorsen

Dr. Koorsen’s research interests span several key areas: Computational Biology, Drug Discovery, and Educational Technology.  Of particular interest is the intersection between high-throughput biological data analysis and machine learning techniques, aiming to uncover new biological insights with potential applications in agriculture, biotechnology and medicine. In the educational sphere, Dr. Koorsen is passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create more engaging and effective learning environments in higher education.

Links

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=axSMwxMAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5159-1806

Recent Publications:

  1. Mulaudzi, P. E., Koorsen, G., Mwaba, I., Mahomed, N. B., & Allie, F. (2023). The identification of the methylation patterns of tomato curly stunt virus in resistant and susceptible tomato lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1135442.
  2. Du Toit, D., & Koorsen, G. (2022). How useful is post‐graduate education in biochemistry for entry into the South African labour market? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 50(4), 354-359.
  3. Schnetler, R., Fanucchi, S., Moldoveanu, T., & Koorsen, G. (2020). Linker histone H1.2 directly activates BAK through the K/RVVKP motif on the C-terminal domain. Biochemistry, 59(36), 3332-3346.
  4. de Wit, H., Vallet, A., Brutscher, B., du Preez, L., & Koorsen, G. (2020). Raw nuclear magnetic resonance data of human linker histone H1x, lacking the C-terminal domain (NGH1x), and trajectory data of nanosecond molecular dynamics simulations of GH1x-and NGH1x-chromatosomes. Data in Brief, 31, 105865.
  5. de Wit, H., & Koorsen, G. (2020). Docking data of selected human linker histone variants to the nucleosome. Data in Brief, 30, 105580.
  6. de Wit, H., Vallet, A., Brutscher, B., & Koorsen, G. (2019). NMR assignments of human linker histone H1x N-terminal domain and globular domain in the presence and absence of perchlorate. Biomolecular NMR Assignments, 13, 249-254.
  7. Moloto, K. W., Frylinck, L., Pitse, T., Strydom, P. E., & Koorsen, G. (2017). Degradation of Myosin Light Chain During Post Mortem Ageing Is Associated with Meat Tenderness in Nguni, Bonsmara, Brahman and Charolais. In 63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (pp. 860-861).
  8. Makola, M. M., Dubery, I. A., Koorsen, G., Steenkamp, P. A., Kabanda, M. M., Du Preez, L. L., & Madala, N. E. (2016). The Effect of Geometrical Isomerism of 3, 5‐Dicaffeoylquinic Acid on Its Binding Affinity to HIV‐Integrase Enzyme: A Molecular Docking Study. Evidence‐Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016, 4138263.