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Mr JA Molefi are studying, respectively: (i)metallocene, alkyl and aryl carboxylate metalcomplexes; (ii) silver and Rhodium nanomaterialsfor catalysis; (iii) Nano-Phospor applications ininfrastructure; and (iv) phase change conductingmaterials from polyethylene, paraffin waxes andcopper. MSc studies include (v) thermal, mechanicaland morphological properties of poly chloro prenenanocomposites (Mr SM Mohomane); (vi) copperbased nanomaterials for catalysis (Mr M Muller);and (vii) sol-gel synthesis and luminescent propertiesof SiO 2:ZnS:Mn phos phor (Ms MM Biggs).Cluster 6: AdvancedBiomolecular ResearchThis Cluster is driven to help improve the quality oflife of humans and is a multi disci pli nary groupingwith significant research ex per tise in molecular lifesciences, bioinformatics, proteomics, genomics,mathematical sciences and statistical mathematics.Cluster activities are supported by several stateof-the-artcore facilities, including a facility forGenomics and Proteomics where the genetic orprotein complement is studied at an organismiclevel. The Cluster is also backed by a BioinformaticsNode, which allows the storage and analysis ofextremely large experimental data sets withpowerful computers. These types of analyses allowus to identify genetic pathways that are switchedon in response to viral infection, discover proteinsand modifications of proteins that are involved inprolonging lifespan, identify components inCluster Coordinator: Prof Hugh Patterton, Department ofMicrobial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology.indigenous plants that can be used in the treatmentof human disease, and design synthetic enzymesthat can be used to make drugs more efficientlyand cheaply.Focus Areas1. High throughput biologyThis area focuses on the microarray analysis of theexpression of all genes in an organism, the two-40