University of South Africa
Tobias_M_Ntuli@yahoo.co.uk
Department of Life and Consumer
Sciences
Phone: +27 72 455 5546
Mobile: +27 82 510 0529
Corner of Christiaan De Wet and
Pioneer Avenue
Florida 1710
Fax: +27 31 260 1195
Website:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tobias_Ntuli/
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Tobias M. Ntuli, Doctor of Philosophy in Cell Biology
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tobias_Ntuli
Education
Jan 1992 – Dec 2003
Scool of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science Honours, Master of Science and Doctor
of Philosophy, Cell Biology
Durban, South Africa
Jan 1986 – Dec 1989
University of Cape Town
MBChB and BSc, Medicine and Surgery and Science
Cape Town, South Africa
Thesis
Research Experience
Jan 2010 – present
PostDoc Position
University of South Africa, Life and Consumer Sciences
Pretoria, South Africa
Studying interactions of (protein) kinases with ligands using the thermal
shift/stability assay
Jul 2007 – Dec 2009
PostDoc Position
South African Medical Research Council, Indigenous Knowledge Ssystems of
Health Research Unit
Cape Town, South Africa
Using high pressure liquid chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
and other techniques to study molecular mechanisms of drug resistance reversal
in the malaria parasite
Jan 2007 – Jun 2007
Lecturer
Mangosuthu University of Technology, Department of Nature Conservation
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Jul 2006 – Dec 2006
PostDoc Position
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Seed Science Section
Mengla, China
Studying the role of apoptosis in desiccation-sensitivity
Jul 2006 – Dec 2006
PostDoc Position
,
Beijing, China
Ascertaining the involvement of apoptosis in desiccation sensitivty in seeds
Jul 2005 – Jun 2006
PostDoc Position
University of the Witwatersrand, Molecualr and Cell Biology
Johannesburg, South Africa
Comparing protein profiles of fruit fly embryos with those treated with
camphtothecin
Jan 2004 – Jun 2005
PostDoc Position
University of Cape Town, Molecular and Cell Biology
Cape Town, South Africa
Comparing protein profiles of treated and untreated tissues
Jan 1994 – Dec 2003
Honours, Masters and Doctoral Candidate
University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Life Sciences
Durban, South Africa
Postgraduate - honors, masters and doctoral - candidate
Statistics
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Awards & Grants
Jan 2010
Scholarship: University of South Africa Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jul 2007
Scholarship: Department of Science and Technology/Medical Research Council
Postdoctaral Fellowship
Jul 2006
Scholarship: Chinese Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jul 2005
Scholarship: Department of Science and Technology Innovation Postdoctoral
Fellowship
Jan 2004
Scholarship: National Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Oct 1999
Award: Foundation for Research Develpment/British Council Doctoral
Candidates Exchange Programme
Jan 1998
Award: Phillips/Microscopy Society of Southern Africa Best Paper Prize
Jan 1998
Scholarship: Foundation for Rsearch Development Prestigious Doctoral
Scholarship
Jan 1987
Scholarship: Kelloggs Foundation
Jan 1986
Scholarship: Standard Bank Entrance
Skills & Activities
Skills
PCR, Desiccation, Dehydration, Immunoprecipitation, Agarose Gel
Electrophoresis, Protein Assays, Lipid Analysis, DNA Isolation, DNA
Quantification, ELISA, Column Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography ,
Paper Chromatography, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ,
Spectrophotometry, Differential Centrifugation, High-Performance Liquid
Chromatography, Tissue Culture, Protein Extraction, 2D Gel Electrophoresis,
Molecular Cloning, Western Blot, Dialysis, Ultrafiltration, Thrombin Time, NMR
Spectroscopy, Molecular Modeling, Freeze Drying, Statistical Analysis,
Northern Blot, Gas Chromatography , High Resolution Scanning Electron
Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Thermal Shift Assay,
Biochemical Assays, Antioxidant Assays, SDS-PAGE, Cell Culture,
Electrophoresis, Gel Electrophoresis, Drying, Cloning, Freeze-Fracture Electron
Microscopy, Protein Kinase Inhibitors Assays, Thermal Stability Assay, Lipid
Phase Trasitions Analysis, Lipid peroxidation assay, MalonylDiAldehyde
(MDA) Assay, DNA Extraction, Writing
Languages
Scientific Memberships
Interests
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Swati, Xhosa, Zulu
South African Association of Botanists
South African Society for Biochemists and Molecular Biologists
Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of South Africa
International
Sport - cricket, rugby, soccer and tennis - and politics - economical,
philosophical and social policy
Publication Highlights
Tobias Ntuli, Patricia Berjak, Norman W. Pammenter: Tissue diversity in respiratory metabolism and free
radical processes in embryonic axes of the white mangrove (Avicennia marina L.) during drying and wet
storage. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 01/2014;
Tobias M Ntuli, Norman W Pammenter, Patricia Berjak: Increasing the rate of drying reduces metabolic
imbalance, lipid peroxidation and critical water content in radicles of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.)..
Biological research 06/2013; 46(2):121-30.
Tobias M. Ntuli: Aspects of the influence of the rate of drying and wet storage on the physiology and biochemistry
of excised embryonic axes from desiccation-sensitive seeds. edited by Tobias M. Ntuli, 01/2012; Lambert
Academic Publishing.
Tobias M. Ntuli: Drought and Desiccation Tolerance and Sensitivity in Plants. Botany, 03/2012; , ISBN: 978953-51-0355-4
Tobias M Ntuli, William E Finch-Savage, Patricia Berjak, Norman W Pammenter: Increased drying rate
lowers the critical water content for survival in embryonic axes of English oak (Quercus robur L.) seeds.
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 12/2010; 53(4):270-80.
Books
Tobias M. Ntuli: Aspects of the influence of the rate of drying and wet storage on the physiology and biochemistry
of excised embryonic axes from desiccation-sensitive seeds. edited by Tobias M. Ntuli, 01/2012; Lambert
Academic Publishing.
Book Chapters
Tobias M. Ntuli: Drought and Desiccation Tolerance and Sensitivity in Plants. 03/2012; , ISBN: 978-953-510355-4
Journal Publications
Tobias Ntuli, Patricia Berjak, Norman W. Pammenter: Tissue diversity in respiratory metabolism and free
radical processes in embryonic axes of the white mangrove (Avicennia marina L.) during drying and wet
storage. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 01/2014;
MN Helaly, H El-Hosieny, TM Ntuli, NI Elsheery: In vitro studies on regeneration and transformation of some
pomegranate genotypes. Australian Journal of Crop Science 01/2014;
Tobias M Ntuli, Norman W Pammenter, Patricia Berjak: Increasing the rate of drying reduces metabolic
imbalance, lipid peroxidation and critical water content in radicles of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.)..
Biological research 06/2013; 46(2):121-30.
Tobias M Ntuli, William E Finch-Savage, Patricia Berjak, Norman W Pammenter: Increased drying rate
lowers the critical water content for survival in embryonic axes of English oak (Quercus robur L.) seeds.
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 12/2010; 53(4):270-80.
Tobias M Ntuli, Norman W Pammenter: Dehydration kinetics of embryonic axes from desiccation-sensitive
seeds: an assessment of descriptive models. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 11/2009; 51(11):1002-7.
Tobias M. Ntuli: Some effects of drying rate and wet storage on aspects of the physiology and biochemistry of
embryonic axes from desiccation-sensitive seeds. Doctoral Thesis. 12/2003;
Song-Quan Song, Patricia Berjak, Norman W. Pammenter, Tobias M. Ntuli, Jia-Rui Fu: Seed recacitrance: a
current assessment. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 06/2003; 45(6):638-643.
Tobias M. Ntuli, Patricia Berjak, Norman W. Pammenter, Michael T. Smith: Effects of temperature on the
desiccation responses of seeds of Zizania palustris. Seed Science Research 05/1997; 7(02):145 - 160.
Tobias M. Ntuli: Aspects of the influence of temperature on the desiccation responses of seeds of Zizania palustris
(Wild rice). Master's Thesis. 12/1996;
Tobias M. Ntuli: An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in the Greater-Durban area. Honour's
Dissertation and Scientific Report. 12/1994;
Patents
Conference Proceedings
Tobias M. Ntuli, Norman W. Pammenter: Desiccation kinetics of embryonic axes from desiccation-sensitive
seeds: an assessment of two models. EPS Montreal International Forum: Emerging Trends in Higher
Education; 12/2011
Tobias M. Ntuli, Gilbert M. Matsabisa: [techrep.title].
Ricardo Antunnes, Rodney Hull, Tobias M. Ntuli, Monde M. Ntwasa: Characterisation of the ubiquitin-like
protein SNAMA in Drosophila melanogaster. Third International Conference on Ubiquitin, Ubiquitinlike Proteins and Cancer; 01/2006
Monde Ntwasa, Carlos Arnot, Rodney Hull, Tobias M. Ntuli: [techrep.title].
Tobias M. Ntuli, Patricia Berjak, Norman W. Pammenter, Michael T. Smith: Effects of temperature of drying
on the membrane structure of seeds of Zizania palustris. Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the
Microscopy Society of Southern Africa; 12/1997
Tobias M. Ntuli, Patricia Berjak, Norman W. Pammenter, Michael T. Smith: [techrep.title].
Tobias M. Ntuli, John A. Cooke: An investigation of the herbal medicine trade in the Greater-Durban area.
Twenty-Second Annual Congress of the South African Association of Botanists; 01/1995