With an outstanding scientific career in the field of Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Dr. Deborah Morris-Rosendahl has devoted herself to the analysis and diagnosis of specific pathologies. Based on her excellent results and prestige, she has taken on professional challenges such as directing the NHS South East Genomic Laboratory Hub in London.

The research of this world-class expert has focused on the identification of novel disease-causing genes for both single-gene disorders and complex neuropsychiatric conditions. Her particular interest in neuroevolutionary processes has led her to determine genotype-phenotype associations, various cortical developmental conditions, and to refine genotype-phenotype correlations for Lissencephaly, Primary Microcephaly and Microcephaly Syndromes.

She has also turned her attention to inherited cardiac and respiratory conditions, areas in which her laboratory is charged with specialized testing. On the other hand, her team has been dedicated to designing cutting-edge methodologies to offer innovative genomic diagnostics, consolidating her reputation as a leader in this field globally.

Dr. Morris-Rosendahl began her education in science at the University of Cape Town, where she obtained an honors degree in Zoology. To continue her studies, she joined the Mammalian Research Institute at the University of Pretoria. With the advent of recombinant DNA technology, she immediately redirected her efforts to Human Genetics, completing her PhD in that field at the South African Institute of Medical Research and the University of the Witwatersrand.

However, she has carried out postdoctoral research in South Africa, the United States and Germany. In Germany, she became Director of the Diagnostic Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Freiburg. Recently, she has been collaborating with several multidisciplinary teams in the UK.

• Scientific Director of the NHSE South East Genomic Laboratory Hub, London, UK
• Asmarley Principal Investigator in the Molecular Genetics and Genomics Group at the British Heart and Lung Institute
• Scientific Director, Genomic Innovation Unit, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Head of Clinical Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Clinical Group, UK
• Head of the Molecular Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory at the Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
• Research Fellow at the Institute of Mammalian Research, University of Pretoria
• Postdoctoral Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States
• Postdoctoral stay awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
• Doctorate in Human Genetics at the South African Institute of Medical Research and the University of the Witwatersrand 
• B.Sc. in Zoology at the University of Cape Town
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