Louis Le Clercq is a Molecular Biologist, who completed a Bachelors of Science (BSc) degree majoring in Medical Sciences at the University of Pretoria. This afforded him theoretical and practical training in diverse fields such as applied cellular biology, embryology, histology and histological techniques, genetics, hematology and immunology. Upon graduation, Louis Le Clercq completed a BSc Honours degree, based on intensified theoretical and practical training, alongside a mini research project which largely focused on cell culture in vitro experimentation to analyse nuclear transcription factors in macrophages. He then elected to continue his training with a research and dissertation based Masters of Science (MSc) degree as further, post-graduate specialization. During this period he worked mostly on the full genome of a dsDNA virus, as well as some gene specific work, using novel Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) platforms. After graduation Le Clercq opted to do a post-graduate internship, administered by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and National Research Foundation (NRF), where he was placed within the Molecular Genetics research facilities of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Le Clercq was an enrolled candidate of the postgraduate development program, performing thesis research towards the conferment of the PhD degree in Genetics (2023), from the University of the Free State, with a focus on genetic and epigenetic footprints that correlate to behavior and aging. He is currently seeking post-doctoral research at a national or internationally accredited institution in one of many fields of interest.
