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Professor Tulio de Oliveira’s journey

Bio-informatics

Professor Tulio de Oliveira became a household name and face during the global pandemic when he was the first to detect the Beta variant and Omnicron variant, placing South Africa on the map.

De Oliviera, a professor of bioinformatics, said he was just 6 when his mother noticed he was gifted.

He had humble

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