Dr. Sanele Khoza is a Scientist at the South African Medical Research Council Primate Unit and Delft Animal Centre (SAMRC/PUDAC). She joined SAMRC/PUDAC as a National Research Foundation (NRF) intern in the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, where she developed a strong interest in animal genetics and the use of non-human primates (NHPs) as valuable research models. She subsequently registered for an MSc in Genetics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Life Sciences. During the second year of her MSc and throughout her Ph.D. studies, Dr. Khoza was awarded the RCD Internship Programme through SAMRC/PUDAC. Throughout her training, she has gained extensive experience in molecular genetics techniques, animal data analysis, and the use of bioinformatics software as well as cheminformatics models.