Conceptual signal · not research data
Research in progress
Long-read DNA methylation in early-onset ALS
Exploring whether long-read sequencing can help characterise methylation patterns in genetically unresolved cases.
Waheed Amanjee · Cape Town · 2026
Between what is possible and what is accessible.
Clinician-scientist-entrepreneur in training. I work between the clinic and the codebase, the laboratory and the institution.
03 / 06
Systems that turn intention into access.
Scroll to resolve the field
A working proposition
I build where care, discovery, access and capacity meet.
The projects differ. The concern stays constant: closing the distance between scientific possibility and who gets to benefit from it.
Four fields · One system
The work changes scale,
not purpose.
01 / 04
Care
Clinical perspective shaping research and systems work.
Current coordinates · July 2026
What has my attention now.
Field Notes · Ideas in public
A margin for unfinished thought.
Scientific explainers, systems questions and reflections from work in progress.
When epigenetic clocks cross populations
A model can measure biology and still fail the population where it is used.
Enter the note01 Why genomic medicine in Africa cannot simply be imported
02 Research opportunity is a health-equity issue
03 Leadership as stewardship
Start a conversation
Bring a specific question.
Or a difficult problem.
The most useful conversations usually begin with an idea worth building carefully.
Write to WaheedPrototype contact address · replace before launch