BGM Research Focus Areas

The main research focus areas of the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology are divided into the following themes:

Biodiversity		Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG) Chair in Fungal Genomics Evolution of Interactions Forest and Molecular Genetics Molecular Ecology & Evolution (MEEP) Phytobacteriology Plant Virology Tree Protection and Co-Operative Programme
BioEconomy		Avocado Research Programme Bacterial Genomics and Host Pathogen Interactions DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) Eucalyptus and Pine Pathogen Interactions Forest Molecular Genetics Macadamia Protection Programme Tree Protection and Co-Operative Programme
Human and Animal Health		Animal Virology Biotherapeutics Breeding Goals for Animal Improvement Cancer Genetics Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Complementary and Alternative medicines (CAM) Epidemiology of Parasitic Nematodes Facial Morphology Research Food Microbiology HIV Research Human Genetics Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory (M2PL) Molecular Virology of Orbivirus Probiotics and Food Technology Structural Biology Ticks & Tick-Borne Diseases Tuberculosis Research
Research Chairs Principal Investigators

BGM Seminars, BGM PhD Defenses, and other events

Historic:

BGM Research Day - November 2020
BGM Research Symposium - October 2019

BGM Research Symposium - December 2018

BGM Researcher Day - February 2018

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