NATHouse scooped up more than a handful of awards

Posted on October 25, 2019

Not only did NATHouse win six awards at the annual Day and Faculty House Awards Ceremony hosted by the Division of Student Development (DSD) recently, but their Faculty Guardian, Dr Quenton Kritzinger, was also awarded as the Faculty Guardian of the Year. He also received this award in 2017.

UP STARS Mentorship Awards - Meshack Kekana

Posted on October 15, 2019

On Thursday 10 October 2019, Meshack Kekana, from the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, was recognized by the UP STARS Mentorship programme as one of the NAS mentors who have made a great impact on the lives of the first-year BSc students.

Meshack Kekana our Top 100 candidate

Posted on October 02, 2019

Meshack Kekana, a postgraduate student at the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology was selected as one of the Top 100 most employable graduates for 2019 by GradStar.

Prof Barend Erasmus appointed as new Dean for NAS

Posted on October 02, 2019

Professor Barend Erasmus has been appointed as the Dean in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP) from 1 October 2019.

UP academics clinch seven prestigious NRF Awards for contribution to knowledge production

Posted on September 13, 2019

Seven UP academics received prestigious awards from the National Research Foundation (NRF) on Thursday, 12 September 2019, for their contribution to knowledge creation and dissemination.

UP's Prof Myburg receives International Forest Biotechnologist of the Year Award

Posted on August 02, 2019

Prof Zander Myburg, Director of the Forest Molecular Genetics Programme in the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute at the University of Pretoria, recently received the prestigious Biotechnologist of the Year Award from the Institute of Forest Biosciences.

UP's Dr Jandeli Niemand wins international prize for malaria research poster

Posted on August 02, 2019

Dr Jandeli Niemand from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP) has won a prize for her poster entitled: “The use of phenomics to generate mode of action fingerprints of antiplasmodial...

UP Microbiology PhD student wins international prize

Posted on July 22, 2019

A UP PhD student in microbiology, Itumeleng Baloyi, was recently awarded the first prize for the best poster presentation at the Phytochemical Society of Europe and Young Scientist Meeting 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.