Posted on December 21, 2021
Ficus trees are an essential source of food in forests because they produce fruit year-round. However, South African forests have been fragmented into tiny pieces since before the ice ages.
Posted on November 16, 2021
Clarivate has recognised UP researchers Profs Rangan Gupta and Mike Wingfield as Highly Cited Researchers 2021, as demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1%.
Posted on November 15, 2021
Prof Zander Myburg of UP’s Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute is part of an international team that will embark on a large-scale genome sequencing of 2 000 eucalyptus trees.
Posted on November 02, 2021
Professor Michael Bruford, an extraordinary professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) at the University of Pretoria (UP), recently received his A2-rating from the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Posted on October 28, 2021
Hardy cyanobacteria in the Namib Desert rely on rock shelters and opportunistic water consumption to safely carry out photosynthesis and survive.
Posted on September 28, 2021
Respect for all is crucial to make the world a better place, Dr Pedro Lebre from the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology.
Posted on August 31, 2021
Women's Month: Focus on Prof Sanushka Naidoo
Posted on August 20, 2021
Prof Thulani Makhalanyane and Prof Emma Archer say that life found only in Africa, from invisibly tiny microbes to huge mammal herds and our kaleidoscope of plants can give us medicines, technologies and ways to manage climate change.
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