Posted on June 08, 2021
NAS Featured scientist Prof Thulani Makhalanyane - Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology and Deputy Director: Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics
Posted on May 21, 2021
NAS Featured scientist, Prof Michael Bruford - Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Posted on May 04, 2021
Scarce skills in Natural and Agricultural Sciences A researcher who focuses on facial morphology and developing non-invasive diagnostic tools for a variety of conditions: Prof Vinet Coetzee (Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology)
Posted on April 25, 2021
Featuring a scientist in Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS): Prof Lyn-Marie Birkholtz (Professor in Biochemistry and Director of the DST/NRF South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Sustainable Malaria Control. She also leads the Parasite Cluster in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria...
Posted on March 24, 2021
NAS Featured scientist: Prof Jan Verschoor (Research Leader: Tuberculosis Research Group in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology)
Posted on March 21, 2021
In celebration of Human Rights Day today (21 March), we asked a few staff members from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) to share their views on human rights.
Posted on March 08, 2021
Feature a scientist in Natural and Agricultural Sciences: Prof Lucy Moleleki - Associate Professor in Microbiology in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
Posted on February 17, 2021
Meet Dr Jarishma K Gokul, Lecturer and Microbiome Group Leader in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences who was appointed in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in January 2021.
Posted on January 29, 2021
Dr Samkelo Malgas started his career at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) on 1 December 2020.
Posted on January 11, 2021
The discovery involves the identification of unique compounds that are able to kill several stages of the malaria-causing parasite and can block the transmission of the parasite between humans and mosquitoes.
Posted on November 13, 2020
As celebration of the research conducted during 2020, the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology hosted a research day on 12 November. A selection of talks were presented by postgraduate students and research staff.
Posted on November 12, 2020
UP dominated this year’s Absa Gradstar Top 100 with 19 students making it onto the list, the most from any other institution.
Posted on October 20, 2020
Dr Riaan Rifkin, a Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria (UP), was honoured with a profile in a recent edition of National Geographic Society for his work on tracing the DNA of ancient human diseases.
Posted on October 15, 2020
Prof Sanushka Naidoo appointed as new Head of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
Posted on October 08, 2020
The Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology is excited by the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry being awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier (France/Germany) and Jennifer Doudna (USA) for their discovery of a bacterial immune system that allows DNA of living cells to be...
Posted on September 26, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) is part of a consortium that has been awarded €11 million (about R 216 million) to study the microbiomes in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Posted on September 23, 2020
The University of Pretoria's (UP) first Community of Practice (CoP) focusing on eliminating malaria, hosted in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC), has been renewed for a second round of funding. Through the CoP initiative, the National Research Foundation (NRF) provides...
Posted on September 20, 2020
UP’s Professor Thulani Makhalanyane is part of an international team of scientists that has mapped the microbiomes of public parks worldwide for the first time, and he hopes park managers will take note of the results.
Posted on July 15, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) alumnus Daniel Ndima and business partner Dineo Lioma have developed a ground-breaking COVID-19 test kit that will provide results in just over an hour. The CapeBio-SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Kit boasts improved efficiency, sensitivity and specificity.
Posted on July 15, 2020
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni, Project Manager at Future Africa, an institute based at the University of Pretoria (UP), has made history by becoming the first-ever alumnus of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) to be appointed as a Trustee of the Foundation.
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