Posted on October 17, 2022
The risk of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) for human societies is real: outbreaks of avian influenza, SARS- and, MERS-CoV, Ebola viruses or yet the newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 are the most well-known recent examples of EIDs which emerged locally with a subsequent large scale geographical spread...
Posted on June 09, 2022
Earlier this month, the National Science and Technology Forum announced the finalists for this year’s NSTF-South32 Awards. UP congratulates and celebrates nine of our own researchers who have been nominated!
Posted on May 15, 2022
Delegates from 12 countries recently gathered at the Future Africa Institute at UP to share knowledge that will assist in planning not only for future emerging diseases but also current neglected diseases. The workshop was hosted by the Southern Africa Bat Research Network, led by UP’s Prof...
Posted on April 17, 2022
University of Pretoria researchers Dr Mariëtte Pretorius and Professor Wanda Markotter have published a study which shows that land around important bat-inhabited caves are changing and that natural habitats are being destroyed.
Posted on April 01, 2022
The One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) has released its annual report for 2021. The University of Pretoria's Prof Wanda Markotter is a co-chair of this panel which was launched in May 2021 by theTripartite (FAO, OIE, and WHO) and UNEP. This report summarizes the activities and results...
Posted on March 01, 2022
The Biosurveillance and Ecology of Emerging Zoonoses research group has several exciting research opportunities in 2022 for motivated and hardworking students seeking to complete Masters or Doctoral degrees in Medical Virology with a focus on zoonotic pathogens.
Posted on February 22, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on zoonoses and human interactions with wildlife-especially bats. As people generally know very little about zoonoses and bats, it has become imperative to communicate factual information amidst misleading false news. As a research group concerned with...
Posted on January 18, 2022
A team of UP scientists has published the only study from Africa that entailed genomic One Health investigations to reveal that Delta variants of COVID-19 were transmitted from humans to animals.
Posted on January 07, 2022
The closing date for the Future Africa Research Leader Fellowship (FAR-LEAF) has been adjusted.
Posted on December 18, 2021
Research at UP is looking at how tree harvesting is causing the destruction of natural habitat, bringing wild animals like bats into closer contact with humans than ever before and leading to increased risk of new zoonotic diseases.
Posted on December 02, 2021
Caves are overlooked but essential parts of the natural world. Many animals use caves for shelter and for raising their young – bats among them. Caves are often home to multiple bat species. Bats may also use different caves for specific reasons; some travel to particular selected caves,...
Posted on November 26, 2021
UP’s Prof Marietjie Venter has been selected to chair the international scientific advisory team appointed by the WHO to probe the origins of novel pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Posted on November 04, 2021
The Global Governance Project, supported by the World Health Organization, has launched the “Health: A Political Choice” publication in October 2021 to reflect and discuss the challenges and solutions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Pretoria’s own Prof....
Posted on October 29, 2021
On 28 October 2021, the University of Pretoria hosted its 21st annual Academic Achievers’ Awards ceremony to celebrate its top-performing researchers. This is the second consecutive year that the ceremony was virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on August 30, 2021
UP recently hosted its recent third annual Women in Science Symposium, which highlighted the efforts of women in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the global pandemic.
Posted on June 03, 2021
Congratulations to the eight UP academics and the University’s science centre, Sci-Enza, for being selected as finalists in the 2020/2021 National Science and Technology Forum’s NSTF-South32 Awards.
Posted on May 25, 2021
UP's Prof Wanda Markotter is one of 26 global experts chosen to provide science-based advice to the One Health High-Level Expert Panel, a UN initiative.
Posted on May 19, 2021
“A strong focus is mentoring young academics in this transdisciplinary space and expanding resources,” says Prof Wanda Markotter. Prof Markotter, Director of the UP’s Centre for Viral Zoonoses, has been appointed as Future Africa Research Chair on Health-People-Places....
Posted on March 12, 2021
During this COVID-19 pandemic, which is having a considerable global impact, it seems relevant to focus people’s attention on zoonotic disease research that is being undertaken in southern Africa, in particular South Africa. You may have heard, or read, that the likely host for the virus,...
Posted on December 17, 2020
“COVID-19 will probably not be the last pandemic. If we don’t build resource capacity, we’re going to be in more trouble. And if we don’t build a youth that thinks transdisciplinarily, we are also going to be in trouble,” said Professor Wanda Markotter of the...
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