Posted on March 03, 2022
Masters student from the Department of Physiology, Charlise Basson, won first place for Best Oral Presentation in the light microscopy category during the International African Inclusive Microscopy Symposium (AfInMic) - Student Microscopy Symposium 2021, which was hosted on 29 November - 3...
Posted on March 02, 2022
UP is setting up a comprehensive facility to help other departments in the Health Sciences Faculty with the 3D-printing of replicas of bones and organs, and more.
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 December 06, 2021
The world is making progress in its fight against malaria, averting 1.5 billion cases of the disease and preventing 7.6 million deaths since 2000. This is largely thanks to a combination of several vector control tools.
Posted on December 06, 2021
Professor Robert Millar, Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the University of Pretoria, was co-winner with Alexandro Schinder of Argentina of the Medical and Biological Sciences award for 2020.
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,...
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