Posted on February 23, 2023
Plants and football are the two things Ncamisile Shongwe is genuinely passionate about. Whether the PhD Horticultural Science student at Tuks is dirtying her hands in the soil or artfully dribbling the ball past football opponents does not matter. Her goal remains the same. She wants to make...
Posted on February 22, 2023
UP faculties took stock of lessons learnt and what still needs to be done to recognise and embrace different forms of knowledge at the University’s Senate Conference on Curriculum Transformation.
Posted on February 14, 2023
The South African Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Hub, hosted by UP, has revolutionised its search function to make it easier for policymakers and others to have quick access to relevant research about the SDGs.
Posted on February 09, 2023
Experts at the University of Pretoria (UP) are a step closer to finding a drug that could prevent transmission of the malaria-carrying parasite Plasmodium falciparum by thwarting its life cycle.
Posted on February 03, 2023
Congratulations to UP early-career researcher and chemistry lecturer Dr Christine Mundy who was the recipient of the South African Chemical Institute’s 2022 medal for Chemical Education for her contribution as a researcher.
Posted on January 27, 2023
A third-year BConsumer Science Clothing Retail Management student in the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences at the University of Pretoria, Zellemari van Niekerk, recently ended up as one of the five finalists in a national entrepreneur competition with her baby clothing range, Foxi Original...
Posted on January 24, 2023
Micke Reynders, an MSc student in Chemistry won the UP ‘Visualize your Thesis’ competition for the best one-minute audio-video presentation in 2022.
Posted on January 20, 2023
UP researcher and FSNet-Africa postdoctoral fellow Dr Colleta Gandidzanwa and her colleagues shed light on the reasons behind the poor outcomes of South Africa's Proactive Land Acquisition Strategy.
Posted on December 13, 2022
The project involves 33 major European research infrastructures for radio astronomy, as well as industry and academia partners from 10 European countries, Japan, the Republic of Korea and South Africa.
Posted on December 13, 2022
NAS Faculty newsletter for December 2022 is now available
Posted on December 13, 2022
We could double the number of white rhino females in the coming decade by protecting them from poaching, which has been steadily increasing over the last decade. This is according to University of Pretoria (UP )researchers and their colleagues who suggest practical solutions to protect these...
Posted on December 12, 2022
Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda is currently Director and Chair of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Food Systems at UP.
Posted on December 09, 2022
Prof Susan Nicolson from UP’s Department of Zoology and Entomology, and her colleagues, Dr Hannelie Human and Prof Christian Pirk, discovered that honeybees removed most of the water while collecting nectar from macadamia flowers.
Posted on December 09, 2022
Can you really launch marshmallows out of a vacuum cleaner, make rockets from everyday household items, or launch teddy bears using liquid nitrogen? The curiosity drew close to 200 people to Sci-Enza Science Centre in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences to see Dr Graham Walker's...
Posted on December 08, 2022
Ready, set, feed! The University of Pretoria (UP)’s Department of Animal Science has established an innovative, practical approach to Animal Science teaching through a practical beef feedlot challenge. The 2022 winners were an all-female group, the MOOdonnas. The Feedlot Manager of the Year...
Posted on December 07, 2022
The ice-free areas of Antarctica were initially thought to be devoid of life, but with the advent of modern genetic technologies, scientists now know that microorganisms have adapted to living in this extreme environment.
Posted on December 05, 2022
Two University of Pretoria scientists have contributed to the first-ever global field assessment of the ecological impacts of grazing in drylands.
Posted on December 03, 2022
Congratulations to Prof Stephanie Burton (Professor in Biochemistry and Professor at Future Africa) for her appointment as Co-Chair of the Interacademy Partnership (IAP) board for the 2022-2024 mandate, and Prof Christian Pirk (Department of Zoology and Entomology) for his appointment as a member...
Posted on November 30, 2022
UP taxonomist and leading expert in dung beetles occurring in southern Africa Christian Deschodt was contacted by researchers to help describe a dung beetle they suspected was a new species.
Posted on November 28, 2022
Professor Don A Cowan, Director of the Genomics Research Institute and the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics at the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded the South African Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB) Gold Award.
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