Enterprises University of Pretoria and UP sign first contract research chair for UP Biodiscovery Centre with M2Bio Sciences

Posted on June 20, 2023

An integral part of the research of the UP Biodiscovery Centre and the M2Bio Sciences Research Chair will be to use AI for the discovery of natural product lead compounds that can be developed as pharmaceutical and food ingredients.

Courtney Gehle selected as prestigious Schwarzman Scholar

Posted on June 14, 2023

Courtney Gehle, a UP alumna who graduated with a BSc in Geography in 2016, was recently selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, one of the most prestigious postgraduate fellowships in the world.

May 2023 edition of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) now available

Posted on June 13, 2023

The first edition for 2023 (May 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available.

UP researchers decode genome of king protea

Posted on May 24, 2023

University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are at the forefront of a very special first for South African plant sciences. They have unravelled the precise genetic make-up of the country’s national flower, the king protea (Protea cynaroides). It is the first plant that’s unique to South...

WORLD BEE DAY: 'Bee engaged in pollinator-friendly agricultural production'

Posted on May 20, 2023

Dr Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa, a research fellow with the FSNet-Africa Project at the Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, speaks about her research project on 'Birds, Insects, and crop interaction between subsistence farms and macadamia orchards in Malawi'.

Increasing Rainfall Extremes in SA

Posted on May 16, 2023

With climate change said to be affecting the intensity of rainfall, experts at the University of Pretoria (UP) have investigated if there are observable changes in the probability of significant to extreme daily rainfall across South Africa.

Africa’s understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics

Posted on May 10, 2023

“By screening African populations, we’ve got a higher potential of finding novel prebiotics, probiotics and other antibiotics just by harnessing the power of our gut microbiomes,” said UP’s Prof Thulani Makhalanyane.

#UPGraduation2023: UP biochemistry master’s graduate scores academic hat-trick with third cum laude degree in a row

Posted on May 10, 2023

Having received numerous awards while completing both his BSc and honours degree cum laude at UP, it was no surprise when Vusi Chiloane recently graduated, with honours once again, with a master’s degree in biochemistry.