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 20, 2021
World Bee day is celebrated on 20 May and the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences also supports this important celebration.
Posted on May 18, 2021
Mosquitoes find themselves in complex environments filled with many different cues or stimuli. Locating their preferred host involves a series of behavioural steps. This starts with the mosquito becoming aware of the host.
Posted on May 17, 2021
Prof Robin Crewe is the co-author of Dark Side of the Hive, a book that forces us to re-examine everything we thought we knew about honey bees.
Posted on May 14, 2021
UP’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences has conferred an honorary doctorate in Mathematics on internationally recognised Mexican-American Professor Carlos Castillo-Chavez for his contribution to the subject field.
Posted on May 14, 2021
This initiative is an attempt to bring fourth industrial revolution technologies to smallholder farmers across SA to help them increase their productivity and competitiveness.
Posted on May 13, 2021
Research Fellowship initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13) Early-Career Research Fellows to undertake globally competitive research at the ARUA Centres of Excellence (CoEs).
Posted on May 07, 2021
99% of Africa's Sahel groundwater is untapped. Tapped, it could help float a "New Deal" of prosperity, especially for women and youth - Prof Cheikh Mbow, land-use expert and @FutureAfricaUP Director
Posted on May 06, 2021
Congratulations to the 10 UP academics and researchers who won big at the recently announced Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and the Arts) annual awards.
Posted on May 05, 2021
We chatted to one of our recent master’s graduates, Tatenda Mutungira about his experience with completing his degree.
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 April 22, 2021
NAS Featured scientist: Prof Lise Korsten (Professor in Plant Pathology and Co-Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security
Posted on April 16, 2021
Two UP researchers receive R5,6m in grants to aid research into improving food security and nutrition
Posted on April 16, 2021
The Department of Library Services (DLS) kindly reminds each lecturer to submit a legal deposit copy of their latest examination paper(s) to the DLS.
Posted on April 16, 2021
Meet Dr Mathibele Nchabeleng was appointed as Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences earlier this year.
Posted on April 14, 2021
Research by an international team of scientists led by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Dr Jack Radcliffe has clarified the eating habits of massive black holes.
Posted on April 09, 2021
Meet Dr Bernard Coetzee, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Entomology who was appointed to the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in March this year.
Posted on April 02, 2021
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) celebrated World Meteorological Day in style with the launch of the Conversations@NAS initiative on 23 March 2021.
Posted on March 31, 2021
The Department of Library Services together with the Faculty of Humanities has developed a journal publishing and hosting service using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.
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