Posted on August 16, 2019
Primarashni Gower spoke to Vice-President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Professor Nithaya Chetty about the state of science.
Posted on August 13, 2019
Dr Dina Coertzen from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology has been selected to participate in the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) Young Scientist Program (YSP) at Taylor’s University...
Posted on August 13, 2019
Nuclear Physicist Dr Thabsile Thabethe, whose interview is the fourth profile in our #WomenofUP series, is making an impact in society with her series of books on mathematics and science for toddlers.
Posted on August 08, 2019
South African universities are actively pursuing gender equality and academic advancement opportunities to substantially increase the number of women professors and leading researchers.
Posted on August 08, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development was recently represented by four brilliant female students at the 9th annual PMA Fresh Connections: Southern African conference and trade show in Cape Town. The conference and trade show ran...
Posted on August 02, 2019
Prof Zander Myburg, Director of the Forest Molecular Genetics Programme in the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute at the University of Pretoria, recently received the prestigious Biotechnologist of the Year Award from the Institute of Forest Biosciences.
Posted on August 02, 2019
Dr Jandeli Niemand from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP) has won a prize for her poster entitled: “The use of phenomics to generate mode of action fingerprints of antiplasmodial...
Posted on July 30, 2019
Two researchers from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP), Dr Jandeli Niemand and Dr Dina Coertzen, received travel scholarships to attend the Setting our Sights on Infectious Diseases Conference...
Posted on July 29, 2019
We often mistakenly assume that malnutrition is visible and manifests in physical appearance. However, there is a form of malnutrition that is not visible and occurs when a person is not getting enough vitamins and minerals from their food. For example, iron deficiency anaemia can be caused by...
Posted on July 25, 2019
Dr Christel Hansen from our Department and Professor David Hedding from Unisa recently visited the Aktru Research Station in the Altai Mountains of west Siberia. The visit was made possible by the BRICS exchange programme where Dr Hansen and Professor Hedding took part in the 6th International...
Posted on July 23, 2019
The Department of Statistics at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted its first graduate learning camp aimed at addressing the shortage of a new generation of practitioners in academic statistics.
Posted on July 23, 2019
Prof Terry Aveling from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria recently won the award for the best paper presentation at the 32nd International Seed Testing Association Congress in Hyderabad, India.
Posted on July 22, 2019
A UP PhD student in microbiology, Itumeleng Baloyi, was recently awarded the first prize for the best poster presentation at the Phytochemical Society of Europe and Young Scientist Meeting 2019 in Budapest, Hungary.
Posted on July 10, 2019
Six University of Pretoria (UP) first-year students recently went on a weeklong tour arranged by the National Science and Technology Forum as part of its Brilliants Programme for first-year students who excelled in grade 12 in 2018.
Posted on July 08, 2019
Researchers at UP have conducted a global review of studies on the entanglement of pinnipeds in oceanic plastic pollution, and found that 67% of these aquatic mammals are at risk of entanglement. Pinnipeds have front and rear flippers, and the group includes seals, sea lions and walruses.
Posted on July 04, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) students and staff responsible for the creation of acclaimed commercially viable inventions were granted 40% rights to the first R1 million of revenues that have accrued to the University.
Posted on July 02, 2019
Globally 1.1 billion people lack access to water and 2.7 billion experience water scarcity for at least one month of the year. Agriculture takes up 60% of freshwater usage. A typical farmer spends a significant amount of time and money irrigating their plots. They often do not realise that they...
Posted on July 01, 2019
UP's Mamelodi Campus is celebrating 10 years of extended curriculum programmes. However, there is much more afoot at the campus than the University’s flagship programmes.
Posted on June 25, 2019
Scientists at the University of Pretoria (UP) and National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (NZG) predict that the arid western parts of southern Africa will lose much of its bird life by the end of the century as a result of climate change.
Posted on June 18, 2019
Wild spaces and the animals in them are disappearing at an alarming rate, according to the recent United Nations (UN) report on the extinction of species.
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