Posted on December 05, 2016
Ms Samantha Jamison, a master's student in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently won the prize for the Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2016 Seed Ecology Conference, organised by the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
Posted on December 01, 2016
Several students and staff from the Malaria Parasite Molecular Laboratory, which forms part of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control and the Department of Biochemistry, had the opportunity to present their research at the 3rd H3D Symposium in November.
Posted on November 29, 2016
PHT-South Africa, a subsidiary of the global hygiene and technology company with the same name headquartered in Germany, recently donated a high end three-part hygiene facility worth R350 000 to the Department of Food Science at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on November 28, 2016
Ms Amelia van Schalkwyk, an academically brilliant master's student in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Pretoria, was selected as one of the fifteen 2017 SAS Student Ambassadors.
Posted on November 23, 2016
Prof Andrew McKechnie has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Zoology and Entomology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences from 1 November 2016.
Posted on November 16, 2016
Ms Katelyn Faulkner and Prof Mark Robertson from the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, developed a model to prioritise inspections aimed at preventing biological invasions.
Posted on November 11, 2016
Prof Frans Swanepoel, recently appointed as Professor: Future Africa at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, was recognised for his significant contributions to capacity development in support of agricultural transformation and development in Africa during the 5th African Higher...
Posted on November 07, 2016
The Ideas Lab workshops will be a core part of the Future Africa initiative's aim to develop interdisciplinary research teams and networks between UP researchers and researchers in Africa and beyond. The first 'scoping' meeting was held at the University in October, focusing on African...
Posted on November 07, 2016
At the University of Pretoria, we believe that the solutions to global problems can be found in the research we do today. Visit Research Matters to find out how UP researchers are making today matter with projects to combat malaria.
Posted on November 03, 2016
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Pretoria and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Mexican Ambassador to South Africa, his Excellency Mr Mauricio Escanero instigated an initiative to bring together scientists working on food...
Posted on November 02, 2016
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, and a delegation from the Instituto Nacional De Tecnologia Agropecuaria at a meeting held on the University's Hatfield Campus in October 2016.
Posted on November 02, 2016
Nokuthula Vilakati, a post-doctoral Fellow at the University of the Pretoria at the Institute of Food Nutrition and Well-being, was one of 5 participants selected from 25 early career female researchers and scientists for the UK study tour to meet with leading UK experts in science communication.
Posted on November 01, 2016
A dynamic young lecturer from the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria, Dr Michelle Greve, was recently selected as a Young Affiliate of the World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS ROSSA).
Posted on October 31, 2016
The Africa Science Leadership Programme recently launched the first Science Leadership Programme clinic. Thirteen ASLP fellows from eleven institutions in seven countries participated.
Posted on October 31, 2016
To do his part in helping to conserve the South African fynbos, Mr Joey Hulbert, a PhD student at UP, has initiated a citizen science project to identify pathogens that may be killing some of these unique plants.
Posted on October 28, 2016
Ruben Scharneck, a six-year-old boy from Pretoria who was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma cancer dreamt of experiencing a day as a normal Tukkie student. Staff from the University of Pretoria recently visited him at home to make this dream a reality.
Posted on October 20, 2016
Two students from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences recently walked away with prizes in the LitNet Akademies Einstein Competition.
Posted on October 19, 2016
Prof Mike Wingfield, a renowned international researcher and leader in the field of forest health, will receive the prestigious Royal Society of South Africa’s John FW Herschel medal for 2017.
Posted on October 14, 2016
The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences is committed to finishing the 2016 academic year with academic integrity despite the challenging circumstances that we are experiencing.
Posted on October 14, 2016
Scientists from seven sub-Saharan African countries met at the University of Pretoria during the second week of October 2016 to launch the African Soil Microbiology Project.
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