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  • New Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies appointed in Faculty of NAS

    Posted on April 07, 2017

    The University of Pretoria (UP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Edward Webb as Deputy Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS), with effect from 1 April 2017.

  • PhD Chemistry student selected to attend 67th Nobel Laureate meeting

    Posted on March 15, 2017

    Mr Frederick Malan, a final-year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pretoria, is one of only five South African postgraduate students selected to attend the 67th Nobel Laureate meeting in Lindau, Germany, from 25 to 30 June 2017.

  • Welcome to the new genomics revolution!

    Posted on July 07, 2016

    According to Professor Don Cowen, Director of the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics and the Genomics Research Institute at the University of Pretoria, we are currently in the midst of a new scientific revolution.

  • Adapted to the Antarctic: a cold-lover's genetics

    Posted on April 28, 2016

    Life can thrive in the most extreme climates - from the very hot to the very cold. Something that not long ago was believed to belong in science fiction has now been brought into the realm of reality by a researcher at UP.

  • Healthy cows ensure quality milk

    Posted on September 07, 2015

    The small-staffed, but highly efficient Milk Laboratory in UP's Faculty of Veterinary Science, is the go-to place for nearly half of South Africa's commercial dairy farmers for diagnostic services relating to udder health.

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