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  • Faculty news letter

    Posted on July 05, 2021

    M2PL is featured on this issue of the Faculty newsletter 2021.

  • M2PL graduations

    Posted on May 17, 2021

    Congratulations to all our M2PL graduates The following degrees were conferred to our students on the 5th of May 2021 Meta Leshabane MSc Biochemistry (cum laude) Dore Joubert MSc Biotechnology (cum laude) Suzan Maboane MSc Biochemistry Eunice Claassen BSc Hons Biochemistry cum laude...

  • Learn from failure and continue to grow

    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...

  • UP postgraduate researcher a GradStar awardee

    Posted on October 30, 2017

    Hilde von Grunning was announced as one of the top 100 students in the prestigious GradStar Awards for 2017.

  • SARChI Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control renewed

    Posted on October 11, 2017

    The DST/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control at the University of Pretoria has just been approved for another five-year cycle. It has also been upgraded from the Tier 2 level to Tier 1.

  • New improved mosquito traps developed in partnership between UP ISMC and private sector

    Posted on September 26, 2017

    The UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control is assisting in the design and testing of an innovative solar-powered trap to monitor mosquito populations, especially in areas where malaria and arboviruses require vector control.

  • Promising mosquito repellent formulations to fight malaria

    Posted on September 05, 2017

    Researchers from the Institute of Applied Materials and the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control recently discovered a special blend of two repellents with improved mosquito repellent efficacy and persistence.

  • Community of Practice in malaria elimination hosted at UP

    Posted on August 24, 2017

    The University of Pretoria (UP) will host its first Community of Practice focusing specifically on the elimination of malaria in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control.

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