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The first edition for 2024 (May 2024) of the NAS Faculty newsletter ( SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter...

“Fish don’t need passports; they can just move.” And boy, are they moving, says Dr Romina Henriques. She is a marine biologist in UP’s Department of...

The third edition for 2023 (December 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is available Click on the link below to read the newsletter: https://www.up...

The second edition for 2023 (September 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the...

The inaugural NAS Research Symposium was a proud occasion for the Faculty, hosted as a hybrid event on 29 and 30 August in the SANLAM Auditorium on the Hatfield...

The first edition for 2023 (May 2023) of the NAS Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter...

University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are at the forefront of a very special first for South African plant sciences. They have unravelled the precise genetic...

The third edition (December 2022) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: https://www...

The ice-free areas of Antarctica were initially thought to be devoid of life, but with the advent of modern genetic technologies, scientists now know that...

Professor Thulani Makhalanyane of the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Pretoria, has made inroads this past year. He...

The second edition (September 2022) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: www.up.ac...

The University of Pretoria (UP) has excelled in the 2022 Shanghai Rankings. The rankings are made up of the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)...

The Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (NAS) made inroads by having a very frank conversation on many topical issues, attended by both staff and...

Nearly 70 prizes were awarded at the Annual Exceptional Achievers Function for the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences students in May this year. Dr...

The first edition (May 2022) of the Faculty newsletter (SquaredUP) is now available. Click on either of the links below to read the newsletter: https://www.up...

The University of Pretoria (UP) has commemorated two research chairs being funded by the Oppenheimer Generations Research & Conservation and the Benjamin...

The University of Pretoria (UP) is pleased to announce that academics Professors Mike Wingfield and Rangan Gupta have been named on the annual Highly Cited...

Professor Michael Bruford, an extraordinary professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Microbiology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural...

Hardy cyanobacteria in the Namib Desert rely on rock shelters and opportunistic water consumption to safely carry out photosynthesis and survive. It’s 3:30am on...

Name and surname and department/division you are employed in: Dr Pedro Lebre from the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Department of Biochemistry...