National Geographic Society profiles UP researcher who traces ancient human diseases

Posted on October 20, 2020

Dr Riaan Rifkin, a Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria (UP), was honoured with a profile in a recent edition of National Geographic Society for his work on tracing the DNA of ancient human diseases.

UP and partners awarded EU grant to study South Atlantic microbiomes

Posted on September 26, 2020

The University of Pretoria (UP) is part of a consortium that has been awarded €11 million (about R 216 million) to study the microbiomes in the South Atlantic Ocean.

UP Vice-Principal becomes first female president of the Royal Society of South Africa

Posted on October 10, 2019

The University of Pretoria’s Vice Principal for Research and Postgraduate Education, Professor Stephanie Burton, has been elected President of the Royal Society of South Africa, the first woman to hold the position in the organisation’s 111-year history.

UP PhD student a runner-up in SA Agency for Science and Technology Advancement competition

Posted on March 13, 2019

Ms Yashini Naidoo, a second-year PhD student at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG), is the runner-up in the Writing category of the South Africa Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA) Young Science Communicator Competition. Her...

Bright student has a planet named after him

Posted on July 11, 2018

How many people can say they have had a planet has been named after them and that they have published internationally, all before reaching the age of 21? Bernard Smit, a final-year microbiology student at the University of Pretoria (UP), recently published an article in the international journal...

African ISME Ambassadors Meeting

Posted on April 12, 2018

The African ISME Ambassadors Meeting was held during 1st-7th April across the Main Campus of the University of Pretoria and at Muldersdrift in conjunction with the South African Society of Microbiology meeting. The main activity was an ISME Ambassadors workshop with the ISME President, ISME...

THE GRI HOSTS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SYMPOSIUM

Posted on November 14, 2017

THE GRI HOSTS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SYMPOSIUM The Genomics Research Institute hosted another very successful symposium on Friday, 10 November at the Plant Sciences Auditorium at the University of Pretoria. In total, there were 21 speakers, 1 plenary and 1 keynote presentations. The GRI community...

CMEG student wins best oral presentation at Genetics Postgraduate Symposium

Posted on November 07, 2017

Storme de Scally, a student at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, won the best oral presentation at the 2017 Annual Genetics Postgraduate Student Symposium. Storme is currently in the final stages of her Master's degree in Genetics, and works on microbial communities in the Southern...