Research News

  • Dr Heinrich Badenhorst receives prestigious Meiring Naude Medal

    Posted on November 07, 2016

    The Royal Society of South Africa has awarded the 2017 Meiring Naude Medal to Dr Heinrich Badenhorst, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria.

  • Dr Michelle Greve selected as a TWAS Young Affiliate

    Posted on November 04, 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).

  • UP signs MoU with Instituto Nacional De Tecnologia Agropecuaria

    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.

  • Four new NRF ratings for the Faculty of Education

    Posted on November 01, 2016

    The Faculty of Education is proud to announce that four of our staff members have received new ratings from the National Research Foundation (NRF).

  • South Africa to host next International Symposium on Microbial Ecology

    Posted on October 31, 2016

    The University of Pretoria's Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG) is delighted to announce that they were successful in their bid to host the 18th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME) 2020.

  • Science Leadership programmes to expand across Africa

    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.

  • Join the hunt for pathogens in the fynbos!

    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.

  • African Soil Microbiology project launched

    Posted on October 28, 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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