Entomopathogenic Nematodes for vine mealybug control
ResearchStellenbosch University December 5, 2017
The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, is a major pest of South African grapevines. Sooty moulds grow on honeydew excreted by the mealybugs, disfiguring fruit and making them unsuitable for export or sale within the highly selective table grape industry. Mealybugs also feed on plant sap, and serve as vectors... Read more
The Fogarty HIV-associated Tuberculosis Training Program has been established at the University of Cape Town (UCT), in partnership with Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in the United States. The programme is funded by a five-year grant from the Fogarty International Center of the US... Read more
Prof Nyokong honored for impressive outputs and doctoral graduates
ResearchRhodes University December 1, 2017
Dubbed the Compassionate scientist, Rhodes University’s Professor Nyokong has been raking in international and national the awards for her hard work and commitment to the advancement of health in Africa. Last week National Laser Centre rental pool programme, which is part of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research... Read more
UCT has the most publicly visible scientists in South Africa, a new study involving 42 research institutions has found. The results were published in the South African Journal of Science this week. The study, conducted by lead author Marina Joubert and Lars Guenther of the University of Stellenbosch, identified... Read more
Balancing safety with shark conservation
Research November 28, 2017
Cape Town boasts one of the world’s most progressive programmes to promote the safety of both recreational water users and the region’s notorious population of great white sharks. The programme, called Shark Spotters, aims to reduce negative interactions between water users (including swimmers, surfers and kayakers) and great white... Read more
Research chair into Higher Education gets boost for five more years
Research November 27, 2017
The research Chair in Higher Education and Human Development within the Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development (CRHED) at the University of the Free State has secured funding for another five years. It follows a favourable evaluation by the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) of the... Read more
Rhodes Fieldlab prototype wins another national award
Research November 23, 2017
Once again, the dynamic duo Masters students Charles Faul and Lucas Lotter’s Fieldlab, a mobile lab-in-a-box prototype, won a half-a-million rand first prize in the Innovation Hub’s GAP-Biosciences national awards on Thursday, 16 November 2017. The innovators from the Biotechnology Innovation Centre under the supervision of Professor Janice Limson were... Read more
Quantum Technology postdoc is South Africa’s first OSA ambassador
ResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal November 21, 2017
Dr Yaseera Ismail, a postdoctoral researcher at UKZN’s Centre for Quantum Technology, has become the first South African to be selected as an Ambassador of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Ismail is one of 10 ambassadors for 2018, with other participants coming from nations including the USA, Ukraine, Mexico, Australia, Brazil,... Read more
New Centre of Excellence to focus on early human behaviour
Research November 20, 2017
Collaboration between Wits and the new CoE at University of Bergen is essential to answer some of the most fundamental questions about our ancestry. A new Centre of Excellence in early human behaviour at the University of Bergen in Norway will aim to address unanswered questions about our species.... Read more
Wits leads innovative African laboratory network initiative
Research November 17, 2017
The Wits-led African Innovation Laboratory Network (iLEAD) launched a mission to integrate and optimise laboratory systems to improve patient care. Wits School of Pathology researcher, Professor Wendy Stevens and her team lead the African Innovation Laboratory Network – iLEAD (Innovation: Laboratory Engineered Accelerated Diagnostics) – an initiative to advance innovation... Read more
