Article-writing workshop for researchers in the Natural Sciences: 27 – 29...
Would you like an opportunity to have three concentrated days, away from your office and other duties, to focus on writing up your research as a prospective journal article, with input from an expert?...
View ArticleSU leads NEPAD Water Initiative
Over the next three years Stellenbosch University (SU) will take the lead when it comes to network expansion in Southern African water research and training communities. This follows the recent...
View ArticleSchools invited to work sessions on Stellenbosch science expo
Schools still considering participating for the first time in the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists’ Stellenbosch regional competition later this year can now obtain more information on this at work...
View ArticleClosing date for science expo drawing near
Prospective young scientists should hurry if they still want to enter their projects for the annual Stellenbosch regional competition of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists! Schools in the Boland, on...
View ArticleSU Rector to open S'bosch Eskom Expo for Young Scientists
The Rector of Stellenbosch University, Prof Russel Botman, will be the opening speaker at the 11th annual Stellenbosch regional competition of the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists. The Expo takes place...
View ArticleIMSTUS team on their way to Pretoria for Science Expo
Projects about solar powered cell phones, the emotional wellbeing of horses, sheepdog, the aerodynamics of the Jabulani soccer ball and the effect of coffee are among the twenty projects that have been...
View ArticleSU Dean of Science honoured for work in water research and management
Stellenbosch University Dean of Science, microbiologist and inventor of the teabag water filter, Prof Eugene Cloete, is the only representative from Africa to be inducted into the new Fellows...
View ArticleStellenbosch team fares well at 30th Eskom Expo for Young Scientists
The Stellenbosch regional team boasts with two gold, eight silver and seven bronze medals after this weekend’s National Eskom Expo for Young Scientists that was held in Pretoria. Three of the twenty...
View ArticleTree planting ceremony part of NSC farewell function
Members of the outgoing Natural Science Student Committee, along with the newly elected committee for 2011, had the opportunity to leave a living legacy in Stellenbosch when they participated in a tree...
View ArticleBSc postgraduate students attend research day
A successful research orientation day for postgraduate students of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of AgriSciences was held on campus last week. It was presented to all new honours and masters...
View ArticleSU professor shares research on yeast
Yeast is not just used to bake bread, but also to improve the welfare of people. This was the topic of the inaugural lecture of Prof Alfred Botha of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University...
View ArticleAnalysing metabolite levels in the CoA salvage pathway of Escherichia coli.
Biochemistry Forum: MSc Progress Lecture Candidate: René Goosen (MSc student of Prof Erick Strauss) Title: Analysing metabolite levels in the CoA salvage pathway of Escherichia coli. Date: Thursday 04...
View ArticleMaties Science alumni to meet dean
A networking opportunity for alumni of the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University (SU) will take place on 28 September in Stellenbosch. Dean Prof Eugene Cloete will be the guest speaker. The...
View ArticleChemistry student Sean wins James Moir Medal
Sean Robinson, a postgraduate student in inorganic chemistry, has been named as a recipient of a James Moir Medal from the South African Chemical Institute (SACI), after he came up tops last year as...
View ArticleDean challenges Science alumni to put environment first
“Don’t make a decision that will create an environment that will dictate your behaviour too much – rather try to think about a behaviour that will help to dictate the environment.” That was the...
View ArticleSU physiology professor receives national award
Prof Kathy Myburgh has received the Lasec Award for Excellence in Physiology Research from the Physiological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA). It was awarded to her at the recent PSSA conference,...
View ArticleSU zoologist helps compile comprehensive family tree for mammals
A Stellenbosch evolutionary geneticist has added his knowledge of Africa’s most ancient mammals to an international study in which the most comprehensive family tree for mammals yet has been compiled....
View ArticleNuclear physicist among Stellenbosch University’s SAIP winners
A PhD student in nuclear physics who uses mosses and lichens to monitor air pollution in the Western Cape is one of seven Stellenbosch University students to have won awards after the recent conference...
View ArticleSeminar by international scientist at the Department of Botany and Zoology
Prof Susan Mazer from the University of California in Santa Barbara will present a seminar on “The evolution of mating system, life history, and physiological performance in Clarkia sister taxa: does...
View ArticleDeveloping policy on the relocation of threatened species
“Managed relocation”, also known as “assisted migration” or “assisted colonization”, is a controversial conservation strategy that involves the deliberate movement of species into new habitats to...
View ArticleTwenty medals for Stellenbosch expo team
Members of the Stellenbosch regional team can boast with twenty medals, three special awards and a few category prizes after their participation in the 32nd Eskom Expo for Young...
View ArticleGrowing number of post-graduate students in science faculties
Nearly 290 post-graduate students received a kickstart to their future research careers during a research orientation workshop hosted by the Faculties of Science and AgriSciences recently. During the...
View ArticleRecord number of postgraduates for SU’s Faculty of Science
With topics ranging from a new hypothesis to explain the formation of the earth’s crust, to a novel process for extracting pure gold from industrial waste streams, the Faculty of Science at...
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