Newsroom archive

2008

• ACGT exemplifies the power of collaboration in boosting biotech innovation in Africa
• ACGT partner institutions in successful bid for a Carnegie-IAS Regional Initiative in Science and Education
• ACGT success reflected in the latest publication records
• ACGT Represented on NEPAD SANBio Plant Genetic Resource Task Force
• ACGT Travel Awards 2008
• ACGT represented at Biovision Alexandria 2008

2007

• Eucalyptus Tapped as the Next Tree Genome to be Sequenced, Characterized & Harnessed for Bioenergy, Carbon Sequestration, and other Industrial Applications
• "From basic genomics to systems biology"
• The BioPAD Microarray Platform Project
• Prof. Dmitrij Frishman visits the ACGT
• Jane Morris attends BioVision meeting in Lyon, France
• Assistant national contact point for Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology appointed

2006

• Eucalyptus tree genome to be sequenced
• ACGT visited by the Management team from the CGIAR Generation Challenge Program
• Safe Foods issues put under microscope
• UK/MRC delegation visits the ACGT at University of Pretoria

2005

• African scientists and postgraduates set to benefit from biotechnology partnership
• Socio-economic impact of malaria and the status of malaria research in South Africa
• BioPad supports ACGT microarray facility
• Flagship programmes identified for the South African Malaria Initiative
• FABI to host Sudanese researcher as part of Generation Challenge Programme
• ACGT receives visit from French experts

2004

• International cooperation aims to address poverty and health in Africa
• Modern-day Rosetta Stone helping to decode biological life
• South African Biotechnologists participate in major new European Food Safety Research Project
• ACGT participates in food safety discussions in India
• ACGT facility involved in veterinary vaccines project

2003

• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit opens
• ACGT participates in South Africa's Bioinformatics plans
• SERA establishes a National Centre of Expertise