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  • 2021 (2)

    • January (2)

      • UP researcher’s team discovers new compounds with the potential to eliminate malaria
      • What’s Ahead for SARS-CoV-2 Research in 2021
  • 2020 (24)

    • November (3)

      • Repurposing viruses- from disease causing agents to therapeutic agents
      • Unique Advantages of Top-Down Proteomics Showcased in Online Workshop
      • Wits Professor wins top chemistry prize
    • October (3)

      • Another successful episode of the Metabolomics webinar series
      • CSIR Celebrates 75 Years of Touching Lives Through Innovation
      • Nobel Prize for CRISPR honors two great scientists – and leaves out many others
    • September (1)

      • Researcher from the University of Johannesburg secures a position on the International Metabolomics Society board of directors
    • August (2)

      • LOCAL COVID-19 SWAB EXTRACTION KITS TO BE PRODUCED AT SCALE
      • FASTER, LOCAL COVID-19 TEST KITS COULD BE READY BY YEAR-END
    • July (3)

      • International research collaborations: how can we shift the power towards Africa?
      • The Launch of the 2020 Metabolomics Webinar Series
      • CRISPR Gene Editing Prompts Chaos in DNA of Human Embryos
    • June (3)

      • Virus protein discovery reveals new plant-animal class of cell division disruptors
      • UP Scientists Awarded International Future Leaders African Independent Research Fellowships
      • Life Scientists receive training in Linux
    • May (4)

      • COVID-19 Vaccine Researchers Mindful of Immune Enhancement
      • Experts apply microbiome research to agricultural science to increase crop yield
      • Alzheimer’s Gene Linked to Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19
      • CRISPR plants: new non-GMO method to edit plants
    • April (3)

      • Coronavirus: South African Entrepreneurs to Transform COVID-19 Testing Process
      • CRISPR Quashes Cancer in Mice
      • Africa Contributes SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing to COVID-19 Tracking
    • March (2)

      • Gene Editing Reaches Plant Mitochondria
      • ACGT activities during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2019 (17)

    • December (1)

      • Mother City provides backdrop for advanced biotech training workshop
    • November (1)

      • Constructive stakeholder discussions facilitated on South African Bioprospecting Regulations at the University of Pretoria
    • October (3)

      • National symposium confirms that South Africa is a major player in Cell and Gene Therapy research
      • The CRISPR Plant Genome Editing KIT
      • ACGT and FABI jointly hosts a Plant Phenotyping and Precision Agriculture workshop at Future Africa
    • September (1)

      • UK-South African consortium is awarded an Agri-Tech Catalyst grant by Innovate UK for African crop improvement
    • August (2)

      • SA researchers introduced to the field at the National Metabolomics Platform
      • I attended the 2019 International Metabolomics Conference held in The Hague …and I loved it!
    • July (1)

      • Much needed Linux training held at the University of Pretoria for Life Scientists
    • June (1)

      • Stem cell treatment – excitement is understandable but let's tread carefully
    • May (1)

      • UCT, ACGT, SU and DIPLOMICS host the Trans-Proteomic Pipeline (TPP) Workshop
    • April (1)

      • 'The next Einstein could be African’ – newly elected UP head of Next Einstein Forum’s Community of Scientists
    • March (2)

      • A beneficial Advanced Metabolomics Workshop is hosted by the ACGT at the University of Pretoria for metabolomics researchers from all over South Africa
      • Metabolomics South Africa (MSA) is officially launched during a Metabolomics Symposium in Pretoria
    • February (1)

      • The ACGT hosts a successful whole transcriptome sequencing data analysis workshop
    • January (2)

      • ACGT's Liaison Scientist Attends a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Facilitation Course in the Netherlands
      • Whole Transcriptome Sequencing Data Analysis workshop 01 - 08th February 2019 University of Pretoria
  • 2018 (12)

    • December (2)

      • Plant-Pathogen Systems Under The Spotlight At Regional Forum
      • UP receives boost in NRF ratings
    • November (1)

      • Metagenomics researchers receive much needed training in using R for data visualization
    • October (1)

      • ACGT life scientists trained in Linux use for data analysis
    • September (2)

      • ACGT and Wits host national week of proteomics activities
      • New draft White Paper on Science, Technology and Innovation
    • July (1)

      • SA Metabolomics Association established and officially affiliated to a prestigious international scientific body
    • June (1)

      • From Genes to Networks: The ACGT plant forum creates a platform for future collaborations
    • April (2)

      • New family of promising, selective silver-based anti-cancer drugs discovered
      • ACGT Metabolomics Workshops build national biotechnology capacity
    • March (1)

      • Professor Lynn Morris awarded the 2018 TWAS Prize in the Medical Sciences
    • February (1)

      • UP scientist recognised by AU
  • 2017 (13)

    • December (2)

      • African genetic diversity could hold answer to unlocking disease susceptibility
      • ACGT represented at HUPO 2017 in Dublin
    • November (2)

      • The Plant-Soil community comes together at the Agricultural Research Council
      • Advanced Proteomics Seminar and Workshop builds regional capacity
    • October (2)

      • Flagship Stem Cells Conference a great success
      • GATK training for genome analysis: building bioinformatics capacity in the ACGT partnership
    • July (1)

      • Revolutionary Genome Technology the Theme of Regional ACGT Scientific Forum
    • June (1)

      • Analysing transcriptomes: ACGT community receives hands-on training
    • May (2)

      • CSIR and UP partner up to facilitate the "Introduction to Proteomics" Workshop
      • ACGT and UJ host second open-source Metabolomics workshop for partnership
    • March (1)

      • ACGT and DST host first Metagenomics Symposium
    • February (1)

      • ACGT facilitates open-source bioinformatics for proteomics workshop
    • January (1)

      • Dr Rachel Chikwamba to serve on African Union panel and Medical Research Board
  • 2016 (15)

    • December (2)

      • Plant-Based Biologics proves a popular and relevant field of biotechnology at ACGT Regional Plant Forum
      • Bringing Silicon to Life
    • November (2)

      • Biotechnology: A growing field in the developing world
      • Project aims to end 'ambiguity' of plant-based medicine
    • October (1)

      • CSIR researcher receives L'Ore'al-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa 2016 Award
    • September (1)

      • ACGT, WITS and UP’s 2016 iGem team host Synthetic Biology Workshop and Symposium
    • June (1)

      • International leadership award for Prof Mike Wingfield
    • May (4)

      • Pulses key in combating hunger and food insecurity
      • Traditional knowledge to enhance modern medicine
      • African scientists a step closer to testing for TB in a matter of minutes
      • Intra-African collaboration is key to global health and local well-being
    • March (3)

      • The first of many more metabolomics workshops to come in Gauteng.
      • WADDP awarded a new Center of Excellence (CoE)
      • Professor Viness Pillay elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Translational Medicine Professionals
    • February (1)

      • ACGT proteomics workshops continue to build capacity in the field
  • 2015 (16)

    • December (1)

      • ACGT Plant Biotechnology Research Infrastructure Exhibition day
    • November (1)

      • Scientists create genetically modified malaria-blocking mosquitoes
    • October (1)

      • UP students compete in international synthetic biology competition
    • September (3)

      • Tree doctors from UP call for global strategy for forest health and biosecurity
      • Launch of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA)
      • ACGT and Inqaba biotec partner up and successfully host 3rd CLC workbench workshop
    • August (4)

      • SIMCA metabolomics data analysis workshop is hosted in Gauteng
      • James Bond meets Next-generation sequencing: an introduction to RNA-Seq data analysis using the “Tuxedo” Suite pipeline available in the Galaxy web-based platform
      • ACGT, BSP and UP's GRI, team up to host the Genome Analysis ToolKit (GATK) workshop
      • Scientist's early success required passion, commitment and difficult choices
    • July (2)

      • Online bioinformatics tools for sequence analysis
      • The University of Johannesburg hosts the 11th Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum
    • June (1)

      • Ebola Sequencing Data Released Online
    • May (1)

      • In the front line of the fight against malaria
    • February (2)

      • Enhancing biopharming for an emerging bioeconomy
      • Spotlight on malaria case management
  • 2014 (27)

    • December (2)

      • The Universities of Pretoria and Stellenbosch Host the 5th Proteomics Workshop
      • Wits’ Professional Development Hub hosts the 10th Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum
    • November (2)

      • Metabolomics Research Group received ChromSA Chromatographer of the Year Award
      • UP awarded status as MRC collaborative centre for malaria research
    • October (2)

      • Minister Pandor appoints new NACI Council members
      • Annotating & assembling genomes, commentary on the MAKER course by Jessika Samuels
    • September (2)

      • Tribute to Professor Helen Laburn
      • Top postgraduate student wins Biotech Fundi Award
    • August (2)

      • UP's wonder couple take on cancer
      • ACGT and Wits University host CLCbio Genomics Workbench Workshop (NGS workshop)
    • July (4)

      • Representative on SAAMS
      • ACGT Represented at Joint EDULINK, ACP S&T and CP-RSD Stakeholder Conference
      • GMASSURE Launch and Awareness Raising Symposium
      • Innovation Hub’s Biopark to open in third quarter
    • June (2)

      • The ARC hosts the 9th Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum
      • Prestigious journal Nature publishes research led by UP scientist
    • May (3)

      • Professor Viness Pillay wins the Olusegun Obasanjo Prize
      • Why would an individual actively kill itself? It’s been an evolutionary mystery
      • Developmental pathway for potent V1V2-directed HIV-neutralizing antibodies
    • April (3)

      • Sarchi Chair in Sustainable Malaria Control to boost South Africa’s only comprehensive malaria research effort
      • Genomics of a maize disease accelerated through collaborations in the USA and Belgium
      • Advanced health biotechnology conferences in the US sheds light on local capacity
    • February (2)

      • New study on plant speciation
      • Prof Jolanda Roux receives IUFRO Scientific Award
    • January (3)

      • Tapping Into Biodiversity to Cure African Diseases (SABINA)
      • Launch of South Africa's Bio-Economy Strategy - 14th January 2014
      • Prize-Winning Studies of the Tea Plant (SABINA)
  • 2013 (24)

    • November (3)

      • Two UP professors elected to International Society for Plant Pathology
      • ACGT, UP and CBIO hosts national Galaxy (NGS data analysis) workshop
      • Two UP professors elected to International Society for Plant Pathology
    • October (4)

      • South African scientists show 'gene-kissing' impacts gene activation
      • Researchers unite to stop malaria transmission
      • Proteomics Bioinformatics Workshop facilitated by world renowned expert
      • Proteomics Bioinformatics Workshop facilitated by world renowned expert
    • August (2)

      • CSIR researcher scoops 2013 Biotech Fundi award
      • GCP hosts annual Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP) meeting in Montpellier, France
    • July (1)

      • Kenyan team leads plans for livestock genebank
    • June (3)

      • CSIR bioscientists nominated for NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards for new disinfectant
      • GAP Biosciences Business Basic Workshop, Pretoria, 30-31 May 2013
      • Habib officially takes over
    • May (2)

      • High impact publications from ACGT partner institutions, April-May 2013
      • DST and TIA co-host Biocatalysis and Enzyme Manufacturing Stakeholder Workshop
    • April (4)

      • Some Bacteria Like it Hot
      • Modernizing the Horticulture of Tea
      • Key Find for Acid Mine Drainage on World Water Day
      • CMEG researchers head for the Namib Desert
    • March (3)

      • Faculty Launches WITS Research Institute For Malaria
      • ACGT and Inqaba biotec host Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis Course
      • Prestigious AU award for Prof Mike Wingfield
    • February (2)

      • Ancient Remedies for Modern Diseases (SABINA)
      • Exploring the Genotype of the Tea Plant (SABINA)
  • 2012 (28)

    • December (2)

      • African high-speed data network open to researchers
      • Séralini et al. study conclusions not supported by data, says EU risk assessment community
    • November (2)

      • H 3-D Drug Discovery & Development Centre hosts its 1st Drug Discovery symposium
      • The 3rd Proteomics Symposium and Workshop goes national
    • October (4)

      • New study discovers unique HIV feature
      • 6th Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum, UJ-12th October 2012
      • SMMEs in natural product and agro-processing define what is needed for business success
      • New technology transfer portal on the CSIR website
    • September (2)

      • Omics Evolution Summit- All things Omics 29th- 31st May 2012
      • African cooperation 'dropped from EU research calls'
    • August (2)

      • Royal Society and DFID launch fund for African research
      • WITS, Aurum join hands for TB research
    • July (2)

      • CSIR Biosciences team shortlisted for GAP Biosciences award
      • Artificial jellyfish 'Medusoid' swims in a heartbeat: Creation is an amalgam of silicone polymer and heart muscle cells
    • June (6)

      • Stem cells can be harvested long after death
      • Researchers create mosquitoes incapable of transmitting malaria
      • Kenya: Strange Disease Hits Maize in South Rift
      • Africa: Parasites Hint At Antimalarial Resistance
      • Prof Mike Wingfield receives another prestigious award
      • POL-SABINA Rain Shelter Handover-Mulanje, Malawi.
    • April (3)

      • SABINA student receives prestigious grant for women
      • ACGT founder presented with lifetime biotech contribution award
      • POL-SABINA announces award for the development of a full implementation/business plan in the area of natural product science
    • March (2)

      • CSIR makes a breakthrough in biomedical stem cell technology
      • Nestlé announces research partnership with the CSIR
    • February (2)

      • Genomic workshop on livestock breeding in South Africa
      • Honorary doctorate for forestry expert
    • January (1)

      • Wits Researcher Wins Coveted Prize
  • 2011 (28)

    • December (6)

      • DST/CSIR’s Nanomedicine Research programme awarded status as ANDI Centre of Excellence in health innovation
      • CSIR publishes Hoodia clinical studies
      • Tea Research Key to a Growing Industry
      • Africa: Solving Problems Through Science - A Conversation with Phillip Griffiths
      • Potential Breakthrough In Alzheimer's, Cancer
      • SA Team Turns Garbage into Fuel
    • November (3)

      • Fourth ACGT Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum: A definite hit!
      • Mushrooms by the Numbers: A SABINA Master's in Bioinformatics
      • UP professor recognised for her research in the fight against cancer
    • October (1)

      • Biotweet team wins at iGEM competition
    • September (4)

      • Visit: Prof John Saka, Academic Director of the SABINA Network
      • ACGT member, Prof Bernard Slippers honoured with the 2011 AU TWAS Young Scientists' National Award
      • 1st Regional Synthetic Biology Forum: A promising start
      • ACGT congratulates top Women in Science achievers
    • August (5)

      • Building With the Molecules of Medicine
      • CSIR Biosciences and UP co-host biennial Proteomics Symposium and Workshop
      • ACGT Microarray Facility host Microarray Symposia
      • Vacancy:Intern-African Centre for Gene Technologies
      • Tanzania: Young Chemist Seeks Answers in Traditional Medicine
    • July (2)

      • ACGT’s new phase of growth kick-started at 2011-2015 Strategy Session
      • New strategy lays foundation for encouraging growth in SA’s biotech industry
    • June (1)

      • ARC’s new Biotechnology Platform on a drive to shift perceptions
    • May (1)

      • UP Professor receives the Queen's Award for her contribution to forestry
    • April (2)

      • Third instalment of Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum a resounding success
      • ACGT Workshop introduces open-source workflow system
    • March (1)

      • Jane Morris retires after nearly a decade with the ACGT
    • February (1)

      • New ACGT Manager takes the reins
    • January (1)

      • ACGT research intern relishes the opportunity to ‘give back’
  • 2010 (11)

    • December (5)

      • Africa’s next generation of academics in the spotlight at international gathering
      • Opportunities for cooperation in plant biotechnology under the spotlight at regional Forum meeting
      • Forum on regional networks brings African institutions closer together
      • POL-SABINA gets valuable exposure to funder objectives and expectations
      • Landmark southern African human genome initiative gets the ‘green light’
    • June (1)

      • UJ hosts first scientific meeting of ACGT Regional Plant Biotech Forum
    • May (1)

      • Plant Genomics Researchers Invited to View the Preliminary 8X Draft Assembly of the Eucalyptus grandis Genome
    • April (1)

      • Professor Sven Bergmann Visits the University of Pretoria’s Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit
    • March (1)

      • ACGT sets the Scene for sub-Saharan Africa at FAO Conference
    • February (2)

      • Moving towards a greener future
      • ACGT members help plot malaria research trajectory at 2010 SAMI Conference
  • 2009 (17)

    • November (6)

      • Cassava breeders benefit from SNP workshop
      • EU gives boost to regional natural products research and policy development
      • Plant biotechnology under the spotlight at Wits Inaugural Lecture
      • ACGT supports initiative to boost African drugs and diagnostics research
      • US policy think-tank looks to ACGT for local perspective on GM crops
      • SABINA looks back on its first year at the 2nd Annual RISE Meeting
    • October (2)

      • Wits officially on board as ACGT partner on Generation Challenge Programme
      • South African scientists and scholars engage with TWAS
    • September (2)

      • New state-of-the-art equipment spurs sequencing and genotyping workshop
      • Cell-based Therapies: Adult Mesynchymal Stem Cells or Pericytes
    • August (1)

      • ACGT lays the foundation for broader regional cooperation in plant biotechnology
    • July (1)

      • ACGT partners in international project on climate change and food safety
    • June (3)

      • Grand Challenges in Global Health - GC9 meeting in Beijing, China
      • ACGT hosts visit by senior SABINA participants from University of Malawi
      • e-Research seminar and workshop held at the CSIR
    • May (2)

      • DST supports tree genomics and bioenergy initiative at UP
      • International Organization for Standards (ISO) Council Task Force on Biotechnology participation
  • 2008 (6)

    • July (2)

      • 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
    • June (4)

      • 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 (6)

    • July (1)

      • Eucalyptus Tapped as the Next Tree Genome to be Sequenced, Characterized & Harnessed for Bioenergy, Carbon Sequestration, and other Industrial Applications
    • June (1)

      • "From basic genomics to systems biology"
    • May (1)

      • The BioPAD Microarray Platform Project
    • April (3)

      • 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 (4)

    • June (4)

      • 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 (6)

    • December (1)

      • African scientists and postgraduates set to benefit from biotechnology partnership
    • October (4)

      • 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
    • June (1)

      • ACGT receives visit from French experts
  • 2004 (5)

    • November (1)

      • International cooperation aims to address poverty and health in Africa
    • October (1)

      • Modern-day Rosetta Stone helping to decode biological life
    • August (1)

      • South African Biotechnologists participate in major new European Food Safety Research Project
    • June (1)

      • ACGT participates in food safety discussions in India
    • April (1)

      • ACGT facility involved in veterinary vaccines project
  • 2003 (3)

    • October (1)

      • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit opens
    • July (1)

      • ACGT participates in South Africa's Bioinformatics plans
    • May (1)

      • SERA establishes a National Centre of Expertise

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