{"id":2433,"date":"2024-12-17T14:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T14:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T15:12:22","slug":"loreal-unesco-2025-pncube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/2024\/12\/17\/loreal-unesco-2025-pncube\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Celebrating Pamela Ncube: Honoured as a 2025 L\u2019Or\u00e9al-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa For Women in Science Laureate[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]We are thrilled to celebrate Pamela Ncube, one of the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics&#8217; rising stars, for being named an awardee of the <strong>2025 Fondation L\u2019Or\u00e9al and UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents For Women in Science Regional Programme<\/strong>! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p>Pamela\u2019s pioneering research focuses on animal tuberculosis, particularly <em>Mycobacterium bovis<\/em>, which impacts wildlife and livestock across Africa. By improving diagnostic tools, her work seeks to minimize the unnecessary culling of valuable wildlife, safeguard biodiversity, and provide sustainable solutions for animal health in the region.<\/p>\n<p>This award recognizes her innovative approach to tackling critical challenges in conservation and disease management. It is a testament to her resilience, expertise, and commitment to advancing science that drives both environmental and societal impact.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Pamela! Your work inspires us all, and we can\u2019t wait to see the incredible strides you continue to make in the field of animal health and tuberculosis research.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2443 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/files\/2024\/12\/Pamela_Ncube_Loreal_UNESCO_2025-180x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"1293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/files\/2024\/12\/Pamela_Ncube_Loreal_UNESCO_2025-180x300.png 180w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/files\/2024\/12\/Pamela_Ncube_Loreal_UNESCO_2025-615x1024.png 615w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/files\/2024\/12\/Pamela_Ncube_Loreal_UNESCO_2025-768x1279.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/files\/2024\/12\/Pamela_Ncube_Loreal_UNESCO_2025-922x1536.png 922w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/files\/2024\/12\/Pamela_Ncube_Loreal_UNESCO_2025.png 926w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/>[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]We are thrilled to celebrate Pamela Ncube, one of the Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics&#8217; rising stars, for being named an awardee of the 2025 Fondation L\u2019Or\u00e9al and UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents For Women in Science Regional Programme! \ud83c\udf89 Pamela\u2019s pioneering research focuses on animal tuberculosis, particularly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10949,"featured_media":2435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-achievements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2433"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2433\/revisions\/2445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/mbhgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}