Winschau attended the 9th Biotechnology Congress of America in Orlando, Florida, USA (31 August – 2 September). More than 300 participants around the globe attended the conference themed “Biotechnology-Emerging trends for the substantial future”. His poster entitled ” Enterococcus mundtii ST4SA and Lactobacillus plantarum 423 excludes Listeria monocytogenes EGDe from the gastro-intestinal tract, as shown by bioluminescent studies in mice” won the […]
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Two eminent women scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) were honoured with the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) Women in Science Awards in Johannesburg on Thursday (13 August 2015).
Prof Nulda Beyers, a senior specialist and professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Director […]
Prof Leon Dicks was one of four Stellenbosch University experts that were honoured by the South African Academy for Science and Arts for their contributions to their respective fields at a rewards ceremony in Stellenbosch on 24 June 2015. Prof Leon Dicks has been awarded the Havenga prize for life sciences. He is only the 32nd […]
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Prof Leon Dicks, distinguished professor from Stellenbosch University’s Department of Microbiology, is the winner of the Havenga prize for life sciences, awarded by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.
The prize is awarded annually for original research in the natural sciences and/or technology and […]
Congratulations to Mervin Koopman and thank you for 25 years service to the Department of Microbiology.
Congratulations to Arno Faul, currently a HonsBSc recruit in the Department of Microbiology, who recently received the Merck Award for best final year student in Molecular biology/Biotechnology at a special award ceremony at the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science. Every year the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science recognises those students who excelled in their […]
Three Stellenbosch University (SU) PhD students are among 10 women who have been named as winners of the 2011 L’Oréal-UNESCO Regional Fellowships For Women in Science (FWIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa. They were awarded fellowships of US$20 000.
The three are Dalene de Swardt, who is currently completing a PhD in Medical Virology, Jeanne de Waal, […]
A world leader on the use of microorganisms in biomining activities, Stellenbosch University (SU) microbiologist Prof Doug Rawlings, is to receive the 2011 Havenga Prize for Life Sciences from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Art).
The Havenga Prize is an annual prestige award given for original research in […]
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