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SASBi – South African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

By On 09/10/2012 · Leave a Comment · In General Science, Microbiology News, News articles

Letter from the President of the newly established South African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SASBi)

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Time-lapse photography of growing mould – Amazing video!

By On 13/12/2011 · Leave a Comment · In General Science

Reposted from Twisted Bacteria by César Sánchez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Small things considered: Is a Good Offense the Best Defense?

By On 13/12/2011 · Leave a Comment · In General Science

Is a good offense the best defense?

“Most eukaryotes possess an RNA interference system (RNAi) that they use to regulate gene expression and to defend against viruses and other mobile elements. However, some budding yeasts, such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, appear to get along just fine without it even though RNAi has benefited other yeasts by silencing […]

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Changing the locks: HIV discovery could allow scientists to block virus’s entry into cell nucleus

By On 13/12/2011 · Leave a Comment · In General Science

Changing the locks: HIV discovery could allow scientists to block virus’s entry into cell nucleus.

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Silver medal for chemical biologist working on drug resistant bacteria

By On 26/03/2011 · Leave a Comment · In General Science

Chemical biologist Prof Erick Strauss from the Department of Biochemistry at Stellenbosch University has received the Beckman Coulter Silver Medal from the South African Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SASBMB), in recognition of his contribution as a young researcher working on enzyme mechanisms and antibiotic drug development.

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New ‘superbug’ associated with medical tourism in India

By On 13/09/2010 · Leave a Comment · In General Science, Newspaper Articles

New superbug linked to Indian medical tourism

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Water filter meets ‘teabag’?

By On 02/08/2010 · Leave a Comment · In General Science

Water filtering teabags breakthrough

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The Neandertal Genome

By On 07/05/2010 · Leave a Comment · In General Science

Some interesting reading regarding the sequencing of the Neandertal genome just published in Science magazine.

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