• 2021 (17)

  • October (1)

    • The future of South African plant biotechnology research and innovation is bright!

  • September (2)

    • InnovateUK programme unearths beneficial mechanisms of novel agricultural biostimulants in the African agricultural staple maize
    • AgriMicrobiomics workshop highlights African and international critical mass in food systems research

  • June (1)

    • UP researchers seek to apply Biotechnology in the Agricultural Production Sector and Food Safety

  • May (3)

    • Africa has highest global death rate among critically ill COVID-19 patients – UP experts part of landmark study
    • Stress-Response Compound Widespread in Animals Is Found in Plants
    • Exploring CAR T-cell therapy to treat breast cancer

  • April (3)

    • “Rogue” Protein Could Contribute to Humans’ High Cancer Rates
    • Science and need—not wealth or nationality—should guide vaccine allocation and prioritization
    • Building Local Capacity for the Next Agricultural Revolution

  • March (3)

    • More precise diagnoses made possible with whole genome sequencing
    • University of Pretoria researchers receive prestigious grants for cutting-edge cancer research
    • Lipidomics: unravelling the role of small molecules with big impacts on health

  • February (2)

    • “Silent” Mutation Linked to Worse Kidney Cancer Outcome
    • Another Potentially Immunity-Evading SARS-CoV-2 Variant Detected

  • 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