An internationally funded consortium working towards increasing yield and nutritional value of staple crops in Africa recently concluded an...
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Microbiomics research can be leveraged to develop innovative solutions towards food systems research and development. International domain experts...
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The ACGT hosted a webinar on the 28th of May 2021 presented by Dr Godfrey Kgatle and Ms Thabang Msimango from the University of Pretoria (UP). The...
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Mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19 is higher in African countries than reported from studies done in Asia, Europe, North America and...
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Molecule made famous by its association with human heart disease and marine animals’ ability to survive high-pressure conditions turns out to be...
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The ACGT hosted a webinar for the plant phenomics community on the 4th of March 2021. The webinar was designed as a feedback session for the...
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More than 1,200 people with rare diseases have received a diagnosis thanks to the integration of large-scale genomics into the Stockholm region's...
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In February 2021, the African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT) and INSERM Toulouse (France) organized a virtual Lipidomics workshop. Lipidomics...
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For decades, researchers have viewed synonymous mutations as inconsequential quirks of the genome. Due to the way the genetic code is set up—where...
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The University of Pretoria (UP) has discovered new potent chemical compounds that show potential as candidates for both the treatment and...
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The ACGT hosted a webinar-based workshop on “Biological Research via Top-down Proteomics” on the 9th of October. The workshop was facilitated by...
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Wits Professor of organic chemistry, Charles de Koning, recently won the South African Chemistry Institute’s (SACI) gold medal – the organisation’s...