Feb 13, 2020 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 11:00 – 13/02/2020 Applications for FBIP Concept Notes for Large Grants and FBIP Small Grants are now open. Researchers based at NRF recognised research institutions in South Africa are eligible to apply (Postdoctoral fellows and students are not...
Oct 11, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Pretoria – Natural history collections represent an incredibly rich resource of samples for DNA barcode library building, yet many challenges preclude efficient sampling of these collections including permit requirements, sample selection and DNA quality. The...
Aug 21, 2019 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Presenter: S. Willows-Munro – Conservation Genetics Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pretoria – Metabarcoding is a new method of rapid biodiversity assessment that combines two technologies: DNA-based identification (DNA barcoding)...
Nov 16, 2018 | News, sustainability, Uncategorized
Updated 22/03/2020 Cape Town – A new ‘pearl white’ freshwater crab species has been discovered in the ‘forgotten’ Eastern Cape forests of South Africa. Prof Savel Daniels, a molecular taxonomist at Stellenbosch University, says freshwater crabs are relatively well...
