Mar 18, 2022 | News
Adapted from an article by Pieter Bester Original article first published in SANBI Gazette The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) National Herbarium – Pretoria – is a collaborator on the Waterberg Biodiversity Project and during...
Feb 16, 2022 | News
The FBIP Waterberg Biodiversity Project is gaining momentum as the invertebrate and herpetology teams arrived to carry out sampling this week… Invertebrates Dr Tharina Bird and Prof Lorenzo Prendini arrived at the Waterberg on Sunday. Dr Bird is the curator of...
Dec 10, 2021 | News
Like many people, 24-year-old Nkosinathi Ndaba had the idea that all microorganisms are bad germs that present a threat. However, his views shifted in his second year at varsity while taking a major in microbiology towards his undergraduate degree in biochemistry. “I...
Dec 3, 2021 | News
Dr Charl Deacon remembers the sense of awe he had during his first encounter with an insect as if it was yesterday – he was very young and it was a “giant stick insect”. “They are quite rare now,” he says with the benefit of the knowledge that comes with many years...
Nov 5, 2021 | News
Prof Nox Makunga is a medicinal plant biotechnology expert who also wears a hat as one of South Africa’s top communicating scientists. Prof Makunga gave an inspiring keynote address to 25 FBIP-funded students from across South Africa. She reflected on her...
