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MSc Focus: Global taxonomic crisis paves way for 26yr old UCT expert

Nov 4, 2021 | News

Rouane Brokensha finds it ‘strange’ to be considered the national expert on hermit tanaids. These are tiny shrimp-like marine creatures that live in empty snail shells. She has been assigned this status after just completing her honours year but owns it with the...

African wild dog populations gnawed by blood parasites

Sep 30, 2021 | News

Dr Edward Netherlands As a young boy Dr Edward Netherlands was always interested in working with animals. He could often be found collecting all kinds of reptiles and frogs in his spare time. It was no surprise that when the time came, he would enroll for a BSc in...

Light shed on the dark territory of fungal diversity with 7 new species to science

Aug 24, 2021 | News

A recent South African study has made a small but significant dent in the ~3 million unknown species of the Kingdom Fungi, delivering seven new fungi species to science. Approximately 148 000 species have already been taxonomically described globally, meaning...

VIDEO: FBIP Proposal Writing Workshop leaves applicants better prepared

May 12, 2021 | Events, News

Pretoria – At the recent FBIP Proposal Writing Workshop, facilitator, Prof Michelle Hamer told prospective funding applicants that the workshop was part of a drive to improve the quality of proposals so that funds could be allocated in a way that delivered on...

REMINDER: FBIP Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2021

Apr 13, 2021 | Announcements, Funding, News, Opportunities

Deadline: 29 April 2021 The Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (FBIP), which is funded by the Department of Science & Innovation (DSI), is offering four (4) two-year postdoctoral fellowships for South African foundational biodiversity information...

MSc Focus: Global taxonomic crisis paves way for 26yr old UCT expert

African wild dog populations gnawed by blood parasites

Light shed on the dark territory of fungal diversity with 7 new species to science

VIDEO: FBIP Proposal Writing Workshop leaves applicants better prepared

REMINDER: FBIP Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2021

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