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Montage (MERLIN)
Montage (MERLIN) Sample: Geological sample Instrument: ZEISS MERLIN FE-SEM Description: The AZTEC Software combined with the MERLIN FE-SEM allows for high-resolution images to be taken (using any preferred detector) across an entire section...
Super-resolution microscopy – SR-SIM
Super-resolution microscopy – SR-SIM Sample: Neuronal cells Instrument: ZEISS LSM780 with ELYRA PS1 The confocal microscope is also equipped with two super-resolution platforms, SR SIM and PALM/STORM. Here SR SIM was used to capture an...
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM)
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) Sample: Colorectal Cancer Cells Instruments: ThermoFisher Apreo STEM, Leica UC7 Ultra-Microtome Description: Equipping a transmission electron detector within a SEM makes TEM imaging possible...
Prof Naudé receives honorary title from European university
Prof Piet Naudé, Emeritus Professor of Ethics at the Stellenbosch Business School (SBS), has received an honorary title from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany. He was appointed as a TUM Ambassador by Prof Thomas Hofmann...
Gold fingerprinting using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Gold fingerprinting is the identification of different origins of gold through specific element associations, resulting in a characteristic chemical signature. Fingerprinting is used to distinguish between the geological sources of gold...
Prof Rong-Jie Wang helps to improve SA’s energy efficiency, power generation capacity
Prof Rong-Jie Wang from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Stellenbosch University recently delivered his inaugural lecture titled 'Electrical machine technology: Innovation and research'. Wang spoke to the Division...
World Children’s Day: Collaboration crucial to fight TB meningitis in SA’s children
World Children's Day is observed annually on 20 November. In an opinion piece for the Cape Times, Prof Regan Solomons (Department of Paediatrics and Child Health) emphasises the importance of collaboration between the government...
Cost-effective monitoring system can help with management of invasive plants
The severe ecological and socio-economic impact of invasive alien plants in South Africa has led to extensive research and mitigation strategies in the field of biological invasions. What is lacking, however, is a national level monitoring...
Nominations open for Vice-president of Convocation
Members of Stellenbosch University's Convocation have been invited to nominate a member to serve as Vice-President for a term of three years after the previous Vice-President resigned the position. The term of the newly elected Vice...
Bone Marrow Donor Day together with Maties Gymnasium
Together with the South African Bone Marrow registry, Maties Gymnasium invites you to a become a much needed bone marrow donor. Blood cancer can be cured by a blood stem cell, marrow or cord blood transplantation. Although there are already...