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Update on Admissions Policy and the Rector’s Discretionary Placement — Council to consider next steps
Stellenbosch University staff newsletter (6 April 2023): Last Friday (31 March 2023) we communicated to you regarding the Rector exercising his discretion under Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Admissions Policy. The Rector has also drawn the...
Auxin: Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: ChatGPT and its implications for TLA
Topic We have witnessed significant advancements in AI tools over the past few weeks, including notable innovations from industry staples such as Google and Microsoft, with new AI functions soon to be incorporated into the Google Suite and...
Comparing apples with apples - now even on the inside - with X-ray computed tomography and 3D image analysis
The 'Fuji' apple cultivar is important economically and is one of South Africa's most cultivated apple cultivars. Internal browning of these apples during storage is therefore not wished for. A study by several researchers analysed affected...
First prize for Tshibalanganda at IMGRAD conference
Muofhe Tshibalanganda, an analyst at the CAF CT Scanner Unit, won first prize for best MSc presentation at the Imaging with Radiation (IMGRAD) 2021 virtual conference which took place from 4-5 August. The title of her presentation was...
Challenges and victories at the SEM unit during lockdown
Since the national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic started in March 2020 rapid changes and challenges to the status quo in the work environment became a reality. Some industries were quick to adapt, while others had to implement a...
Study tests oral swabs for detection of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is a deadly disease. Children often develop a form of this disease which makes diagnosis difficult even with the aid of formal techniques. The concentration of bacteria in children's sputum often falls below the lowest...
South African health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known so far
This article was first published on The Conversation . Read the original article here . As a team of South African researchers we have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19. A lineage represents a genetically...
PhD student's success at the Mass Spectrometry LC-MS Unit
Keabetswe Masike was a PhD student under the supervision of Prof Marietjie Stander, manager of the Mass Spectrometry LC-MS Unit and Prof André de Villiers of Chemistry, and finished her PhD study successfully in 2021. She relied largely...
Confocal microscopists and data engineers collaborate to develop a new image analysis tool
Confocal microscopy is one of the least invasive high-resolution imaging technologies and therefore very powerful in visualising dynamic processes in live cells. It also allows for imaging different levels of a sample and eliminating all...
Progress in fluorescence microscopy reveals new aspects of tissue renewal
Recent developments in fluorescence microscopy with specific reference to light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM), multi-photon intra-vital microscopy and super-resolution microscopy are discussed in a review article by Stellenbosch...