​As an award-winning food scientist, Sinesipho Galada has found her true passion. And it's all thanks to Stellenbosch University's SciMathUS programme, which she says introduced her to the wonders of food science. Galada's passion led to...

​Stellenbosch University (SU) officially launched the Stellenbosch University Japan Centre (SUJC), envisioned to be a leading hub for academic research and cultural exchange between South Africa and Japan. The SUJC is the culmination of a...

​As chair of the Stellenbosch University (SU) Students' Representative Council (SRC), Viwe Kobokana wants to ensure that all students have a say in decisions that affect them. She also uses her position to help others on their leadership...

Confocal Microscopy Sample: Muscle cross section Instrument: ZEISS LSM780 CONFOCAL The confocal microscope can be used for multi-colour fluorescence imaging. This is an image of a cross-section through a muscle biopsy, showing fast and slow...

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 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) 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 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 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 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...