The Electron Microscopy (EM) unit has added a new member to their family - the ThermoFischer Apreo VolumeScope scanning electron microscope (or just the Apreo SEM for short). The Apreo SEM is an extremely versatile electron microscope...

Prospective students are confronted with a wide variety of programme and career options - undoubtedly an advantage, also a significant challenge. Stellenbosch University prioritises assistance to prospective students in facilitating...

​This article was originally published on Daily Maverick . Read the full article here . Since the Covid-19 pandemic reached South Africa, many households have experienced changes to their refuse collection schedules. Most of these delays...

Thanks to the work of four academics from across the globe, the travelogue of one of South Africa's leading black intellectuals of the early 20 th century, the late Professor DDT (Davidson Don Tengo) Jabavu of Fort Hare University, has been...

​​A new national facility for water and soil analysis is currently being set up at Stellenbosch University. The new facility will form one of the nodes of BIOGRIP, a national research infrastructure platform hosted by UCT and with nodes at...

​​One of the main reasons for the strict lockdown regulations in South Africa during COVID-19, was to prevent overcrowding of hospitals and provide them with precious time to prepare for the expected influx of patients as transmissions...

​A new addition to the Fluorescence Microscopy Unit’s array of equipment at the Stellenbosch University’s Tygerberg Campus.​ Imagine having access to an instrument capable of taking single-cell analysis by flow cytometry to the next level...

​In October 2020, leading industry publication The Analytical Scientist announced the release of its annual Power List. The Power List celebrates the tremendous range of talent, ingenuity and leadership present across all corners of...

NeoAMS, a programme targeting inappropriate use of antibiotics among hospitalised newborns, was awarded the 2023 Stewardship Prize by the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Industry Alliance. NeoAMS is spearheaded by Stellenbosch University...

​LC-MS is an important tool in metabolomics studies. An example of such work at the LCMS laboratory is the recently published papers by our PhD student, Keabetswe Masike who used it to study leaf blackening in Proteas. ​​​​​​ She further...