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For home-grown South African science news, follow me for updates on what our researchers in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University are working on.
Stellenbosch University
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Fight or Flight — Facing the Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda | New England Journal of Medicine
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Having diagnosed two ICU patients with the first known cases of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, a physician must prioritize limiting spread, despite pleas for transfer from the patients’ families.
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Tiny microbes called up in fight against climate change
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Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane from Stellenbosch University is one of 18 leading microbiologists worldwide, representing 24 microbiology scientific societies and institutions, urging international...
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Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways
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RT @NRF_News: Time is running out to apply! . Interested in doing your Master's or PhD degree in France? The 2025 France-South Africa Schol….
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RT @resiapretorius: 2/2 Microclot inflammatory molecule content is important, as identifying these could be the answer to finding diagnost….
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RT @resiapretorius: 1/2 More evidence about differences in microclots in health and disease. It is not numbers/sizes alone that are importa….
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Join us for a hybrid session with Greenpeace Africa’s Volunteer Coordinator for SA Hulunn Choo & Climate/Energy Campaigner Siyabonga Myeza for an introduction to volunteering - online & in-person
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RT @unescoROSA: Do you have a passion for science communication? . This is your chance to be part of the Science Journalism Side Event at t….
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Not to be missed! A hybrid seminar on "Leveraging the vaginal microbiome for improved health outcomes" with world-leading experts, hosted by the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at @StellenboschUni .@SUhealthsci @MRCza @Tuliodna
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RT @SUearthsciences: Interested in a MSc or PhD at the @SUearthsciences?. The call for the @StellenboschUni Postgraduate Scholarship Progra….
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RT @SUearthsciences: Student Spotlight! 🔦 Keep an eye open for our spotlight posts and see what our postgraduate students are up to. Check….
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RT @doctorasadkhan: Latest paper on #LongCovid from #TeamClots. Really pleased to have contributed to this alongside some great colleagues!.
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Looking forward to this evening's #sciencecafe Stellenbosch at @Woordfees on #pandemics with world-renowned scientists @Tuliodna @resiapretorius & Burtram Fielding.@noxthelion @marinajoubert @MatiesResearch
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“Once one has observed the living cell, your perspective on disease changes profoundly” — Ben Loos
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South African physiologist Ben Loos uses sophisticated images techniques to find the cellular markers of neurodegenerative disease
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RT @GeotracesSA: New paper out where we show the supply of Mn to the surface to support spring productivity is dominated by winter entrainm….
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Despite the subnanomolar dissolved manganese concentrations that can co-limit Southern Ocean primary production, their physical supply mechanisms during winter, for biological consumption in spring...
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New clam species discovered in South Africa's kelp forest via @physorg_com.
phys.org
A new study sheds light on the unexplored diversity of galeommatoidean bivalves, a little-known group of marine mollusks, from the western coast of South Africa.
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RT @dbkell: New preprint with @resiapretorius just out, showing how proteomically different fibrinaloid microclots are from normal clots, a….
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In classical amyloidoses, amyloid fibres form through the nucleation and accretion of protein monomers, with protofibrils and fibrils exhibiting a cross-β motif of parallel or antiparallel β-sheets...
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