Faculty of Science events archive.
June 2017
Unravelling the mysteries of Parkinson’s disease - Wed, Jun 7 2017
Hierarchical distance sampling and occupancy models to inform adaptive management of high elevation grasslands of eastern SA – 5 years bird study - Mon, Jun 5 2017
May 2017
Molecular ecology of the globally invasive genus Acacia - Wed, May 31 2017
ACEing around Antarctica - Wed, May 31 2017
Satellite imagery interpretation as an aid to Greenfields mineral exploration in lateritic weathering environments - Tue, May 30 2017
Exploring linkages between climate, hydrology and tectonics in the Okavango Delta, Botswana - Fri, May 26 2017
Unique canonical pathways identified in a South African in Autism Spectrum Disorder cohort - Wed, May 24 2017
From Undergrad to Postgrad in Science - Wed, May 24 2017
Exploring Martian Magmatism: The Shergottite Meteorites - Tue, May 23 2017
Mean-variance hedging of basis risk - Mon, May 22 2017
Formation and evolution of the Palaeoarchaeanwestern Superior lithosphere: evidence from peridotite and diamond ages - Fri, May 19 2017
Heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis - Wed, May 17 2017
From Beasts to Birds: Conservation Genetics in Action - Wed, May 17 2017
A Saddlepoint Approximation for the Hill Estimator - Mon, May 15 2017
How does HIV affect immunity to TB - Wed, May 10 2017
Urban ecology of the Crowned Eagle in KZN, South Africa - Wed, May 10 2017
Is the Universe Isotropic? - Wed, May 10 2017
The Application of Geology to Assess Contamination - Tue, May 9 2017
Biogeographic Patterns of Lemur Species Richness and Occurrence in a Fragmented Landscape - Mon, May 8 2017
Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Research: answering old questions with new stats methods - Mon, May 8 2017
April 2017
Sleep and Circadian Rhythms of South Africans - Wed, Apr 26 2017
Next Steps in Reasoning Defeasibly over Ontologies - Wed, Apr 26 2017
The MeerLICHT/MeerKAT optical-radio synoptic survey - Wed, Apr 26 2017
Thermal buffering and the convergence of temperatures in the mid-to lower orogenic crust - Tue, Apr 25 2017
Bayesian Species richness and occupancy models - Mon, Apr 24 2017
The North of Kuruman Project: Newly discovered Middle and Later Stone Age rockshelter deposits in the Kalahari Basin at Gamohana Hill - Mon, Apr 24 2017
UCT Open Day 2017 - Sat, Apr 22 2017
Theories of Change in ICTD - Thu, Apr 20 2017
Enhancing plant growth: Thinking outside the hormone box - Wed, Apr 19 2017
Where are the baryons in the Universe? - Wed, Apr 19 2017
Nocturnal success in a diurnal world: adaptations of bats to life in northern Canada - Tue, Apr 18 2017
Subjective Evaluation of Texture Synthesis Methods - Thu, Apr 13 2017
Travel through Space and discover the mysteries of Sprites: First recordings of these dazzling lights in South Africa - Wed, Apr 12 2017
Travel through Space and discover the mysteries of Sprites: First recordings of these dazzling lights in South Africa - Wed, Apr 12 2017
Sediment dynamics of the Namib aeolianerosion basin and diamond deposits of the Sperrgebiet - Tue, Apr 11 2017
Pharmacometrics (quantitative pharmacology) to improve TB/HIV treatment - Mon, Apr 10 2017
Life history insights of the Dodo from bone histology - Wed, Apr 5 2017
The lithospheric mantle of the Limpopo Mobile Belt - Tue, Apr 4 2017
Decision support for performance analysis in Rugby Union: A comparison of regression-based feature selection methods - Mon, Apr 3 2017
Comparing stable isotopes across body tissues: a case study based on southern African farmers - Mon, Apr 3 2017
March 2017
The Challenges of Opinion Retrieval on User Generated Content - Thu, Mar 30 2017
The structure of the cyanide dihydratase from Bacillus pumilus. What does it tell us? - Wed, Mar 29 2017
How will HI-vision change the way we see our Universe - Wed, Mar 29 2017
Modern versus ancient controls on sedimentary systems; the present is not always the key to the past - Tue, Mar 28 2017
Sea surface temperatures and Later and Middle Stone Age shellfish harvesting strategies from oxygen isotopes of Turbo sarmaticus opercula - Mon, Mar 27 2017
Presentation on School’s Development Unit and the School’s Improvement Initiative Activities - Mon, Mar 27 2017
Behind the big scientific discoveries are technological marvels - CERN as an example - Thu, Mar 23 2017
Integration of Phenotypic and Metabolomic Datasets for the De Novo Prediction of Compound Modes of Action in Complex Systems - Wed, Mar 22 2017
Cosmology in the Era of Mega Data - Wed, Mar 22 2017