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The UCT Holis'c Drug Discovery and Development Research Centre: Introduction & Overview

The Science Faculty Research Committee invites you to their seminar series with a talk presented by Professor Kelly Chibale on the Holistic Drug Discovery Research Centre: An introduction and overview.

Kelly Chibale wins Royal Society Africa Prize 2023

Professor Kelly Chibale, who holds the Neville Isdell Chair in African-centric Drug Discovery and Development, and director of the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development Centre at UCT, has been awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize 2023

Sustainable chemist wins Rising Star Africa Prize

Dr Wade Petersen, from the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science, has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society’s Rising Star Africa Prize for 2023.

Dr Bjorn Backeberg

Affiliation: Deltares: Delft,The Netherlands; Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center: Bergen, NO
Research interests: Ocean-climate dynamics, numerical modelling, data assimilation and data analytics using ocean and earth data, and satellite remote sensing, with a focus on the Indian Ocean and Agulhas Current.

The Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa: Using mathematics to understand and manage disease

A/ Prof Sheetal Silal from MASHA will present the Science Faculty seminar series with a talk "The Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa - Using mathematics to understand and manage disease

The Impact of VR and Working in VR software Development Startup

Rachel Klein, from Sozo Labs, will present the School of IT seminar with a talk entitled "The Impact of VR and Working in VR software Development Startup".

From Smart Sensing to Smart Living: The Era of IoT, AI/ML and Data Science

Dr Sajal K Das from Missouri University of Science and Technology will present the School of IT Seminar

Katie Cole

RW James 4.04

research areas: Nuclear Physics PEPT Cape Town

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Research Areas: Nuclear Physics

PhD graduand clocks vast distances on foot collecting 150 taxa, including 50 undescribed species

In gathering the botanical data for his PhD, UCT's Brian du Preez clocked up some impressive numbers scouring the Greater Cape Floristic Region’s (GCFR) remote regions: hundreds of kilometres on foot in mountains and kloofs, and by car.

A starry-eyed inspirational graduate

Michael Hlabathe will graduate with his PhD in astrophysics from UCT in July for his investigation into active galactic nuclei. Throughout his academic journey, his passion for his field has led him to reach for the stars.

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