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NRF-SAIAB Seminar Series 2025

Thursday 22 May 2025, 10:30AM (SAST) Venue: NRF-SAIAB Lecture Room Zoom Registration Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/_nFt7FePS02nYOe4iekeYA Passcode: 012307 by Cornel-Mari du Preez NYS Research Intern, NRF-SAIAB Microplastics Associated with Shoreline Marine Organisms at Nature’s Valley in South Africa Join Cornel-Mari du Preez...

May 15, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB Hosts African Microbiome Group for Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

On 7 May 2025, NRF-SAIAB’s Managing Director, Prof. Albert Chakona, hosted a high-level stakeholder engagement at the Institute’s Makhanda (Grahamstown) facility, welcoming Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane and the African Microbiome Group (AMG) from Stellenbosch University. This strategic meeting, attended by emerging...

May 9, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB Seminar Series 2025

Thursday 8 May 2025, 10.30am (SAST) Zoom Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/hMhq_gt6QPu2uKbPr3885w Passcode: 043851 by Khor Waiho Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Gold in the mud: A global overview of mud crab (Scylla spp.) fishery Mud crabs (genus...

May 8, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB Seminar Series 2025

Wednesday 7 May 2025, 10.30am (SAST) Venue: Lecture Room, NRF-SAIAB Zoom Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/X6LFzDB6TjWJ7i4ikH8bsA Passcode: 702498 by Prof Thulani Makhalanyane & the African Microbiome Group Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University | School for Data Science and Computational Thinking How...

May 8, 2025

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Tackling Food Insecurity Through Inland Fisheries in Limpopo

This article was originally published in Quest Vol. 21 No. 1: “Feed the Future” , 2025 , authored by Archiebold Hlungwani (DFFE), Mandla Magoro (NRF-SAIAB), Lubabalo Mofu (NRF-SAIAB), Phumza Ndaleni (NRF-SAIAB), and Dumisani Khosa (SANParks). In a country where poverty...

April 9, 2025

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Making Ichthyological Connections: Dr. Barry Russell’s Research Visit to NRF-SAIAB

NRF-SAIAB recently welcomed Dr. Barry Russell, a distinguished ichthyologist with over five decades of experience, for a five-week research visit. Dr. Russell, who is based at the Northern Territory Museum in Australia as Curator Emeritus of Fish, has dedicated his...

April 3, 2025

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Challenges in Science Communication and the Way Forward

Opinion Piece from the Science Communication Workshop By Siyamthanda Ndinisa, Lucky Dlamini & Mbali Ngulube What good is scientific knowledge if it remains locked away in journals, understood only by a select few? Science has the potential to shape policies,...

March 25, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB Empowers University of Fort Hare Honours Students to Communicate Research Effectively

Science communication is a vital skill that bridges the gap between research and society, making complex scientific concepts more accessible and impactful. Recognising this, the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) Communications Team hosted a Science Communication Workshop for...

March 19, 2025

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Biological Control Milestone led by DSTI/NRF-SAIAB SARChI: Weevil Released to Combat Invasive Salvinia Minima in Hartbeespoort

On Monday, 17 March 2025, South Africa took a significant step toward protecting its freshwater ecosystems with the release of the Cyrtobagous salviniae weevil in the Crocodile River at Hartbeespoort. The Rhodes University Centre for Biological Control (CBC), in collaboration...

March 18, 2025

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Unveiling Ocean Mysteries: NRF-SAIAB, Nekton, and Ocean Census Host Species Discovery Workshop

The NRF-SAIAB, in collaboration with Ocean Census, an initiative of The Nippon Foundation and Nekton, recently hosted a ground-breaking Species Discovery Workshop from January 27 to February 7. This workshop, held at NRF-SAIAB, brought together eight researchers from Japan, the...

February 28, 2025

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