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NRF-SAIAB Seminar Series

Date: Thursday 26 March 2026, 15:00pm (SAST) Venue: Lecture Room Teams link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/cffd6bd9-bf65-4245-ac8b-812e606a723f@30878ba0-2f66-4b77-8fde-8dfc1652ff39 Professor Alan Whitfield Emeritus Chief Scientist, and Honorary Research Associate, NRF-SAIAB Our Southern African Heritage Advanced modern humans evolved in the southern portion of South Africa from...

March 19, 2026

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NRF-SAIAB Workshop Strengthens Molecular Biology Skills for Emerging Researchers

From the 2nd-6th March, the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity’s (NRF-SAIAB) Aquatic Genomics Research Platform (AGRP), hosted the Fundamentals of Molecular Biology Training Workshop in Makhanda. The workshop was attended by a group of 18 researchers coming from various...

March 18, 2026

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NRF-SAIAB Desk Calendar 2026

March 13, 2026

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NRF-SAIAB Seminar Series 2026

Wednesday 18 March 2026, 10:30 AM (SAST) Teams Registration Link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e2530bd1-7011-418c-828e-d78aeb074d57@30878ba0-2f66-4b77-8fde-8dfc1652ff39 by Dr Danai Kontou, James Hodson & Emma Baker Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, PhD Candidate & PhD Candidate Triple Threat: Understanding Crayfish Invasion Dynamics in Kruger National Park Redclaw crayfish...

March 13, 2026

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St Lucia at an ecological tipping point?

By: Ricky Taylor and Alan Whitfield (NRF-SAIAB Emeritus Chief Scientist and Honorary Research Associate) St Lucia is progressing along a geological trajectory that has taken it from its ancestral form of a large deep estuary with major connections to the...

March 13, 2026

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NRF-SAIAB’s GeMaP Continues to Expand into Freshwater Bathymetric Surveys at Mzingazi Lake, Richards Bay

By: Thami Wanda (NRF-SAIAB Multibeam Instrument Technician) The Geophysics Mapping Platform (GeMaP) kicked off the new year by conducting bottom mapping surveys in support of a research project led by the University of Zululand, focused on understanding coastal ecosystems. As...

February 24, 2026

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NRF-SAIAB Wins 2nd Place for Best Stand at Working World Exhibition 2026

The NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) has been awarded 2nd Place for Best Stand out of approximately 70 institutions at the 2026 Working World Exhibition (WWE), held from 17–19 February 2026 at the Tramways Building in Gqeberha. The...

February 23, 2026

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Advancing transdisciplinary coastal innovation: NRF-SAIAB partners with researchers and communities for sustainable coasts

As part of the NRF-SAIAB’s Indigenous Marine Innovations for Sustainable Environments and Economies (IMIsEE) project, two PhD candidates are advancing research that meaningfully bridges Indigenous knowledge, ecological science, and coastal innovation. Vuyolwethu Mxo is a PhD candidate registered at Nelson...

February 23, 2026

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Global Scientists Gather at NRF-SAIAB for Species Discovery Workshop After Comoros Expedition

From 26 January to 13 February 2026, the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) hosted the Nekton Ocean Census Comoros Species Discovery Workshop in Makhanda. The workshop formed part of the broader Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census programme, a global...

February 20, 2026

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Building regional expertise in Aquatic Biodiversity: highlights from the NRF-SAIAB/BIUST research visit

By: Dr. Yonela Sithole (NRF-SAIAB), Dr. Thethela Bokhutlo (BIUST), and Mr. Daniel Nkosinathi Mazungula (NRF-SAIAB) Regional capacity building lies at the heart of the mandate of the National Research Foundation’s-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB). In line with this...

February 6, 2026

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