Here we bring you the latest news and press releases about SAIAB’s aquatic biodiversity research and events such as the SAIAB Seminar Series which are open to the general public.
SAIAB researchers contribute to new series of Open Access journals by Cambridge University Press to address global challenges
May 1, 2023Cambridge University Press (CUP) has announced a new series of Open Access journals that will address “global challenges by bringing together researchers across national and subject boundaries”. Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-coastal-futures/information/about-this-journal is one three new open access journals launched...
Molecular biology training brings researchers from across the country together
May 1, 2023SAIAB’s Yonela Sithole (middle) assisting UniZulu PhD Students, Sazi Nzama (left) and Lungelo Nsibande). By Andisile Klaas, (SAIAB Communications Intern) The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), in collaboration with DIPLOMICS, hosted a training workshop aimed at upskilling researchers...
Women science graduates celebrate Master’s and PhD degrees
May 1, 2023Women in science shine at the Rhodes University 2023 graduation during International Women’s Month MSc graduate Annah Mthombeni after her graduation ceremony on 29 March 2023. Photo: Andisile Klaas. By Andisile Klaas (SAIAB Communications Intern) March is widely known as...
SAIAB students and interns use World Water Day to clean up two Makhanda water sources
May 1, 2023Cleaning Kowie River and Fairview Spring for World Water Day By Andisile Klaas (SAIAB Communications Intern) The United Nations first established 22 March as World Water Day in 1993. The day has been celebrated ever since as a day highlighting...
In Celebration of Professor Olaf Weyl
February 7, 2023Join the NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity in celebrating the life, research excellence and the legacy of the late Olaf Weyl. Olaf joined SAIAB in 2009 from the Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science at Rhodes University and wholeheartedly served the...
Science with and for Society: The SAIAB IMIsEE Project Case Study
December 7, 2022Enhancing Ecological Engineering Solutions in Urban Coastlines Through the Transdisciplinary NRF–SAIAB Funded IMIsEE Project In August, the NRF-SAIAB Indigenous Marine Innovations for sustainable Environments and Economies (IMIsEE) project held its first official event, an imbizo, with members of the rural coastal community of Hamburg in the...
SAIAB Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Fortunate Phaka awarded the Mail & Guardian premier environmental award
December 7, 2022The Mail & Guardian celebrated the 18th edition of its flagship Greening The Future event with emphasis on the significance of this year’s alignment of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties — COP 27 Global Summit. This year’s focus was on...
SAIAB Student Symposium
December 1, 2022The NRF-SAIAB hosted its fourth instalment of the Student Symposium on Friday, 9 December 2022. The symposium provided an opportunity for SAIAB postgraduate students to showcase their work to a public audience, featuring more than 30 research talks which were presented...
SAIAB Seminar Series 2022: Two presentations by Dr Antony Knights and Dr Louise Firth
August 15, 2022Associate Professors of Marine Ecology, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth Friday 22 July, 12.00pm (Johannesburg) Zoom Registration link: https://bit.ly/3c5ZlMf Assessing ecological networks: A primer for diversity and distribution Presentation by: Dr Antony Knights Friday 22 July, 12.00pm (Johannesburg) The Anthropocene is characterised by...
Dr Chantel Elston shows the wonders beneath the waves at Plett’s Keurbooms estuary
August 15, 2022By: Lucky Dlamini and Dr Chantel Elston The first-ever Plett Marine Science Symposium took place from 1 – 3 July 2022 to celebrate Plettenberg Bay’s most beloved treasures: our ocean, marine life, and beaches. The three-day marine science symposium included...
Refresh: A new biodiversity project to fill knowledge gaps in South Africa’s freshwater systems
August 15, 2022The unique freshwater biodiversity of South Africa is under increasing pressure from multiple impacts including global climate change, habitat degradation, hydrological modification through excessive water abstraction, as well as the spread of invasive species. The most recent National Biodiversity Assessment...