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Women in science in #Africa 🌍

Christina Mutinda, a HERI PhD candidate at @UCT_news, explores how early humans adapted to changing environments.

Using fossils, isotopes and ecological clues, she reconstructs East Africa’s Early Pleistocene habitats, when Paranthropus boisei roamed.
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
pgcgenetics.bsky.social
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Dan Stein, an internationally respected leader in psychiatry and neuroscience, and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at @UCT_news.
December 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
cyberstatecraft.bsky.social
TOMORROW! Join us for Building Cybersecurity Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa, in partnership with @UCT_news. Listen in on experts from @UCT_news, @Cisco, @CyberSecPGirls & @UKinSouthAfrica as they give insider insights.

🔗Register now:  
www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/buildi...
Building cybersecurity capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Examining the key outcomes and learnings from cybersecurity workforce development efforts.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Our online course, "Life on Earth: Diversifications and Extinctions" is now accessible for FREE on Coursera. Signup and Enjoy! #uct_news
www.coursera.org/learn/life-o...
September 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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@DOLPHIN3Study Sponsor visit from @UCT_news to @IDIMakerere. This study will provide key evidence about the use of long acting antiretrovirals in postpartum breastfeeding mothers living with HIV. #AtTheEquatorUG
July 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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SOLIDARITY IN ACTION

The latest newsletter by our partners at the @EthicsLab_UCT, @UCT_news is now live!

📌Access the full newsletter here:
health.uct.ac.za/ethics-lab/a...

#Global #health #globalhealth
Solidarity in Action: Summer School Newsletter
Take a peek into the dynamic process which unfolded over 3 days with 30 participants from 9 countries from Southern Africa
health.uct.ac.za
June 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
catrionawaitt.bsky.social
Another productive day with the @dolphin3study.bsky.social team from @UCT_news @UCT_Research, visiting four potential recruitment sites in Kampala. We aim to evaluate use of long acting injectable antiretrovirals in breastfeeding mothers #AtTheEquatorUG @EDCTP3
March 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
catrionawaitt.bsky.social
@dolphin3study.bsky.social team from @UCT_news are visiting @IDIMakerere to support the collaboration and clinical trial set up. Today we focused on the Research Support Office, Clinical Trials Unit and project milestones. @edctp3-cryptott.bsky.social @t_hoko #AtTheEquatorUG
March 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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South Africa’s fight over VAT raises a key question: who should bear the burden of taxes? theconversation.com/south-africa... @UCT_Research @UCT_news @WitsUniversity @DiazFabioAndres #Budget2025
South Africa’s fight over VAT raises a key question: who should bear the burden of taxes?
The important question in a democratic setting is who gets to pay taxes and how they connect to the well-being of its citizens.
theconversation.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Tune in to our OWOH #podcast with Prof Karen Barnes of @WWARN & @UCT_news as she explains the problem of antimalarial drug resistance & the possible solutions to tackle this issue.

Listen here: onehealthtrust.org/news-media/p...
December 24, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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David Benatar on anti-natalism, in Australia:

#Philosophy #Ethics #morality #life #philanthropic #misanthropic #antinatalism @UCT_news #DavidBenatar #suffering #utilitarianism #consequentialism #existence #nihilism

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
David Benatar: Anti-natalism and the case against having children - ABC listen
Philosopher David Benatar is a proponent of compassionate anti-natalism, or the idea that it is immoral to bring children into the world because they will inevitably experience suffering.
www.abc.net.au
August 19, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Susan A. Bourne: Chemistry and crystal engineering ##CrystalEngineering##NonCovalentInteractions##Editorial@UCT_news...##IUCrhttps://journals.iucr.org/paper?S2052252524006249
Chemistry and crystal engineering
Recent studies published in the Chemistry and crystal engineering section of IUCrJ emphasize developments both in methodology and techniques as well as the diverse range of classes of compounds being studied and of problems being tackled.
journals.iucr.org
July 2, 2024 at 12:00 AM
oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
Prof Barbara Boswell (@UCT_news) writes about women impacted by apartheid South Africa. She asks: how do we write about writers thwarted by their circumstance?
April 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Great to join @unisouthampton @UnivofGh @UCT_news @KNUSTGH @MMUST_Kenya and Nelson Mandela uni to advance the practice of equitable research partnerships. Thanks @JulieDReeves @justinosheff for the invitation
February 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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[#phimscience] New work from @MicroQuar on #ViromeReleaseHypothesis #EnemyReleaseHypothesis in @Virus_Evolution @TourduValat @UPvbmt #UMR_BFP @PHIM_research @Cirad @inrae-france.bsky.social @UWConline @UCT_news @ASUS @dbgphx @AgenceRecherche

Enjoy !!!😉 doi.org/10.1093/ve/v...
Network visualization of plant-virus interactions in French and American ecosystems: Differentiation of PAV into PHY (plant viruses) and MYC (mycoviruses) with color-coded transmission modes and plant species demarcating indigenous species from B. barbinodis. Spatio-temporal invasion of France by Bothriochloa barbinodis since 1990. For each five-year period, newly colonized French Department are shown in dark blue, those already colonized during the previous period are depicted in light blue.
March 24, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Grant of €12m for climate change project - @UCT_news
https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023-10-27-grant-of-12m-for-climate-change-project
Grant of €12m for climate change project
An international research team involving a UCT academic r...
www.news.uct.ac.za
January 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
edrybicki.bsky.social
Dear @UCT_news: this report is NOT available as advertised?
November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
edrybicki.bsky.social
Why can't UCT be like this, @UCT_News? <iframe src=""
November 22, 2024 at 9:51 AM
edrybicki.bsky.social
This is not doing @UCT_news' reputation any good.
November 22, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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@STOTEN_journal @UCT_news @IREC_CSIC_UCLM
@WitsUniversity

#ecotox #ecotoxicology #DDT #dieldrin #raptors #pesticides #silentspring #stockholmconvention
November 21, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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The consortium of RESCUE project includes 17 partners in 11 countries.

@BSC_CNS @GEOMAR_en @JIN_Climate @CmccClimate @NTNUnorway @CEA_Officiel @UnivParisSaclay @NORCEresearch @Lundsuni @UCT_news @IIASAVienna @PIK_Climate @CA_Latest @LMU_Muenchen @dmidk @AWI_Media @ETH_en
January 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
jeromeollier.bsky.social
Actus Mer/Sea News: African Heritage Sites threatened by coastal flooding and erosion as sea-level rise accelerates - @UCT_news http://dlvr.it/SJm0tn
January 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
If you read one thing this weekend, we recommend you start here:@chirikure @Africa_Oxford @oxsocsci #laserscan #3D #decolonise #archaeology #GreatZimbabwe @UCT_news

economist.com/interactives/c…
Unearthing the truth
A Zimbabwean archaeologist reimagines the story of a momentous African civilisation
www.economist.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
scienceeurope.org
#HappeningNow
Mamokgethi Phakeng @UCT_VC, Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Town @UCT_news
"Universities have a very big role to play in the net-zero transition, not only through research but through campus life and activities"

#Sci4Net0 #COP26 #COP26Glasgow
January 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Actus Mer/Sea News: Explaining the super-groups of humpback whales on the west coast of South Africa - @UCT_news http://dlvr.it/SBGKF3
January 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM