Biotechnology Initiatives
Department of Science and Technology (DST) Biotechnology Initiatives
DST Biotechnology Strategies Unit, Technology for Competitiveness Programme
- Ben Durham - Manager
Tel: +27 12 843 6531
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The Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centres (BRICs) have now merged into the Technology Innovation Agency (www.tia.org.za).
Young Science Communicators Writing Initiative:
In an initiative to offer a platform to exercise skills in science communication, PUB commissioned a group of young scientists to write popular articles on various topics relating to biotechnology applications. Read their on articles on topics including sustainable energy, aquaculture, palaeogenomics, and more... Click here to view.
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PUB's fourth quarterly newsletter
The third PUB Quarterly Newsletter
The second PUB Quarterly Newsletter
The first edition
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Shedding Light on Human Genetic Diversity
A paper detailing the the Southern African Genome Sequencing Project and its results was published in the journal Nature.
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