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Young PhD-graduate in physiological sciences already has 15 publications	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8120	Young PhD-graduate in physiological sciences already has 15 publications	Media & Communication, Faculty of Science	Dr Martin Page will receive his doctoral degree in Physiological Sciences during SU's last graduation ceremony todayage
Accurate quantification of cell dynamics possible with new software tool	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8126	Accurate quantification of cell dynamics possible with new software tool	Wiida Fourie-Basson	Engineers and scientists from Stellenbosch University have developed a visualisation tool that can automatically localise and quantify specific cellular processes such as mitochondrial fission and fusion – and that in three-dimensional space and time.
Early detection of increased risk for colorectal cancer	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8128	Early detection of increased risk for colorectal cancer	Wiida Fourie-Basson	Colorectal cancer, also known as colon cancer, is currently the third most diagnosed cancer in the world.
World Health Day: Primary health care helps combat COVID-19, lifestyle diseases	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8139	World Health Day: Primary health care helps combat COVID-19, lifestyle diseases	Bob Mash & Resia Pretorius	Wednesday (7 April) was World Health Day. In opinion pieces for the media, Profs Bob Mash and Resia Pretorius focus on health issues that should receive attention duringand after the pandemic.
Stellenbosch University establishes online registry for Long COVID study	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8282	Stellenbosch University establishes online registry for Long COVID study	Media & Communication, Faculty of Science	If you are suffering from Long COVID, then Prof Resia Pretorius would like to document your symptoms in a South African online registry.
International recognition for SU physiologist	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8387	International recognition for SU physiologist	Media & Communication, Faculty of Science	Prof Kathy Myburgh, holder of the research chair in Integrative Skeletal Muscle Physiology, Biology and Biotechnology, is amongst a select group of physiologists chosen as Honorary Fellows and Fellows of the International Union of Physiologists.
SU/Kayamandi initiative uses art to change negative attitudes towards mental illness	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8552	SU/Kayamandi initiative uses art to change negative attitudes towards mental illness	Corporate Communication and Marketing Division/Afdeling Korporatiewe Kommunikasie en Bemarking - Sandra Mulder	In a first-of-its-kind Stellenbosch University (SU) social impact initiative, academics and artists worked together to combat the stigmatisation of those with mental illness.
First evidence of inflammatory micro clots in blood of individuals suffering from Long COVID	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8640	First evidence of inflammatory micro clots in blood of individuals suffering from Long COVID	Wiida Fourie-Basson	New research indicates that an overload of various inflammatory molecules, literally “trapped" inside insoluble microscopic blood clots (micro clots), might be the cause of some of the lingering symptoms experienced by individuals with Long COVID.
SU researchers and students raise the bar at Africa physiology conference	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8639	SU researchers and students raise the bar at Africa physiology conference	Media & Communication, Faculty of Science	Postgraduate students and researchers from Stellenbosch University certainly raised the bar when they walked away with eight of the 14 awards made during the Physiology Society of Southern Africa's (PSSA) annual conference recently, held in collaboration
Apherese: effective treatment for Long-COVID?	http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=8733	Apherese: effective treatment for Long-COVID?	Media & Communication, Faculty of Science	A team of researchers from Stellenbosch University's (SU) Department of Physiological Sciences are on their way to Mülheim in Germany to collaborate with and receive training from Dr Beate Jaeger, a medical doctor pioneering the use of apheresis in the tr