In celebration of National Science Week, postgraduate students in microbiology, biochemistry and genetics will present a series of talks on how their research is contributing to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals – a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. 

Molecular solutions for a sustainable Africa – 17 August, 13:00-14:00    

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Africa's water crisis: Innovation in monitoring and treatment

Dr Brandon Reyneke, Department of Microbiology

Contraception and hormone replacement therapy: Friend or foe?

Mishkah Simons and Melani Janse van Vuuren, MSc-students in the Department of Biochemistry

Unravelling the effects of selection on a commercially important insect species

Kelvin Hull, PhD-student, Department of Genetics

Into the wild: studying wheat relatives

Cecile Bester, MSc student, Department of Genetics

​Antimicrobial development to ensure healthy lives – 18 August, 13:00-14:00

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South African Polygenic Risk Scores to predict antipsychotic treatment response

Julienne Knupp, MSc-student, Department of Genetics

Prospecting for antibiotic gold

Wikus Laubscher, PhD-student, Department of Biochemistry

From diagnostics to novel antimicrobials

Dominic Nicholas, MSc-student, Department of Microbiology 

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