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Fight or Flight — Facing the Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE…

Tiny microbes called up in fight against climate change linkedin.com/pulse/tiny-mic…

Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways wdctv.news/plants-could-b…

Time is running out to apply! Interested in doing your Master's or PhD degree in France? The 2025 France-South Africa Scholarship Programme is open to South African students as well as students from Lesotho and Malawi. Details: southafrica-france-scholarships.com

2/2 Microclot inflammatory molecule content is important, as identifying these could be the answer to finding diagnostic markers to distinguish between diseases. @dbkell

1/2 More evidence about differences in microclots in health and disease. It is not numbers/sizes alone that are important, but the footprint of the molecules associated and trapped in them. @dbkell

Join us for a hybrid session with Greenpeace Africa’s Volunteer Coordinator for SA Hulunn Choo & Climate/Energy Campaigner Siyabonga Myeza for an introduction to volunteering - online & in-person @a6fa3b03-0a3c-4258-8433-a120dffcd348" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3a0cccd9…

Do you have a passion for science communication? This is your chance to be part of the Science Journalism Side Event at the South Africa Science Forum 2024! 📷 Visit the link below or scan the QR code for more details and apply by October 11, 2024. forms.gle/2YCMbum9jppa2G…

Not to be missed! A hybrid seminar on "Leveraging the vaginal microbiome for improved health outcomes" with world-leading experts, hosted by the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at @StellenboschUni @SUhealthsci @MRCza @Tuliodna

Interested in a MSc or PhD at the @SUearthsciences? The call for the @StellenboschUni Postgraduate Scholarship Programme (PSP) 2025 is open until 31 October 2024. More information: sun.ac.za/english/resear… Apply here: sun.ac.za/english/resear… #geotwitter @scienceSUN

Student Spotlight! 🔦 Keep an eye open for our spotlight posts and see what our postgraduate students are up to. Check out the details of Masters Student Ethan Mack’s project. #geotwitter @scienceSUN

Latest paper on #LongCovid from #TeamClots. Really pleased to have contributed to this alongside some great colleagues!

Looking forward to this evening's #sciencecafe Stellenbosch at @Woordfees on #pandemics with world-renowned scientists @Tuliodna @resiapretorius & Burtram Fielding @noxthelion @marinajoubert @MatiesResearch

“Once one has observed the living cell, your perspective on disease changes profoundly” — Ben Loos   nature.com/immersive/d441…

New paper out where we show the supply of Mn to the surface to support spring productivity is dominated by winter entrainment. @geotraces @Antarcticlegacy @SOOSocean @scienceSUN @NRF_News @SUearthsciences @aslo_org @SCAR_Tweets @SOCCO_Science aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ln…

New clam species discovered in South Africa's kelp forest phys.org/news/2024-07-c… via @physorg_com

New preprint with @resiapretorius just out, showing how proteomically different fibrinaloid microclots are from normal clots, and explaining the underlying amyloidogenic mechanism #TeamClots biorxiv.org/content/10.110…