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Pleased to announce Prof. Eman A. Mahmoud from Damietta University, Egypt, is officially a visiting Professor at UJ working closely with ACDB. Looking forward to a productive collaboration...

Congratulations to Prof. Orou Gaoue @ogaoue, a UJ visiting Professor working closely with ACDB, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, for his promotion to Full Professor. We look forward to further scientific collaborations @Simmybezeng

Congrats Mr Sedibana for publishing your MSc data on spectral reflectance of Equisetum hyemale, an invasive species in South Africa: doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.… @koki_wgt @mah

The 2025 Earth Day theme is "Our Power, Our Planet". We are highlighting the power of women in supporting a Nature-based Solutions (NbS) project in the Guinean forests of West Africa, including Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Guinea. bit.ly/NbSproject

A wonderful seminar today by Prof. Jonathan Davies from UBC, Canada, at acdb. Thanks to all who attended. Phylogeny is a powerful tool to guide disease management, revealing an unexpected behavior of disease agent.

Acdb seminar series is ON

Today's acdb seminar presented by Prof. Jonathan Davies from UBC

We thank Dr Bopaki Phogole for his great seminar yesterday at acdb on systematic review and meta-analysis. Thanks to all attendees... On 16th April, our guest is Prof. Jonathan Davies from The University of British Columbia, Canada.

Acdb member of the month, Ms KHANYISILE SHABANGU, is the acdb lab manager. She has a very detailed and reliable institutional knowledge. Ms Shabangu is completing her PhD in plant taxonomy, supervised by the best in the country. Happy birthday Ms Shabangu!!! @kh

Postdocs at UJ. If interested in biodiversity, phylogenetics and Conservation, email kowiyouy@uj.ac.za

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Congratulations Sam for your MSc graduation today and your paper in Ecology and Evolution.

Technology Networks interviewed Dr. Paul Hebert to learn about the history of DNA barcoding. Dive into the full interview here: technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/ho…

Mike is the acdb member of the month. He joined acdb as an Intern in 2013, became Lab-Technician in 2022. He declared "I enjoy working at ACDB because I always get the opportunity to do research about flora and some specific fauna". @UJBotany @UjZoology @UJScience @UJLibrary

Big opportunity for early-career researchers! Do you speak science, sustainability & solutions? The @ipbes Fellowship Programme is your chance to be part of #GlobalAssessment2 – a major initiative shaping the future of #biodiversity. Apply today! ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowsh…

Prof. Yessoufou @Kowiyou1 was interviewed today by UJTV about his journey at UJ. This is part of UJ celebration of its 20 yrs. He used the opportunity to talk about the African Centre for DNA barcoding and its contribution to a better understanding of South African/African flora.

Our first batch of samples from Ghana has arrived! Each specimen holds a piece of the biodiversity puzzle, bringing us closer to deeper insights and conservation impact. Excited for the next steps! #BiodiversityData #NbSProject

Mr Luvo Magoswana, Senior Scientist at SANBI was our guest speaker today in our ACDB seminar series, the last for March. His presentation was on "The Daisy Conundrum : A case of the genus Othonna. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge with us.