Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr: a biochemist who believes perceptions can be shifted
In academia, change often happens slowly. Academics are born into a paradigm and, more often than not, they maintain that paradigm rather than interrogating and...
Tag : biochemistry
In defense of my research on plant defenses
by Anina Mumm
Before I switched careers from scientist to science communicator, I completed an MSc in biochemistry, and for the last 3 years I’ve been wondering how...
Previn Naicker, 23, is youngest Witsie to get PhD
by AdminBraai
By Riante Naidoo (Wits Vuvuzela) After skipping grades 7, 9 and 10, Previn Naicker graduated from Wits with a PhD in Biochemistry last year at...
Fancy toothpaste with a local flavour?
Earlier this year, Prof. Namrita Lall of the University of Pretoria received the Order of Mapungubwe – South Africa’s highest honour – in recognition of her...
Postgrads pass the mic
by Anina Mumm
A few of the biochemists in the room raised an eyebrow at Msizi Mhlongo’s opening line: “A plant defends itself like the Zulu warriors of...