@scienceSUN

For home-grown South African science news, follow me for updates on what our researchers in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University are working on.

 Stellenbosch University
sun.ac.za/science
Joined October 2011
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Faculty of Science retweeted
Jabu@thabangjel6 Nov 2024
To all the BSc students take note of this at Stellies. @scienceSUN @StellenboschUni
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Fight or Flight — Facing the Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda | New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMp24…

Fight or Flight — Facing the Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda | NEJM

Having diagnosed two ICU patients with the first known cases of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, a physician must prioritize limiting spread, despite pleas for transfer from the patients’ families.

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

Tiny microbes called up in fight against climate change

Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane from Stellenbosch University is one of 18 leading microbiologists worldwide, representing 24 microbiology scientific societies and institutions, urging international...

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Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways wdctv.news/plants-could-be-m…
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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-scholarsh…
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Faculty of Science retweeted
Resia Pretorius
@resiapretorius9 Oct 2024
2/2 Microclot inflammatory molecule content is important, as identifying these could be the answer to finding diagnostic markers to distinguish between diseases. @dbkell
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Faculty of Science retweeted
Resia Pretorius
@resiapretorius9 Oct 2024
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
Prof Doug Kell CBE #FBPE #FBPA🔶🇪🇺@dbkell8 Oct 2024
Bioinformatic assessment w @resiapretorius of proteomic differences between normal and fibrinaloid microclots, and their amyloidogenic bases. #TeamClots mdpi.com/1422-0067/25/19/108… - very pleased with this one! Took a while to produce!

Proteomic Evidence for Amyloidogenic Cross-Seeding in Fibrinaloid Microclots

In classical amyloidoses, amyloid fibres form through the nucleation and accretion of protein monomers, with protofibrils and fibrils exhibiting a cross-β motif of parallel or antiparallel β-sheets...

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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 events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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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/2YCMbum9jppa2GPe7
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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
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Faculty of Science retweeted
SU Earth Sciences@SUearthsciences2 Oct 2024
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/research-i… Apply here: sun.ac.za/english/research-i… #geotwitter @scienceSUN
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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
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theguardian.com/environment/…

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species – most likely to be under threat of extinction

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Latest paper on #LongCovid from #TeamClots. Really pleased to have contributed to this alongside some great colleagues!
Resia Pretorius
@resiapretorius30 Sep 2024
1/Our new paper is out, with @ArneauxK @DavidJoffe64 @PutrinoLab @dbkell @DrGrahamLJ @doctorasadkhan @SalamonSMD and Jaco Laubscher: Vascular Pathogenesis in Acute and Long COVID: Current Insights and Therapeutic Outlook A paper of hope for patients thieme-connect.com/products/…
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Looking forward to this evening's #sciencecafe Stellenbosch at @Woordfees on #pandemics with world-renowned scientists @Tuliodna @resiapretorius & Burtram Fielding @noxthelion @marinajoubert @MatiesResearch
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“Once one has observed the living cell, your perspective on disease changes profoundly” — Ben Loos   nature.com/immersive/d44148-…

Seeking the roots of dementia, one cell at a time 

South African physiologist Ben Loos uses sophisticated images techniques to find the cellular markers of neurodegenerative disease 

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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…

Winter entrainment drives the mixed layer supply of manganese in the Southern Ocean

Despite the subnanomolar dissolved manganese concentrations that can co-limit Southern Ocean primary production, their physical supply mechanisms during winter, for biological consumption in spring...

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

New clam species discovered in South Africa's kelp forest

A new study sheds light on the unexplored diversity of galeommatoidean bivalves, a little-known group of marine mollusks, from the western coast of South Africa.

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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/10.1101/…

Proteomic evidence for amyloidogenic cross-seeding in fibrinaloid microclots

In classical amyloidoses, amyloid fibres form through the nucleation and accretion of protein monomers, with protofibrils and fibrils exhibiting a cross-β motif of parallel or antiparallel β-sheets...

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