Department of Human Biology at the University of Cape Town - Training the next generation of health professionals and conducting research that improves lives!

Cape Town, South Africa
Joined November 2019
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UCT graduate, Kara Adams’s, unconventional research set out to uncover the effect clothing and environmental factors have on the body’s decomposition process. #WomxnofUCT Read more: qr.link/swhzYr
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The FlexiGyn team showcased their innovative device to TIA's Kimera Moodley, thanks to the funding received from Technology Innovation Agency. The meeting focused on exploring ways to develop FlexiGyn even more. Stay tuned for more updates on this transformative journey!
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FlexiGyn, an invention by UCT PhD student Edmund Wessels, is one of four African inventions in line for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Read more: bit.ly/3N6XLbV
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Join the #manufacturingrobotics challenges for people with disabilities hosted by @UCTMedTech @UCT_Research @UCTHealthSci as part of @BRICSza @bricscouncil_in BRICS Future Skills Challenge! @dsigovza @NRF_News – at Cape Town, South Africa
🌍 Join the BRICS FUTURE SKILLS CHALLENGE from 12-15 September! Calling all aspiring youth from the BRICS nations! Showcase your talents in a thrilling multi-day online Skills Olympics or Hackathon competition. To seize this golden opportunity: lnkd.in/dKk29Pry @
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🌍 Join the BRICS FUTURE SKILLS CHALLENGE from 12-15 September! Calling all aspiring youth from the BRICS nations! Showcase your talents in a thrilling multi-day online Skills Olympics or Hackathon competition. To seize this golden opportunity: lnkd.in/dKk29Pry @
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Research led by @UCT_news Associate Professor Victoria Gibbon uncovers new details about the lives and deaths of the Sutherland Nine, who were unethically donated to UCT in the 1920s. Read more: bit.ly/3BWuwTT
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This morning, UCT MedTech's Grant Sander and Edmund Wessels had the pleasure of hosting a group of matric homeschooled students to the lab! During the visit, they took the students on a captivating journey into the cutting-edge research and development being done at UCT MedTech.
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Are you ready to showcase your extraordinary tech skills and leave potential employers from the BRICS nations in awe? Join #UCTMedTech and be a part of the incredible gathering of hundreds of brilliant mindsfrom #Brazil, #Russia, #India, #China, #SouthAfrica, and #Africa.
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📢 The first call for the AMI Visiting Researchers Program is open! We invite researchers from Africa to apply for free access to the AMI Imaging Centre’s microscopes and lab facilities 🔬🌍. Click for more info and to apply: center.microscopy.africa/ope…. 🗓️ Deadline is 29 May 2023 💥
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The world needs science & science needs women whose contributions are vital to research & development Meet Dr Malila an #ARISE fellow & #Scientist from #Zimbabwe working on digital health interventions👉bit.ly/3K8EA1d #WomenInScience #IDWGIS23 @EU_Partnerships @UCT_news
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Congratulations to Prof Alison September, head of the Division of Physiological Sciences, Dept of Human Biology, for receiving the @MRCza Mid-Career Scientists Programme Award. The UCT research team leads globally in understanding the genetic contribution to sports injuries.
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Please 🙏 RT for an open position ASAP in our lab @CRBS_Strasbourg @Inserm You like pre-clinical models, longitudinal #imaging, experimental models of #breast #cancer @InsermEst @unistra @Nanotumor @CRBS_Strasbourg
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CHAPTER 3. Biomedcial Visualisation Vol 13 - Roopam Dey @dey_roo Mapping of Orthopaedic Fractures for Optimal Surgical Guidance. @SudeshSivarasu @UCTMedTech @uctbme @UCT_CEUHealth @UCT_HUB @UofG_Anatomy @UofGMVLS @GSofASimVis @medicalvis @leonard_shapiro link.springer.com/chapter/10…
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It’s day 3 at #WSF_ZA2022! Remember to pop in for a chat at exhibition space 701! @dsigovza @GoodNewsMO @SudeshSivarasu @UCT_HUB @UCT_RCI
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UCT MedTech’s Joel Philpott had a long chat with the Minister of the Department of Higher Education and Training, Science and Innovation @DrBladeNzimande about the impressive work done by the labs. Thank you for your time, Minister! #WSF_ZA2022
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#WSF_ZA2022 if you not here you missing out. @UCTMedTech creative EASY SQUEEZY reimagining medical devices for easy use. How cool is that.
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[EXHIBITION]: World Science Forum #Science4SocialJustice #LeaveNoOneBehind 🇿🇦
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UCT MedTech had the honour of meeting with President @CyrilRamaphosa and Minister of Higher Education @DrBladeNzimande at #WSF_ZA2022. Thrilled to be sharing our innovation! @SudeshSivarasu @dsigovza @UCTHealthSci @UCT_HUB @UCT_VC
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