2024 Lecture Programme
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What is research capacity and can it be built?
Prof Leslie Swartz
Stellenbosch University and South African Journal of Science
28 February 2024
Good Science going nowhere? The case of aquatic weed biological control
Prof Martin Hill
Rhodes University
24 April 2024
The importance of Charles Darwin’s visit to the Cape of Good Hope
Prof Mike Bruton
FRSSAf
12 June 2024
Survival of microorganisms in hyper-arid desert soils
Prof Don Cowan
FRSSAf
19 June 2024
Discoveries at the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Prof Michele Dougherty
FRS, FRSSAf
17 July 2024
Understanding how our immune systems recognise and control infection – the good, the bad and the devastating
Prof Gordon D Brown
FRS, FRSSAf
21 August 2024
Crafting quantum states of light for quantum information technologies
Dr Isaac Nape
18 September 2024
Beyond the Limit: Engineering Sustainable Solutions for Humanity’s Basic Needs
Prof David Dodoo-Arhin
16 October 2024
The Use and Abuse of Phase Equilibrium Diagrams
Prof Lesley Cornish
13 November 2024