On 19th March, Professor Leon Dicks FRSSAf, Industrial, Food and Medical Microbiologist, University of Stellenbosch will present a talk ‘Researching the Health Benefits of Probiotics’. Abstract: The probiotic properties of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are well known. However, the marked increase in antibiotic-resistant pathogens and the decrease in efficacy of conventional antibiotics have steered probiotic […]
“THE ORIGINS OF COOPERATION” is the title of a talk by Prof Clutton-Brock FRS Hon. FRSSAf on 10 March 2014 at 1800. He is an internationally renowned Cambridge evolutionary ecologist interested in a wide range of animals. His work, which has involved long-term, individual-based studies of red deer on Rùm, Soay sheep on St Kilda, […]
At an Ordinary Meeting of the Royal Society of SA in Cape Town on the 20th November 2013, the results of the Fellowship Ballot were announced and recorded. The Society is proud to welcome the following to the Fellowship : DR RICHARD STEPHEN KENT BARNES - Fellow Emeritus St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge and Honorary Fellow, Department […]
John F. W. Herschel Medal in recognition of Highly Distinguished Multidisciplinary Contributions to the furtherance of Science, to : Professor Salim Abdool Karim FRSSAf Director of CAPRISA – Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, President of the South African Medical Research Council and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal […]