The International Commission on Yeasts welcomes you to register for the 16th International Congress on Yeasts, which will be held in Cape Town starting September 29th, 2024. Please see below for more information. #yeast #yeastresearch

Interested in female cancer research? Postgraduate- including Postdoctoral positions are available in The Female Cancer Research Group at Rhodes University. Please see below for more details. #cancerresearch #femalecancer #femalecancerresearch

MSc and PhD positions are available at UWC in the Institute for Microbial Biotechnology and Metagenomics. Please see below for more details. #metagenomics #microbialbiotech

The SASBMB council is thrilled to bestow the prestigious Gold and Silver Medals upon Proffs Edward Sturrock & Thulani Makhalanyane, respectively, to be presented at the 28th SASBMB Congress, to recognise their contributions to the fields of Biochemistry and Mol Biol.

Congratulations Tosin Olasehinde University of KZN, 🇿🇦, awarded an IUBMB Wood-Whelan Fellowship to @LabMalm A.I. Virtanen Institute University of Eastern Finland, 🇫🇮, to work on "Investigating the role of DHCR24 expression in the neuroprotective effects of caffeic acid and caffeine against neurodegeneration".

📢We are now accepting applications for the IUBMB MilliporeSigma ENABLE-Africa Fellowships to attend the FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE ENABLE Conference conference at LKCMedicine in Singapore. ❗️Application DEADLINE: 31 July 2024 @ 11:59 pm PST 🔗 bit.ly/3OqTRMK

Day 1 of the SASBMB conference 2024! We’re looking forward to the next couple of days that will be filled with knowledge exchange. DIPLOMICS Seperations QIAGEN @EMN_MSA EMN Metabolomics Society SASBMB #SASBMB2024 #Metabolomics #Omics

Opening ceremony of the SASBMB conference 2024! excitement is in the air SASBMB University of Venda @EMN_MSA Imbewu Metabolomics Group #SASBMB2024 #Omics #Metabolomics

SASBMB president, Prof Francois van der Westhuizen & vice president Dr Jo de la Mare with UNIVEN student volunteers at #SASBMB2024

The 28th SASBMB congress is underway! And what a stunning venue. Thank you to Prof Addmore Shonhai and his team from UNIVEN for organizing this great event. #sasbmb2024

What is a conference without poster sessions? The perfect opportunity to chat about your research. #sasbmb2024

We express our heartfelt gratitude to Prof Francois van der Westhuizen for his outstanding leadership and dedication as President of SASBMB whose term came to an end today. SASBMB council is proud to announce that Dr Jo de la Mare is our new president. Congratulation Jo!

We express our heartfelt gratitude to Prof Francois van der Westhuizen for his outstanding leadership and dedication as President of SASBMB whose term came to an end today. SASBMB council is proud to announce that Dr Jo de la Mare is our new president. Congratulations Jo!

SASBMB council with the local organizing committee and invited speakers at the 28th SASBMB Conference hosted by UNIVEN #sasbmb2024

We express our heartfelt gratitude to Prof Francois van der Westhuizen for his outstanding leadership and dedication as President of SASBMB whose term came to an end. SASBMB council is proud to announce that Dr Jo-Anne de la Mare is our new president. #sasbmb2024

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#OnThisDay 20 August 1955, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin and her colleagues published the final structure of vitamin B12 which has the most complex structure of all vitamins.

The 28th SASBMB Congress at Protea Ranch Resort, Polokwane (7-10 July) was the largest ever, with 400+ delegates. Prof. Ed Sturrock and Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane received Gold and Silver medals. The event featured top international speakers and was a big success! 🎉🔬#SASBMB2024

At the SASBMB General Meeting, Prof. Francois van der Westhuizen retired as President, with Dr. Jo de la Mare from Rhodes University taking over. We thank Prof. van der Westhuizen for his exceptional leadership and also bid farewell to retiring council members.

🌟 November 2023 Highlight! Abdulsalam Abiola (DUT) & Vishaal Patel (SU) presented innovative research at the FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE Conference in Cologne (23–25 Nov). Thanks to the Millipore Sigma IUBMB-ENABLE-Africa Fellowship! #SASBMB #PhDLife