Our first batch of samples from Ghana has arrived! Each specimen holds a piece of the biodiversity puzzle, bringing us closer to deeper insights and conservation impact. Excited for the next steps! #BiodiversityData #NbSProject

Big opportunity for early-career researchers! Do you speak science, sustainability & solutions? The @ipbes Fellowship Programme is your chance to be part of #GlobalAssessment2 – a major initiative shaping the future of #biodiversity. Apply today! ipbes.net/ipbes-fellowsh…

Prof. Yessoufou Prof. Yessoufou was interviewed today by UJTV about his journey at UJ. This is part of UJ celebration of its 20 yrs. He used the opportunity to talk about the African Centre for DNA barcoding and its contribution to a better understanding of South African/African flora.

Mike is the acdb member of the month. He joined acdb as an Intern in 2013, became Lab-Technician in 2022. He declared "I enjoy working at ACDB because I always get the opportunity to do research about flora and some specific fauna". UJ Botany and Plant Biotechnology UJ Zoology UJ Faculty of Science UJ Library

Technology Networks interviewed Dr. Paul Hebert to learn about the history of DNA barcoding. Dive into the full interview here: technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/ho…

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Congratulations Sam for your MSc graduation today and your paper in Ecology and Evolution.

Postdocs at UJ. If interested in biodiversity, phylogenetics and Conservation, email [email protected]

Acdb member of the month, Ms KHANYISILE SHABANGU, is the acdb lab manager. She has a very detailed and reliable institutional knowledge. Ms Shabangu is completing her PhD in plant taxonomy, supervised by the best in the country. Happy birthday Ms Shabangu!!! Kristen Hawley

We thank Dr Bopaki Phogole for his great seminar yesterday at acdb on systematic review and meta-analysis. Thanks to all attendees... On 16th April, our guest is Prof. Jonathan Davies from The University of British Columbia, Canada.

Today's acdb seminar presented by Prof. Jonathan Davies from UBC

Acdb seminar series is ON

The 2025 Earth Day theme is "Our Power, Our Planet". We are highlighting the power of women in supporting a Nature-based Solutions (NbS) project in the Guinean forests of West Africa, including Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Guinea. bit.ly/NbSproject

Congrats Mr Sedibana for publishing your MSc data on spectral reflectance of Equisetum hyemale, an invasive species in South Africa: doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.… koki_wgt mh

Congratulations to Prof. Orou Gaoue Orou Gaoue, a UJ visiting Professor working closely with ACDB, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, for his promotion to Full Professor. We look forward to further scientific collaborations Bezeng

Pleased to announce Prof. Eman A. Mahmoud from Damietta University, Egypt, is officially a visiting Professor at UJ working closely with ACDB. Looking forward to a productive collaboration...