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Great article in the NWU - North-West University news about the NWU_WRG and NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management post doc Anja Erasmus, PhD 🇿🇦 on her work as a parasite taxonomist! Kerry Hadfield Malherbe news.nwu.ac.za/scarce-skill-p…

Representing the NWU_WRG and NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at the #icobteichmet23 conference in Wuppertal 🇩🇪. Always great to meet up with our 🇩🇪 collaborators #DrSonjaZimmermann and establish new collaborations. National Research Foundation of South Africa Victor Wepener Nico J Smit @Bernd_AquatEcol #humanhealth #cleanenvironment

🚨 Hot off the press 🚨 Our collaborative article between University of Mpumalanga and NWU_WRG on element accumulation in two different #eel species, as well as the #human_health_risks associated with consumption. This project was funded by National Research Foundation of South Africa and WIOMSA. NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management Victor Wepener

Let the talks begin #PARSA2023

MSc student Chandra le Roux sharing her work on trypanosomes from South Africa

PhD student Rodrigo Narciso sharing his work on copepods #PARSA2023

Day 2 at PARSA included some of our honours posters, including Marcel Kruger's poster on trematodes and their snail vectors #PARSA2023 #WRG #ESFP616

PhD student Precious Fikiye presented her poster on the integrated taxonomy of an ergasilid #PARSA2023 #WRG

The NWU_WRG VLIR Team at KU Leuven for the Belgium workshop of our VLIRUOS funded project with Prof Luc Brendonck on Killifish. #InternationalStudentExchange Victor Wepener Wynand Malherbe Adri Joubert Roelof Burger 📸 Nichole Donough

VACANCY: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Aquatic Ecosystem Health View advertisement in PDF format: natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/sites/natural-… Victor Wepener Nico J Smit NWU_WRG #WaterResearch #elementexposure #aquaticecosystems #metalanalyses #environmentalmanagement

New research reveals insights into what's on the menu for the fearsome African tigerfish with stable isotope analysis of their dietary patterns! #aquaticpredator #AfricanPredator #IsotopeResearch #FoodWebs #JFB NWU_WRG Lizaan de Necker Nico J Smit doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15… #JFB

National Wetlands Indaba time at ATKV Resorts Buffelspoort! Hannes Erasmus🇿🇦🇩🇪 Chelsea Withfield Sone Janse van Rensburg NWU_WRG NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management

Conference time... Time to present our results to our peers, collaborators, government and private sectors. Representing the NWU_WRG and NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at the National Wetlands Indaba 2023. Wynand Malherbe Chelsea Withfield Sone Janse van Rensburg

Proud of our Honours student Corné Carinus presenting his results on "Assessing the effects of #environmental_stressors on fish growth using #otoliths" at the National Wetlands Indaba 2023. Wynand Malherbe NWU_WRG NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management

Great work by Chelsea Withfield presenting her results on the potential to use #Corbicula as bioindicator species for #mercury pollution in South Africa at the National Wetlands Indaba 2023. Wynand Malherbe NWU_WRG National Research Foundation of South Africa NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management REFRESH Project

Last session of the National Wetlands Indaba 2023 presenting on the #mollusc_diversity in the Mooi River over a period of 60 years. NWU_WRG NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management Wynand Malherbe Victor Wepener

Our ongoing work on Artificial Mussels has demonstrated the potential of alternatives to the use of animals in biomonitoring of metals in marine and freshwater environments ⁦NWU_WRG⁩ ⁦NWU Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management⁩ ⁦@Bernd_AquatEcol⁩ ⁦Nico J Smit⁩ rovingreporters.co.za/heavy-metal-st…

Hot off the press! Our new paper on the spread of Tarebia granifera in the Limpopo catchment in north-eastern South Africa. NWU_WRG Lizaan de Necker Victor Wepener onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

It's time to vote to select a winner in our second graphical abstract competition! The Parasitology editors shortlisted 4 graphical abstracts from articles published in January - April 2025. Take a look at shortlist in the replies and let us know which is your favourite!