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10th UWC SARChI awarded to Prof. Marla Tuffin

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The Hunt for Antibiotics

Deep in the cold waters of the world’s oceans lurk marine organisms which could hold the key to one of the biggest challenges of modern medicine – resistance to antibiotics. The widespread use and misuse of antibiotics is leading to … Continue reading

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IMBM student writes a feature in latests edition of Quest magazine

Read Gerda du Plessis’s article on her expedition to the Southern Ocean and microbes from the ocean  in the latest issue of Quest Magazine on page 23. 

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IMBM involved in €9m EU-project

Prof Marla Tuffin, Acting Director of IMBM, leads the UWC research team, and includes Prof Michael Davies-Coleman, in a new EU-FP7 funded project called PharmaSea, which was launched in October 2012. The press release follows:         The collaborative project … Continue reading

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