Dr. Dumisile Lumkwana who previously worked at CAF but is now part of the London Francis Crick Institute for biomedical research briefed President Cyril Ramaphosa and others about her work with Stellenbosch University in London.
Lize Engelbrecht (CAF Microscopy Unit) attended a Global BioImaging Conference in Uruguay last month. See the video where an interview with Lize is included.
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Have you ever wondered what your hair stylist means when they say your hair is damaged?
Below is a slowed down video of different layers of a hair strand that has been snapped at its end. You can see the different layers of hair being broken off.
Olympus IX81 Microscope
Are probiotics a part of your daily supplements? The image below shows what probiotics look like on a microscopic level. Live bacteria are represented in green and dead bacteria in red.
Carl Zeiss Confocal LSM 780 with ELYRA PS1
Magnification 63x
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Confocal microscopy training was held at the CAF Microscopy Unit, Stellenbosch from 23 May-24 May. A group of 5 students joined. Training includes both theoretical and practical aspects.
Should you require training, please contact [email protected].
Take a look inside a Kinder Joy egg that was inspected at the CT Scanner facility. X-ray computed tomography is a non-destructive technique which enables that “A Little Surprise Goes A Long Way”.
We are excited to invite you to the Stellenbosch Microscopy Symposium 2022, which will focus on the Bioimaging landscape in South Africa. Attendance to this event is free of charge, but spaces for in-person attendance are limited. Register
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Students visited the CAF Flow Cytometry Unit at the Tygerberg campus to observe the acquisition of samples using the Beckman Coulter DxFLEX Flow Cytometer.
Confocal microscopy training was held at the CAF Microscopy Unit, Stellenbosch from 22 March - 24 March 2022. A group of 4 students has joined us for the first training session of 2022 which has been a great success. Should you require training, please contact [email protected]
High resolution and stability of the SEM even for light weight fibres at high magnification
The images show the nanofibres synthesised via the conventional electrospinning technique.
Mallon Research Group
Supervisor: Prof. P.E. Mallon
David Sibanda