UCT MARIS

The Marine and Antarctic Research Centre for Innovation and Sustainability fosters interdisciplinary marine research and postgrad studies at @UCT_news.

[UCT MARIS @MARIS_UCT]

🎙️ Beyond the Blue: MARiS Podcast is here! 🌊

Episode 1: Leila Nefdt chats with Dr Louise Gammage on how transdisciplinary research, from science and storytelling to community collaboration, can shape better decisions for a more sustainable ocean.

Watch: https://t.co/OKdTitpLvJ

[The South African Polar Research Infrastructure @sapri_dsti]

🌊Explore our Equipment Request Tool, live on the #SAPRI website! Explore research equipment and infrastructure procured through SAPRI funding to support marine and polar research in South Africa.
🔗https://t.co/PIlb23SGRF
@dstigovza @NRF_News @Saeonews @apecssa @Antarcticlegacy

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

📸 Camera traps 🚁 Drones 🔊 Bioacoustics

Join the Computer Vision for Ecology Workshop at @AIMSacza and learn how AI can transform conservation research.

🗓️ 22-26 Feb 2027 📍Cape Town
Apply by 13 Nov 2026
https://t.co/J9cjVSX3nR
#CV4Ecology #AI4Conservation @KingsCollegeLon

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

Calling South African early-career researchers and PhD students. If you are interested in applying for a mobility grant to spend five months at a Swedish SASUF University, then this funding call is for you.

Follow this link for details: https://t.co/elQTnFpJnm

[SAEON-GSN @SAEON_GSN]

🎓 PhD Fellowships for African Scholars! 🌍

12fellowshipd are available for a 4-year PhD programme in Climate & Development at UCT.

✅ African citizens
✅ Master’s degree required
⏰ Apply by 15 Oct 2026

🔗https://t.co/o06YxsBC6P

#PhD #ClimateChange #Africa #Research

[UCT MARIS @MARIS_UCT]

Happy Heritage Day from UCT-MARiS!
Today we celebrate the diverse people, cultures, histories and natural environments that make South Africa unique. Let’s cherish our shared #heritage & pledge to protect the natural treasures that connect us — from our coastlines to our ocean💙

[Institute for Coastal & Marine Research @CMR_MandelaUni]

The Institute for Coastal and Marine Research is hosting a series of workshops for CMR, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences (DAOS) and AOS-SAMOS postgraduate students.

Register: https://t.co/axfiLmkHe2

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

🗞️ Download the latest #SANCOR Newsletter and catch up on marine science news, research highlights, events and opportunities from across the community.
https://t.co/GQX3ujkoen
#MarineScience #MarineResearch

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

🚢 Gain hands-on experience in aquatic biodiversity #research!

Join the @ACEP_ZA Summer School
📍 Gqeberha: 30 Nov-4 Dec 2026 OR
📍 Durban: 18-22 Jan 2027

Open to 3rd year, honours, MSc students & interns
⏰ Apply by 18 Sep 2026
https://t.co/NbeVE5AtTM
@NRF_SAIAB @SMCRI_ZA

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

🎉Congrats to @MARIS_UCT PhD candidate Mishka Rawatlal!

Her #atmospheric #aerosol #research & visualisation has been featured on the cover of @ACSPublications Earth & Space Chemistry 🌍
https://t.co/EhLudKHchs @UCT_news @UCT_Research

[[email protected] @Antarcticlegacy]

South Africa Contribution to Antarctica InSync Workshop today. Prof Marcello Vichi welcomed everyone to the workshop.
#SANAP @dstigovza @environmentza

[UCT MARIS @MARIS_UCT]

📢 Just over a week left until the 2027 AOS-SAMOS (South African Master of Ocean Sciences (SAMOS)) Masters Applications close on the 31 August 2026!

Apply now: https://t.co/eh1w7q3LbT
Find out more here: https://t.co/iik6WOvYRG

@SANCORcommunity @LouGammage @UCTpostgrads

[[email protected] @Antarcticlegacy]

#SCAR2026
South Africans biggest attenace of all countries at the EDI workshop
Back: Tristyn Ferreiro, Ria Olivier, Robyn Verrinder, Liam Quinlan
Front: Tracy Klarenbeek, Riesna Audh, Asmita Singh
#SANAP @dstigovza @NRF_News @MARIS_UCT @MatiesResearch

[The South African Polar Research Infrastructure @sapri_dsti]

🇿🇦🇦🇶SAPRI is making waves at the #SCAR Open Science Conference 2026 in Norway.

Dr Riesna R. Audh presented cutting edge research, advancing our understanding of seasonal sea ice in the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone.
@MARIS_UCT @apecssa @riesna19 @NRF_News
#SANAP #PolarResearch

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

🪱 Did you know estuarine nematodes can be used as biomonitors?

Join Dr Buyani Mazeka (@BioSciUCT) as he explores #marine #nematode biodiversity, pollution impacts and #biomonitoring in False Bay. 🔬

🗓️ 24 Aug ⏰ 13h00 SAST📍@MARIS_UCT or online
https://t.co/QBtCSg6ZPu

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

📢 New publication!
@Saeonews Egagasini’s Dr Lara Atkinson & Dr Kathryn Morrissey lead the first update in 16 yrs on 🇿🇦SA’s #marine #benthic #biodiversity 🌊🐚
🦀1,000+ new species & 22 open checklists.
⬇️Free download until 15 Sep https://t.co/cTmK4gZU7B

[The South African Polar Research Infrastructure @sapri_dsti]

Our Polar Lab Research Coordinator & Scientific Officer, Dr Riesna R. Audh, partakes in the Joint SCAR/COMNAP/NPI Symposium: Investing in
Observational Infrastructure and Expertise to Ensure Success for
IPY-5 and Beyond, at the #SCAR Open Science Conference 2026, Norway

[UCT MARIS @MARIS_UCT]

A massive accomplishment for South African marine benthic biodiversity - congratulations to Dr Kathryn Morrissey, Dr Lara Atkinson @larajatkinson and their team on delivering such an incredible resource highlighting the advances and gaps in marine taxonomic and genetic knowledge!

[SAEON @Saeonews]

📢New publication - Advancing our knowledge of South Africa's marine benthic biodiversity

A newly published review, led by SAEON Egagasini researchers Dr Lara Atkinson and Dr Kathryn Morrissey, provides the first comprehensive update in 16 years on the state of knowledge of South Africa's marine benthic invertebrates.

The review brings together the expertise of taxonomists and marine biodiversity specialists from across the country and further afield to synthesise progress in taxonomy, species discovery, and molecular approaches across 11 major marine invertebrate phyla. Since the previous estimates, more than 1,000 additional marine benthic invertebrate species records have been added to South Africa's fauna, demonstrating both the richness of our marine ecosystems and the importance of sustained taxonomic research.

Read the review here: https://t.co/NsijYqB3ac

To maximise the accessibility and long-term value of this work, the publication is accompanied by 22 openly accessible digital species checklists spanning the 11 phyla.
#NRF #DSTI

[UCT @UCT_news]

[PHOTOS] UCT’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology recently hosted Grade 12 science learners for an immersive job-shadowing programme.

The programme provided first-hand exposure to scientific research, academic environments and career opportunities in science, technology and medicine – helping to broaden learners’ understanding of future study and career pathways.

View the full photo essay: https://t.co/6i5uHgjuSE

@UCTscience

[South African Network for Coastal&Oceanic Research @SANCORcommunity]

New paper by Dr Buyani Mazeka @MARIS_UCT et al. finds pharmaceuticals, herbicides and metals widespread in #FalseBay waters and sediments.
No immediate ecological harm was found, but the study calls for long-term monitoring of emerging #pollutants.
https://t.co/334zJFYSp3