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The cells of living organisms are equipped with proteins that are involved in the shaping and remodeling of cellular membranes, thereby performing important tasks. The cell membrane encloses the cell interior, but is constantly remodeled, for example, due to membrane budding, invagination, or fusion processes. This also involves various proteins that were long assumed to be present exclusively or predominantly in higher organisms. In the past 10 to 20 years, however, proteins have been identified or predicted to be present also in simple organisms that do not possess a nucleus. In a research c...

Aiming high - an interdisciplinary team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has won an international university building competition with an energy- and resource-efficient roof extension: The RoofKIT project won the Solar Decathlon Europ

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng writes to the UCT community about five new additions to the prestigious NRF ratings.

UCT is proud to announce that four of its academics have been added to the National Research Foundation’s list of A-rated researchers.

The upcoming Dies Natalis is themed around educational innovation. We took an early opportunity to interview the keynote speaker, Professor Dirk van Damme. What trends does he see in academic education, in the Netherlands but also in the rest of the