The UNET Project team at Senate Building, Makerere University on 27th November 2023. The team will be meeting for five days starting 27th November-1st December 2023 to among other issues, finalize the development of course materials and plan for 2024. ***** Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, University Network on PhD Programmes...Read More

Early this year -2023, Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in partnership with Makerere University developed an E-Supervision Web Portal (https://mastersresearch.ug/) to support tracking of Masters Research supervision processes in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Uganda. The portal was developed by ICT specialists from partner institutions led by Dr Shakirah Nagujja, Head, E-Learning Centre at MUBS....Read More

*****Institutional Capacity Strengthening for Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing in Uganda (ABS) is a collaborative project between the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and Makerere University. Participants during the ABS inception meeting at Makerere University. Overview Uganda is a country that is very rich in biodiversity, and...Read More

Makerere University College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) is participating in the 2023 National Science Week exhibition taking place at Kololo Independence Grounds. The week-long exhibition officially opened by the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni today, 9th November 2023, started on Monday, 6th November and will end on 11th November....Read More

The Dean School of Biosciences invites you to Ms. Nagayi Kalule Jane Yawe’s PhD defense scheduled to take place on Thursday, 9th November 2023 at 9:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University. *****Title of thesis: The Physiological and growth responses of Oreochromis esculentus (Graham, 1929) populations at different temperature regimes...Read More

Dorothy Akoth, a Master’s student in the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) at Makarere University in Uganda, has been named one of two winners of the 2023 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award. An expert jury selected Akoth, who was nominated by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology together with National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI), for the instrumental role of her research in improving the...Read More

Dr Godwin Anywar, Lecturer in the Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University has been selected as a fellow of the Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP). The ASLP is an initiative funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung Foundation and serves early- to mid-career researchers in basic and applied...Read More

Dr Godwin Anywar has been selected to be a Mentor for the Science Advice Skills Development Program (SASDP-2) of the International Network for Governmental Science Advice, Africa Chapter (INGSA-Africa). He has also been recognized as one of the ‘Outstanding German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)’ alumni over the 50 years of DAAD in East Africa. 50...Read More

****ADOPTING MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES IN GENETIC IMPROVEMENTS, NUTRITIONAL ENHANCEMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF NILE TILAPIA IN UGANDA BACKGROUND The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), center for Aquaculture Research and Development, Kajjansi in collaboration with Makerere University, was awarded a contract under the European Union-funded project to conduct research on: “Adopting multidisciplinary approaches...Read More

In 2022, the Department of Zoology, Entomology, and Fisheries Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University, was awarded a contract under the European Union-funded project: Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture (PESCA) to provide training services. The overall objective of the assignment is to support training that will improve knowledge, skills, and practices that enhance aquaculture production...Read More