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Students from the Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies participated in the exhibition and career seminar under the theme “Skilling students; a way to boost Uganda’s resource”; an event graced by students from other universities as well as professionals from the Oil and Gas sector. The students exhibited several projects: Stratigraphy project which was about a petroleum system containing a source rock, reservoir rock, trap and fault/ anticline; Geology project...Read More

At a handover ceremony held earlier today (Monday, 12th March 2018), Dr. Eric Sande (acting Dean) handed over office to Dr. Joseph Kyambadde as new Dean, School of Biosciences (Dean-SBS) at the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) of Makerere University. Dr. Kyambadde is replacing Prof. Muyodi who was appointed Deputy Principal in July 2017 when Dr. Sande was appointed acting Dean of the School. The handover was overseen by the...Read More

Dr. Ales Soukup made a scientific presentation on 12th April 2018 at the College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University. In the presentation entitled: “Rooted to the spot – root system structure, function and development, Dr. Soukup clarified that his research is mostly centred on developmental biology, histology and anatomy but less in molecular biology which is a focus of another research group at his Department of Experimental Plant Biology. He...Read More

A Research methods and scientific writing seminar was held on the 26th to 27th September 2016. The seminar hosted by the Department of Chemistry was held in conjunction with the International Science Programme (ISP), Uppsala University, Sweden and supported by Sida. The Department of Chemistry is implementing 2 (two) projects with ISP in Environmental and Green Chemistry (see briefs of the projects at the bottom).Read More

The 5th Pearl of Africa Lecture series was organized by the Department of Physics and was held on 12th October 2016. The presenter of the day was Dr. Linda Sapochak, Division Director, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Sapochak discussed the Vision and Goal, of the US National Science Foundation as an opportunity to interest staff at CoNAS to apply for research grants from the NSF. The...Read More