The Dean School of Biosciences invites you all to Mr. Fred Bwayo Masika’s PhD defense scheduled to take place on 30th August 2023 at 9:30am in the Chemistry Boardroom, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University. Thesis title: Constraints, characterization and incidence of viruses affecting watermelon and pumpkin production in Uganda Supervisors: Prof. Arthur Tugume – Department of Plant...Read More

The Dean School of Biosciences invites you all to Mr. Abubakar Sadik Mustafa’s PhD defense scheduled to take place on 16th August 2023 at 9:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom, College of Natural Sciences, Makerere University. Thesis title: “ELISA-based quantification and role of callose in the development of BXW disease in bananas” Supervisors: 1. Prof. Arthur Tugume, Department...Read More

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) for the provision of training services. The overall objective of the assignment is to support training that will improve knowledge, skills, and practices that enhance aquaculture...Read More

Spermacoce princeae (K. Schum) has been used in the treatment of bacterial skin infections in Uganda. Pharmacological studies revealed that extracts of S. princeae exhibited antibacterial, antioxidant, and sun protection potential. This study aimed at isolating and identifying pure compounds from the extracts based on comprehensive analytical characterization by multiple analytical techniques. Please click here...Read More

A new study shows how attempting to control banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) in Uganda, initially in the early 2000’s without requisite basic scientific information only escalated its spread to regional epidemic levels. Consequently, the negative impact of the disease eliminated the banana industry of East and Central Africa (ECA) worth US$4.3Bn, which is about 6% of the...Read More

In addition to various intervations around the University to bring every student to speed in readiness for exams, the CoNAS ICT Team will be running a virtual ICT support room for students from 09/09/2021 to 12/09/2021 between 2:30PM and 4:30PM.The students who still have issues with their emails and muele accounts login credentials as well...Read More

NutriFish project donates Solar Tent Dryer to Kiyindi Women Fish Processors Association Community. The solar tent dryer was produced under the NutriFish project in the College of Natural Sciences as an innovation to help improve the quality and marketing of fish in Uganda. According to Mr. Kule Phillip, a member of the Kiyindi fishers community,...Read More

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to cement the collaboration between Makerere University (Mak) in Uganda and Okayama University (OU), Japan was signed at a ceremony hosted by the Embassy of Japan in Kampala on 8th November 2016. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu signed for Makerere while the President of Okayama University, Dr. Kiyoshi...Read More

A team from the African Union (AU) led by Dr. Monica Ebele Idinoba accompanied by Ms. Khadidiatou Meissa Gaye visited the ASF-RESIST action from the 23rd April to 26th April 2019 at the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) to review progress of the action since its inception in 2018. The African Union supported by the...Read More

On 7th January 2019, the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe hosted a delegation from China University of Petroleum (UPC). This meeting follows the previous visits  between Makerere University and UPC at which a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was  signed in 2017 between the two institutions aimed at leveraging expertise at UPC to...Read More