The College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) hosted a delegation from Wollega University, Ethiopia on Monday 13th November led by Dr. Tifsehit Solomon (Vice President – Community Engagement and University Industry Partnership). The delegation from Wollega University visited CoNAS to share experiences of teaching and learning in the natural sciences. The meeting also explored possibilities of...Read More

The STRECAFISH annual project meeting was held on the 8th to 9th June 2016 at Kolping Hotel, Kampala, Uganda. The meeting brought together all the project members since the inception of the project. Participants were from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Austria. The objective of the meeting was to take stock of what progress of the...Read More

The Sida Science day hosted by the College of Natural Sciences was held on the 10th October 2016 organised in conjuction with Directorate of Research and Graduate Training (DRGT) as one of the activities of the Annual Review Meeting (ARM) of the Makerere/Sida collaboration. Staff and PhD candidates from CoNAS presented their research and innovations...Read More

National Stakeholders workshop on African Swine Fever: A National Stakeholders workshop for Uganda on African Swine Fever (ASF) was held on 28th April 2016 at Hotel Brovad, Masaka District, Uganda. Participants of the workshop were from Makerere University; Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF); Veterinary Institute for Animal Health, Sweden and districts across...Read More

The 14th East and Southern Africa Laboratory Manager’s Workshop organised and hosted by the Department of Chemistry was held on 21st March 2016 to 25th March 2016. The meeting brought together laboratory managers from the region to discuss trends and safety in science laboratories.Read More

The Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology (College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), Makerere University) is hosting Prof. Mark Pitkin Simmons from Colorado State University in the U.S.A as a Fulbright Scholar for the academic year 2016/2017. He will be based at the Makerere University Herbarium. During his stay, Prof.  Simmons as a visiting professor...Read More

The saying goes, ’a journey of a thousand steps begins with one step’. The mood on Friday 26th August 2016 fit in well with the saying, when the College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) held an orientation meeting with the freshmen and women of academic year (AY) 2016/2017. The young men and women are starting their journey...Read More

Zawedde has been awarded the prize for her physics thesis “Weak to Moderate Recurrent Storms and their Influence on the Middle Atmosphere Composition in 2008” (Thesis supervisor: Hilde Nesse Tyssøy)Zawedde has worked on a demanding interdisciplinary project between space physics and atmospheric dynamics that required an extensive multidisciplinary approach. The basic theme of the thesis...Read More

The renovation of the Chemistry Building under the ADB V (five)-HEST project is on track. The Principal of CoNAS, Prof. J.Y.T. Mugisha visited the worksite on Monday, 13th June 2016. He was shown the works by staff of Excel Construction, the company contracted to renovate the buildings and laboratories. The College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) is...Read More

The 4th African Geosciences Student Conference (AGSC) will be held on 20-22 June 2016 in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. The conference is majorly focused on assessing the viability and potential of the field of geosciences as a link between energy supply solutions and development not only on the African continent but across the face of...Read More