Fluorobiotech was recently recognised with the Ecosystem Champion Award at the 2026 US Enterprises CEO Awards, celebrating our commitment to collaboration, opening opportunities for others, and contributing to the growth of South Africa’s biotechnology ecosystem.
Levi Hosea is exploring how genomic data can add a new dimension to infectious disease surveillance in Madagascar – helping scientists understand not only where disease is spreading, but how viruses are evolving and moving through populations.
By bringing together different layers of biological data, multi-omics is opening new possibilities for understanding complex biological questions that no single approach can answer alone. This emerging field was the focus of the Cape Town Multi-Omics Roadshow, exploring its growing potential for research in South Africa.
Africa is producing promising new health technologies, but developing the innovation is only part of the journey. At Cape HealthTech Connect 2026, researchers, entrepreneurs, clinicians, and investors explored what it takes to move an idea from the lab into the real world.
CERI’s new Senior Project Accountant, Ronel Winnaar, believes in the value of collaboration, continuous learning, and doing work that makes a difference.
Professor Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded the prestigious Gardner Lectureship Award by the European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV), recognising his international contributions to virology, genomic surveillance and epidemic response.
The Stellenbosch University Annual Homecoming Weekend brought together more than 3 000 alumni from four continents across 53 events. Among them, CERI hosted its inaugural Fellows and African STARS Reunion; a morning of honest conversation about mentorship, collaboration and the commercialisation of African scientific innovation.
What is the value of data? Across Africa, this question is being asked, though rarely in laboratories or journals. It surfaces instead in ministries, parliament and board rooms.
From the movement of Mpox along river systems and the spread of chikungunya across Réunion Island to ancient viruses preserved in Antarctica, the winning posters at VEME 2026 showcased how genomic and evolutionary approaches can reveal where viruses have come from, how they are changing, and where they may go next.
At VEME 2026 in Stellenbosch, Professors Moritz Kraemer and Houriiyah Tegally explored a central challenge for future outbreak preparedness: how to connect increasingly diverse sources of data to detect emerging threats earlier, understand how they develop, and target surveillance more effectively.
Researchers from around the world have gathered in Stellenbosch for the 29th International Bioinformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology (VEME), ready for a week of intensive training, scientific exchange, and collaboration.
The SWEAT Africa Connect: Football Edition brought researchers, entrepreneurs, students and innovation organisations together for an afternoon on the pitch. Behind the friendly competition is a bigger goal: building an African innovation community that continues to connect, collaborate, and create opportunities.
