19 JANUARY 2012

The Vice Chancellor and Principal at the University of Pretoria officially opened a new building – Plant Sciences Complex - which houses diverse departments and institutes in the Plant Sciences field. The opening of the complex coincided with a launch of the SAFCOL Forestry Chair by the organisation’s acting Chief Executive, Ms Maureen Manyama-Matome.

The new 100 million complex will enhance inter and cross-disciplinary research collaboration bringing together departments and faculties that would traditionally not have interacted in traditional paradigms. The new facility includes research laboratories that are dedicated to conducting work in fields such as plant diversity, ecology, biotechnology and medicinal plant science amongst others.

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