UCT’s Goolam Appointed as First African Recipient of Coveted Goldstein Science Policy Fellow

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has appointed University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Mubeen Goolam as one of the three new Goldstein Science Policy Fellows.

Goolam, the principal investigator of the Stem Cell Modelling of Development and Disease Group in the Department of Human Biology and the Neuroscience Institute at UCT, is the first African to be appointed as a Goldstein Science Policy Fellow.  Read more here.

UCT Researchers Further Global Effort to Study Antarctic Ice Loss

A delegation of University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists from the Polar Engineering Research Group (PERG), led by Professor Sebastian Skatulla of UCT’s Department of Civil Engineering, recently embarked on an expedition to the Fimbul Ice Shelf in Antarctica. In December 2024, The PERG team set off in December 2024 as part of the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) 64 on a mission to deploy advanced global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and radar equipment that is capable of monitoring the thickness, internal composition, movement and deformation of the Fimbul Ice Shelf.  Read about their expedition and research here.