Social Insects Research Group - SIRG
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A dynamic research group working on social insects located in the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
31/07/2025
SIRG was well represented recently at the ESSA conference 2025 held at the University of Free state.
With Goratileone Oepeng and Lerato Maupi, both MSc students presenting their masters projects.
For our meet our students series, meet Jabulile who is also doing her masters in our research Group but she is working on something even more interesting, a parasite of bees.
Watch the video to learn about her research project!
Meet Goratileone Oepeng an Entomology Masters student in our research Group.
To hear more about his project, watch the video clip below
27/05/2025
What if we could manage tsetse flies?
The culprit that is responsible for carrying trypanosomes which in humans cause African sleeping sickness and in animals can cause Nagana all variants from acute to chronic and surra.
Science has no ending and below is a synopsis with a link to an article our research group has worked on! Scan the QR code for the full scientific article.
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