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Innocensia Mangoato off to Germany for her PhD studies

27 October 2020 | Story Andre Damons | Photo Supplied

Innocensia Mangoato_web read more — Innocensia Mangoato, Lecturer/ Researcher in the Department of Pharmacology, will visit the University of Bonn from 1st March 2021 until November 2021 for her PhD in Pharmacology.

A lecturer and researcher from the University of the Free State (UFS) says she is looking forward to working with Dr Gudrun S Ulrich-Merzenich from the University of Bonn in Germany, after being selected for a Argelander scholarship to complete her doctoral studies at the AG Synergy Research and Experimental Medicine research unit.

Innocensia Mangoato, Lecturer/Researcher in the Department of Pharmacology, will visit the University of Bonn from March until November 2021 to work with Dr Ulrich-Merzenich, who heads the working group on Synergy Research and Experimental Medicine. Mangoato’s PhD in Pharmacology, under the direct supervision of Prof Motlalepula Matsabisa, focuses on cannabis and cancer drug resistance reversal through studying various efflux transporters that play a major role in anticancer drug resistance.

According to her, this is because anticancer drug resistance plays a major role in the failure of standard chemotherapy when treating human cancer.

Excited and honoured

“I am extremely excited and honoured to have my proposal selected for the scholarship. I am thrilled and look forward to be working with Dr Gudrun S Ulrich-Merzenich,” says Mangoato, who initially wanted to study medicine and specialise in gynaecology.

Dr Ulrich-Merzenich specialises in synergy research and experimental medicine. While at the University of Bonn, Mangoato will register as an international student of Bonn so that she can attend classes and academic programmes to enhance her studies, including attending the Synergy Conference in Switzerland.

Will change her attitude towards science

Regarding Mangoato’s visit to Germany, Prof Matsabisa says, “I really feel she deserves it. She has been a very consistent young lady in her science research studies. I am very proud of her. This move will strengthen our existing collaborative research with the University of Bonn and Dr Gudrun Ulrich-Merzenich.”

Prof Matsabisa continues: “This exposure will change Mangoato’s attitude to science, research, and training for ever. She will be in good hands, as she will be working with an excellent scientist of the calibre of Dr Ulrich-Merzenich. I want to see more of my students travelling abroad, spending good research time with my collaborators all over the world to get the necessary exposure, and positive change in research attitudes,” says Prof Matsabisa.

He concludes by saying: “I want to create researchers of international standing.”

Message to other students?

Anything is possible if you put your mind to it, with the right amount of discipline and dedication.

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JN Boshoff Memorial Lecture: Dr Charles Nwaila

2005-09-13

Dr Charles Nwaila, Director-General of the Free State Provincial Government and Vice-Chairperson of the University of the Free State's (UFS) Council, recently discussed the repositioning of the Free State Provincial Government to respond to the 21st century demands during the JN Boshoff Memorial Lecture at the UFS.

From left: Dr Nwaila; Prof Tienie Crous, Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences; Prof Frederick Fourie, Rector and Vice-Chancellor and Dr Moses Sindane, Departmental Chairperson: Department of Public Management at the UFS.

A summary of the lecture.

Free State government to focus on training of public servants

The Free State provincial government in collaboration with higher education institutions in the province is to establish the Free State Association of Public Administration to get public servants to work effectively towards the growth and development of the province.
This was announced by the Director-General of the Free State provincial government, Dr Charles Nwaila, during a lecture he delivered at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein this evening (Thursday 8 September 2005).

Delivering the annual JN Boshoff Memorial Lecture at the UFS, Dr Nwaila called on higher education institutions to play a critical and leading role in the re-engineering of the existing Provincial Training and Development Institute housed at the Vista campus of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.

Dr Nwaila was formerly the Superintendent-General (head) of the Free State Department of Education and currently serves as the Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the University of the Free State.
He said the proposed Free State Association of Public Administration is a joint initiative with the National Academy of Public Administration based in Washington DC.

“We take this opportunity to invite the University of the Free State and other knowledge based institutions to join the Provincial Government in fostering a collaborative network to help us develop our public servants,” Dr Nwaila said.
He said there were accelerating demands and a lot of pressure on limited resources, with Free Staters expecting more from their government than ever before.

“Civil servants in a developmental state are servants of the people, champions of the poor and the downtrodden and not self-serving individuals that seek only advancement on the career ladder,” Dr Nwaila said.
According to Dr Nwaila, the Free State Growth and Development Strategy has identified 11 areas that need to be addressed by the year 2014, including:

• To reduce unemployment from 38% to 20%
• To improve the functional literacy rate from 69,2% to 85%
• To stabilize the prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS and reverse the spread of the disease
• To provide a free basic service to all households
• To provide adequate infrastructure for economic growth and development

Dr Nwaila said that the Free State government will continue to follow a people-centred approach towards these development objectives with a keen sense of unity and unwavering determination to create the best of times for the Free State and all its people.

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