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23 November 2022
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Story André Damons
Prof Motlalepula Matsabisa, Professor and Director of Pharmacology, will play host to the various stakeholders to network and share knowledge on current developments in indigenous knowledge research and product development, biodiversity, innovation, and commercialisation of the IK-based research products. The Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) for Health unit in the Department of Pharmacology within the UFS Faculty of Health Sciences was last year awarded an annual Technology Innovation Agency Platform (TIA) grant of R17 million for the next five years.
The research and teaching programme in the School of Clinical Medicine has since been rebranded and is now known as the African Medicines Innovation and Technology Development Platform (AMITD), which will strive to respond to community health needs and address industry research needs and challenges.
The indaba will showcase progress made by TIA and other entities in enriching the development and commercialisation of IK-based innovations. It will take place from 24 to 25 November 2022 in the Equitas Senate Hall at the UFS.
Prof Matsabisa is the chairperson of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Expert Advisory Committee on Traditional Medicines for COVID-19. He is also a visiting professor at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM) in Beijing, China, and the Deputy President of the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.

2015 First-years: this is how Kovsies will welcome you
2014-11-20
The UFS can hardly wait to welcome you into our family! Wondering about when, where and how? Read on and find out all you need to know...
The official welcoming of the 2015 first-years will take place on Friday 16 January 2015 at 18:00 in front of the Main Building on the Bloemfontein Campus.
The welcoming of 2015 first-years by the various faculties will take place from 09:00 on Saturday 17 January 2015 at the different faculties.
• Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in the EMS Auditorium
• Faculty of Education in the New Education Building
• Faculty of Health Sciences in the Kovsie Church
• Faculty of the Humanities in the Odeion
Session 1
- 09:00 ; Session 2
- 11:00
• Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in the Wynand Mouton theatre
• Biological groups in the Wynand Mouton theatre
• Agricultural programmes in the Agriculture Building, LG 1, 2 en 3
• Consumer Sciences in the Agriculture Building, LG 4
• Physics and Chemistry in the Chemistry Building, CEM 108
• Information Technology in WWG 114
• Mathematics and Applied Mathematics in WWG 226
• Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Sciences in the West Block, W111
• Geography in GEO 1,5
• Geology in the Main Lecture Hall 1
• Architecture in the Architecture Building
• Faculty of Law in the CR Swart Auditorium
• Faculty of Theology in the H van der Merwe Scholtz Hall 10 (HMS 10)
An information centre will be available at the parking area in front of the Red Square.
Also, the
Campus Ministries Forum will be welcoming first-years during an inter denominational church service on
Sunday 18 January 2015 from 09:00-11:00 at the Kovsie Church. Everyone is welcome to attend this.