Monthly Colloquia

The Biophysics in Africa Monthly Colloquium Series is a joint project of the African Light Source Foundation (AfLS), African Physical Society (AfPS), and the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP). SAIP is an adhering body of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB). The colloquia are always on the last Wednesday of every month. In addition to participation by students and colleagues worldwide, we invite speakers from around the globe as well. For more information please feel free to contact us at colloquium.series@africanbiophysics.org.

Past lectures

24 September 2025

Chasing an enigma: unravelling the mystery of retroviral polyproteins for potential drug development

Dr Jerry Joe Harrison

27 August 2025

Native Mass Spectrometry as a Modern Tool for Characterizing and Drugging Transient Protein-Protein Interactions

Assoc. Prof. Clinton Veale

30 July 2025

Quantum effect, biological context: An introduction to quantum biology

Dr Betony Adams

25 June 2025

Cryptic No More: Characterising a Novel Allosteric Site in the HIV-1 Protease Cantilever Region

Prof. Yasien Sayed

28 May 2025

Structural Biology and Cancer: Using Structural Biology to Develop Immunotherapies

Dr Chrystal Starbird

23 April 2025

Visualizing antibody maturation for pathogenic viruses with cryo-EM

Dr Theresa Gewering

27 November 2024

Solving the molecular structure of African horse sickness virus VP2

Student speaker: Henk Britz

30 October 2024

SYNAPSE: a borderless scientific effort connecting global synchrotron resources to map animal brains

Prof. Yeukuang Hwu

25 September 2024

Effect of cyclonically draughted 35-60 kHz synthetic sounds of Odorrana tormota, Delphinapterus leucas, and male Anopheles gambiae on evoked Spatial Activity Index (SAI) and Protection Index (PI) in tropical mated female Anopheles gambiae

Prof. Philip Amuyunzu Mang’are

28 August 2024

Investigation of the structure-function specialisation of Hsp70 chaperone machines of the main agent of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum

Prof. Addmore Shonhai

31 July 2024

Cryogenic electron microscopy is revolutionizing biology: where are we now and the future ahead of us

Prof. Jose Maria Carazo Garcia

26 June 2024

Application of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) for quantitative analysis of biophysics research

Student speaker: Eric Magara

26 June 2024

Assessment of the effect of heavy metals on the tissue mechanics of african prawns

Student speaker: Edwin Bokoo

29 May 2024

Monoclonal antibodies neutralizing snake venom long & short chain three finger neurotoxins

Dr Constantinos Kurt Wibmer

24 April 2024

The complex life of proteins: folding, trafficking, misfolding, aggregation and repair

Dr Paolo De Los Rios

27 March 2024

Breaking barriers in drug discovery: the fusion of atomistic simulation and machine learning in computational biophysics

Dr Daniel M Shadrack

28 February 2024

Modelling the covalent intermediates of the nitrilase superfamily

Dr Dewald P. van Heerden

31 January 2024

Structural insights into the lysine-specific uptake mechanism for extremely low pH regulation by bacteria

Dr Emmanuel Nji

29 November 2023

Latest cryo-EM results from South Africa

Dr Jeremy Woodward

25 October 2023

Structural insights in DNA replication and repair

Dr Silvia Onesti