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Africa Day is a celebration of a continent that gave the world its first humans, its greatest biodiversity, and some of ...
25/05/2026

Africa Day is a celebration of a continent that gave the world its first humans, its greatest biodiversity, and some of its most extraordinary science.

At DIPLOMICS and 1KSA, we are proud to be part of a growing movement of African researchers sequencing African species, building African genomic infrastructure, and ensuring that the science of life on this continent is told by the people who live here.
The diversity above the ground reflects the diversity within it.

There is no more important place to do this work. Happy Africa Day.

One million species. That is the current estimate of how many are at risk of extinction, according to the IPBES Global A...
22/05/2026

One million species.
That is the current estimate of how many are at risk of extinction, according to the IPBES Global Assessment. Most people will never see the majority of them. Many have no common name. Some have no scientific name yet. The International Day for Biological Diversity is a reminder that biodiversity is not a background condition. It is the operating system that everything else runs on, including us.

At 1KSA, every species sequenced is a step toward understanding what we have, what we stand to lose, and what we can still protect.

Visit 1KSA.org.za to find out more about how we are working to support institutions like SANBI with the preservation of South Africa's biodiversity.

South Africa has over 1,000 native bee species. You have probably never heard of most of them. The honeybee gets all the...
20/05/2026

South Africa has over 1,000 native bee species. You have probably never heard of most of them.

The honeybee gets all the credit but it's the native miners, carpenters, and sweat bees working quietly through the fynbos that hold much of this country's pollination together.

One in three mouthfuls of food exists because a bee visited a flower at the right moment. That is not a fun fact. That is infrastructure.

This World Bee Day, take a moment for the bee you have never heard of, on the flower you have never seen, doing work the world cannot afford to lose.

The Blue Crane has survived alongside South Africa's farmers and communities for centuries. It nests on open ground, rai...
14/05/2026

The Blue Crane has survived alongside South Africa's farmers and communities for centuries. It nests on open ground, raises its chicks in grasslands that are increasingly under pressure, and remains one of the few large birds that has adapted, cautiously, to a changing landscape.

But adaptation has limits. A reference genome gives researchers the tools to understand those limits: where genetic diversity is holding, where it is thinning, and what that means for a species that belongs, officially and culturally, to all of us.

Explore more: https://www.1ksa.org.za/species-cards/anthropoides-paradiseus

25/04/2026

Happy World DNA Day! Every 25 April, we mark the 1953 discovery of the double helix by Watson, Crick, and Franklin, and the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Two milestones that changed science forever.

This year, we are marking the occasion with a launch of our own.

Introducing Ignite, our new outreach platform dedicated to making omics science accessible to the next generation of South African scientists. Through Ignite, we will be sharing exciting discoveries in genomics and proteomics, science explained in plain language, student opportunities, and highlights from our outreach activities across the country.

The future of South African science is being built right now, and we want young people to be part of it.

Want to know more about genomics in South Africa, especially school outreaches and careers? Follow us on Instagram !

The next time you pick up a handful of soil, you are holding a community of thousands.Most of them have no names yet.All...
22/04/2026

The next time you pick up a handful of soil, you are holding a community of thousands.
Most of them have no names yet.

All of them matter.

Happy Earth Day.

Introducing the DIPLOMICS Class of 2026! We are beyond excited to welcome 11 talented scientists to our internship progr...
10/04/2026

Introducing the DIPLOMICS Class of 2026!
We are beyond excited to welcome 11 talented scientists to our internship programme this year, hosted across seven incredible partner institutes: CPGR, SAIAB, SAMRC, UWC-IMBM, NWU-CHM.

Swipe through to meet every one of them, and give them a warm welcome in the comments!

Follow their journeys as they grow, contribute, and help shape the future of science in South Africa and beyond.

Introducing the DIPLOMICS Class of 2026! We are beyond excited to welcome 11 talented scientists to our internship progr...
10/04/2026

Introducing the DIPLOMICS Class of 2026!
We are beyond excited to welcome 11 talented scientists to our internship programme this year, hosted across seven incredible partner institutes: CPGR, NRF-SAIAB, SAMRC Genomics Platform, UWC-IMBM, NWU-CHM.

Swipe through to meet every one of them, and give them a warm welcome in the comments!

Follow their journeys as they grow, contribute, and help shape the future of science in South Africa and beyond.

The numbers are not abstract. Ten children die every minute from causes we know how to prevent. Measles vaccination alon...
07/04/2026

The numbers are not abstract. Ten children die every minute from causes we know how to prevent. Measles vaccination alone has saved 94 million lives since 1974 - yet vaccination rates are falling even in countries that have the highest levels of access.

The anti-vaccine movement is not a fringe concern. It is a measurable, growing public health threat, and the response to it has to include honest, accessible science communication. The data is clear and the evidence is solid.

Some species don’t exist in isolation.The mopani tree and the mopani worm are ecologically and culturally linked across ...
02/04/2026

Some species don’t exist in isolation.

The mopani tree and the mopani worm are ecologically and culturally linked across southern Africa. One provides the leaves. The other depends on them for survival, and in turn supports rural food systems and livelihoods.

Sequencing both species through 1KSA strengthens more than a biodiversity archive. It allows us to study host–herbivore relationships, adaptation to climate stress, genetic diversity, and resilience in ecosystems that are both environmentally and economically important.

Genomics helps us move from observing relationships to understanding them at a molecular level.

1KSA Milestone 02: Mopani tree and Mopani worm.

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