Thanks to those who made themselves available, Hug4Donation funds and funds from the SRC community project’s pool, GeneUP was able to buy gardening and painting material to help a school in Mamelodi face their basic challenges. On the 26 July 2014 GeneUP and its members visited Vlakfontein secondary and painted their newly established library. The day was filled with…

Earlier this year we arranged for a representative from the CSI group to give a lecture for our members. We were educated about the process behind forensics and learnt about the potential careers available in forensics. Thank you to everyone that attended!

We embarked on our first field trip to Inqaba biotech in Sunnyside, Pretoria. Thank you to Sina and Phemelo for their assistance along with the students whom attended (check photo’s for your friends faces 😉 ) inqaba biotec is an biotechnology company that offers a variety of products to the scientific community. The company is…

GeneUP had the pleasure and honor of collaborating with the Genetics Department on the 24th of May at UP’s annual Open Day. The day involved sharing our student onions, experiences and  career guidance to prospective students of 2015. An enthusiastic bunch indeed! Not only did we educate them about the world of Genetics but we…

Vlakfontein Secondary School recently opened their new library that was donated by the UNIC. Some of the GeneUP EC members attended this important event. We are very proud to be affiliated with this school and to stand by them during these important changes that are happening to make the school a better place for learning!

Recently our EC had a drive called “Hug for a Donation” to raise funds for projects we are planning at Vlakfontein Secondary School. We raised a grand total of R2407! A big thank you to everyone that contributed! 

We met at 8H15 and departed from campus at around 8H45. Phemelo was the driver of the quantum we hired free off-charge from the university. We got to Nova Paintball situated at the Pretoria show grounds at about 9H15, We collected our gear and all and started playing at 9H45. Tk was sick and handed her balls to all members who…

On the 6th of March our general meeting was held. We had a fantastic turn-out. Each portfolio presented their plan of action for the year. As a special request by someone attending our meeting, I have uploaded a copy of our constitution for your perusal here: University of Pretoria Gene UP Constitution Please let me know…

GeneUP has adopted a school in Mamelodi as part of our community project. The school we have selected is called Vlakfontein High School.  Currently we are giving them stationary packages and posters for the different classes. We are hoping to do bigger projects in the near future. Our major concern is getting the large area of…