Future Production: Chemicals

CSIR collaborates with MERCK in biomanufacturing course

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has collaborated with MERCK, a German multinational science and technology company, to deliver the first Quality Control and Downstream Operations in Biomanufacturing course. The course is part of the CSIR’s three-year African biomanufactu...

CSIR facilitates hands-on training for vaccine production technologies course

Vaccine production technologies The CSIR is hosting a cohort of participants for a vaccine production technologies course as part of its African Biomanufacturing Workforce Training and Skills Development Programme. This course assists in growing and developing the vaccine production sector on the...

African bio-manufacturing workforce training and skills development programme

The CSIR is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the upcoming Quality Control and Downstream operations in Biomanufacturing course (CSIR-BQ-1A) , scheduled to start on Monday, 26 August 2024, as part of its African Bio-Manufacturing Workforce Training and Skills Developmen...

Twenty-five graduate from CSIR’s biomanufacturing training programme

The CSIR’s African Biomanufacturing Workforce Training and Skills Development Programme conferred certificates to 25 participants who completed training in biomanufacturing technologies on 23 May 2024. Participants were drawn from academic institutions, small, medium and micro enterprises, indust...

AFRICAN BIOMANUFACTURING WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The CSIR is pleased to announce the commencement of its Vaccine Production Technologies course (CSIR-VP-1A), scheduled to start on Monday, 1 July 2024, as part of its African Biomanufacturing Workforce Training and Skills Development Programme. The deadline for applications is 10 May 2024. The co...

African Biomanufacturing workforce training and skills development programme

The CSIR is pleased to announce the commencement of the biomanufacturing technologies course (CSIR-BT-1A), scheduled to start on Monday, 6 May 2024, as part of its African Biomanufacturing Workforce Training and Skills Development Programme. Applications are currently being accepted for the upcom...

CSIR Strengthens Collaboration with the University of Pisa Through Bilateral Project

The CSIR partnered with the University of Pisa in Italy on the Nanofun project, aimed at designing and developing chemically treated nanocellulose membranes for water treatment applications. The project received funding from both the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa and the Mini...

CSIR Collaborates with GIZ on building skills for vaccine manufacturing in South Africa

The CSIR has partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on a human capacity development initiative in South Africa that will focus on developing skills in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for biomanufacturing. This partnership will provide training grants t...