African Centre for Gene Technologies


The African Centre for Gene Technologies is located on the Experimental Farm of the University of Pretoria campus, and was established by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, the University of Pretoria, the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Johannesburg and the Agricultural Research Council. The aim is to create a collaborative network of excellence in advanced biotechnology, with specific focus on the "-omics".

History

ACGT is a product of the
Southern Education and Research Alliance and
was established in 2001 as the
SERA biotechnology task team.
ACGT has since grown into a
regional
initiative.