Full Member
Lavinia Haikukutu
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Degrees:
2018
Master Agricultural Sciences
Specialized in animal genetics and did an MSc research on the genetic diversity of the bovine leukocyte antigen (BoLA) and its association with resistance to ticks and tick-borne diseases in selected cattle breeds in Namibia.
2015
Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms
Microbiology studies microorganisms, while biochemistry studies the building blocks that compose organisms. Topic microbiology encompasses include classifying the different types of microorganisms, studying their life cycles and growth patterns, and discovering the mechanisms by which they infect other organisms. Methods for removing and preventing infections by microorganisms are another important aspect of microbiology, that also involves the development of antibiotics and vaccines. Biochemistry involves the study of the building blocks of living organisms, called macromolecules.
Publications resulting from Research
L. Haikukutu, T. O. Itenge, L. Bosman, C. Visser & E. van Marle-Köster (2017). Genetic variability of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II (DRB3) in South African and Namibian beef cattle breeds. Advances in Animal Biosciences, 8 (1), 19-21.
Green and Social Entrepreneurship for Biodiversity Conservation and Local Development summer school
2025
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa12th AISA Young Graduates and Scholars Academy and Conference
2025
Pretoria, South AfricaGreen and Social Entrepreneurship for Biodiversity Conservation and Local Development summer school
2025
South AfricaGraduates and Scholars Academy and Conference
2025
South Africa, Pretoria