The African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT) (Pretoria) is located on the Experimental Farm of theUniversity of Pretoria campus, and was established byCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the University of Pretoria, theUniversity of the Witwatersrand, theUniversity of Johannesburg and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). The aim is to create a collaborative network of excellence in advanced biotechnology, with specific focus on the "-omics".
ACGT is a product of theSouthern Education and Research Alliance (SERA) and was established in 2001 as the SERA biotechnology task team. ACGT has since grown into aregional initiative.[1]
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