The African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT) (

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

) is located on the Experimental Farm of the

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campus, and was established by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the University of Pretoria, the

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, the

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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".

History

ACGT is a product of the

Southern Education and Research Alliance The Southern Education and Research Alliance (SERA), founded in 1999, is a strategic alliance formed between the University of Pretoria and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The alliance collaborates locally and internationally ...

(SERA) and was established in 2001 as the SERA biotechnology task team. ACGT has since grown into a regional initiative.http://www.acgt.co.za/ profiles/Burton.php

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