Building collaborations to study fungi and their mycotoxins
Professor Angel Medina-Vaya (Cranfield University, UK) visited FABI researchers Prof. Cobus Visagie…
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Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
Farewell to Anne Pringle and David Johnson after a great 12-month sabbatical
On 26 July, a group of FABI staff and close friends gathered in FABI Square for a dinner event to…
Genomics research strengthened by visit to VIB-UGhent, Belgium
Professor Dave Berger was fortunate to spend a month of his sabbatical with the research group of…
FABIans attend the 23rd Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
The 23 rd Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA) was held from 11-14 July…
FABI celebrates Mandela Day with 67 minutes of community service to conserve biodiversity
Invasive alien vegetation is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. In celebration of Mandela…
FABIans attend the XVI SASSB conference
Five FABI ans attended the XVI Southern African Society for Systematic Biology’s (SASSB) conference…
FABIans participate in producing a new forest entomology text book
Professor Jeremy Allison of the Canadian Forestry Service , Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault…
CAMCORE Associate Director visits FABI
Dr Juan Jose “JJ” Acosta , Associate Director of CAMCORE and Associate Professor at North Carolina…
Two FABI postdocs receive University of Pretoria Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr David Read and Dr Tanay Bose , postdoctoral Fellows in the Grain Research Programme (GRP) and…
Moving from young eucalypts to young pine for the National Forest Pest and Pathogen Surveillance strategy
A team from the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) , including Sandisiwe Jali , Josias…
An unexpected visit to the James Hutton Institute
The opening chapter of “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkein is titled “An Unexpected Party” in which Gandalf…
The GRP Diagnostic Clinic attends Farmers Days in Limpopo and Mpumalanga
On 21 April and 2 June, members of the GRP Diagnostic Clinic participated in Farmers Days in…
The GRP pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic @FABI-UP celebrates another year of service to grain stakeholders
The Grain Research Programme @ FABI UP runs a pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic…
The Macadamia team presents at the SAMAC Research Networking Day
Several members of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) attended the SAMAC (Macadamias South…
Dr Wilma Nel appointed as the TPCP Diagnostic Clinic Manager
Dr Wilma Nel has been appointed as the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) Diagnostic…
First grass sampling expedition: FABI and Milk SA collaborate to uncover Pseudopithomyces insights in Eastern Cape dairy farms
Dr Neriman Yilmaz , Jenna-Lee Price and Prof. Mike Wingfield recently visited dairy farmers in the…
Mandy makes it six.
A hearty congratulations to Mandy Messal who is the sixth FABIan to complete their PhD in FABI this…
Continuous replanting could impact future productivity in short-rotation forestry
The continuous cultivation of the same or related plant species on a particular plot of land has a…
Film crew visits FABI
FABI welcomed a team from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust that spent the morning of 17 May at the…
Congratulations QianLi!
FABI PhD candidate QianLi Liu presented her Prestige Seminar “Phylogeny, taxonomy and ecology of…