Aaron Harvey secures second runner-up at the 2026 UP Visualise Your Thesis competition
Aaron Harvey, a PhD candidate in FABI, has been awarded Second Runner-Up in the 2026 Institutional…
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Bayer presentation at FABI
FABI strives to expose its students to research activities of collaborators as well as to cutting…
FABI interns attend SACTA’s 2026 Annual Stakeholder Engagement Meeting
On 19 August, SACTA-funded interns in FABI ’s Phytosanitation and Biosecurity Programme attended…
Croatian forest health researchers visit FABI
Following a week of fieldwork with FABI researchers in Sappi pine plantations in Mpumalanga, FABI…
Fungi associated with South African pine-infesting bark beetles: The search continues
FABI researchers have a long and globally recognized history of research on the fungi associated…
A research visit from Ethiopia – Training in action
The “Management of Pests and Diseases of Forest Crops in Ethiopia” project is funded by the…
South African Association of Botanists 51st Conference at University of Mpumalanga
The 51 st Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botanists (SAAB) took place in the…
FABI's Brett Hurley presents on biocontrol at forest disturbance conference in Canada
Professor Brett Hurley recently attended the IUFRO Ecology and Management of Biotic Disturbances in…
Brazilian PhD student deepens fungal taxonomy skills during six-month research stay at FABI
From 12 February to 28 July 2026, Wellington Barros dos Santos, a PhD candidate in Agricultural…
Congratulations to Shae on the successful completion of her PhD!
Congratulations to Shae Cooper on the successful completion of her PhD. She presented her Prestige…
FABI Researchers attend the IUFRO Small-scale Forestry and Forest History and Traditional Knowledge Conference in Kenya
The International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) Working Groups on Small-scale…
FABI researchers study fungi associated with pine bark beetles in South Africa
For many years, FABI researchers have actively studied the fungi associated with conifer infesting…
The Circus is in town for SPOOF
The circus was in town for FABI ’s annual meeting of the Society for the Presentation of Outrageous…
Publication party celebrates first publications by FABIans
FABIans gathered on the afternoon of 23 July to celebrate the first peer-reviewed journal…
Book and series fun at the FABI Monday Morning Meeting
It was time for the annual Books and Series presentation at the FABI Monday Morning Meeting of 20…
Persistence pays off for Dineo as she completes her PhD
Dineo Mailula celebrated the successful completion of her PhD on 14 July with a Prestige Seminar…
Special Seminar by a leading plant pathologist, Prof. Dilantha Fernando
The Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and FABI hosted a joint special seminar “Engineering…
FABI Director completes Humboldt research visit to Germany
Professor Bernard Slippers , Director of the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute…
Prof. Sanushka Naidoo visits Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Prof. Sanushka Naidoo was honored to participate as a plenary speaker at the International…
FABIAN visits the University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center
In June, Dr Wilma Nel , manager of the TPCP Diagnostic Clinic , visited the University of Florida…