FABI PostDoc Student wins Inqaba's ‘Africa Genome Challenge 2021’ Award
In April this year, Inqaba Biotec organized a competition to promote the arrival of the PacBio…
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Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
SANBI’s Sentinel Plant Project renders training support for horticulture students at DUT
Recently, Drs Mesfin Gossa and Trudy Paap had established a collaboration partnership with the…
Bagworms from wattle and pine emperor larvae from… Eucalyptus!
FABI ans Luki-Marie Scheepers , Elmarie van der Merwe and Josias Letaoana set out to collect pupae…
Scouting for native natural enemies of PSHB
The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) , Euwallecea fornicatus, is one of the most serious…
FABI says farewell to Arista
On Friday 13 August, members of the Macadamia Protection Programme along with other FABI ans…
The Solanaceae family unpacked at the August SASSB webinar
‘Solanaceae more than potatoes and tomatoes!’ was the topic of the plenary speaker Dr Sandra Knapp…
Almuth’s publication hat-trick
Congratulations to Professor Almuth Hammerbacher who has scored a hat-trick with a third…
FABI researcher presents at the international APS conference
Myriam Solís , a PhD candidate in the Eucalyptus and Pine Pathogens Interactions (EPPI) research…
IFSA Forestry Career in Africa book launched
The International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA) and the joint IUFRO-IFSA Task Force on…
Yosef Hamba Tola completes the first FABI-ICIPE joint PhD
A hearty congratulations to Yosef Hamba Tola on successfully completing all requirements for his…
The FABIlous FABwarts School of Sci-craft and Wizardry
The meeting of the Epsilon Chapter of the Society for the Presentation of Outrageous Findings…
The problem of invasive mycorrhizal fungi discussed in the July FABI International Seminar
Dr Anne Pringle discussed the “Problem of invasive mycorrhizal fungi” as our guest speaker for the…
FMG shines at the ASPB Plant Biology Worldwide Summit
More than 20 members of the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) programme in FABI had a front-row seat…
In Memoriam: Valentina Nkosi
FABI was shocked and deeply saddened at the passing of Valentina Nkosi on 23 July. Valentina formed…
Radio interviews as part of International Year of Plant Health
As part of the public outreach for the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH 2020) , Prof. Dave…
An inoculation “party” in FABI
On Thursday 22 July Prof. Mike Wingfield , founding Director of FABI was joined by Dr Seonju…
Celebrating Mmatshepho's PhD degree
FABI celebrated the successful completion of Mmatshepho Phasha ’s PhD degree on 12 July making it…
Congratulations to Wilma Nel on completing her PhD!
Congratulations to Wilma Nel on completing all requirements for her PhD on 13 July. She presented…
FABI and Innovation Africa @UP expands IoT sensor network with Engineering. 4.0
FABI and Innovation Africa @UP are partnering with Engineering 4.0. to create a digital twin of its…
Steven Hussey participates in international Hort Dialogues symposium
Dr Steven Hussey was one of three international researchers to present their work in an online…