FABIans’ living heritage comes to life in “Picking the Fruit of the Heritage Tree”
From the mystical to the culinary, FABI ans went on a sensory trip down memory lane and around the…
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New publication explores genetic diversity hidden within natural populations of Eucalyptus grandis
The genomes of extant organisms harbour footprints of natural selection that can be used in…
NSTF Award video interview
A film team visited FABI on 16 September to record an interview with Prof. Mike Wingfield who was…
FABI students and postdocs engage on lab etiquette
FABI labs are buzzing again with activity, albeit within strict schedules to manage the number of…
A different way of communicating our research
Early in 2020, Dr Andi Wilson and her PhD supervisors published a paper in the journal Fungal…
FABI presents at the SAMAC Webinar
On 3 September, Dr Gerda Fourie , research leader of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MPP) and…
Agreement to fund the York Timbers Chair in Wood Structural Engineering signed
The launch of the trans-disciplinary York Timbers Chair in Data-Driven, Wood Structural Engineering…
FABIans participate in bark beetle mycobiome research network meeting
On 2 September, several FABI ans that form part of the bark beetle mycobiome research network took…
FABI advances plant health research in Africa with the launch of two satellite laboratories
The launch of two satellite laboratories at FABI with prestigious international institutions…
Attending the NAPB 2020 virtual meeting
FABI MSc student Ingrid Marais attended the National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) 2020…
Phyloge-knows-it crowned “brains” of FABI at first virtual quiz night
Phyloge-knows-it outwitted 12 teams to be crowned winners at FABI ’s first virtual Quiz Night on 4…
Sampling the iconic and declining cedars in the Cedarberg mountains
Professor Mike Wingfield , founding Director of FABI , together with Prof. Brenda Wingfield ,…
The plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa under the spotlight at FABI’s monthly International Seminar
The plant pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is a devastating pathogen that poses a huge…
FABI launches its multi-disciplinary Grain Research Programme
FABI launched its multi-disciplinary Grain Research Programme (GRP) during an online event on 21…
Christian Pirk elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
FABI congratulates Prof. Christian Pirk on being elected a Fellow of the African Academy of…
RGE-FABI THP team meet - another Zoom event
The RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme team met on the Zoom virtual platform on 18 August. The team,…
FABIans participate in virtual APS Plant Health 2020 meeting
The first meeting of The American Phytopathological Society (APS) was held in Boston in 1909. Since…
FABIans take part in the first virtual SASBi-SC student symposium
FABI ans joined young researchers from several countries for the South African Society of…
FMG members attend a virtual PB20 conference
Normally, attending the prestigious Plant Biology Worldwide Summit, hosted by the American Society…
FABIans participate in FAO forest invasive species webinar
The United Nations (UN) has declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH-2020) . As…