FABIans celebrate Arista Fourie’s prestige seminar – the eighth in 2019
FABI congratulates Arista Fourie who fulfilled all the requirements for a PhD degree, the eighth…
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Insects on the menu at the FABI Entomology Journal Club social
The Entomology Journal Club (EJC) in FABI is going strong with 25 enthusiastic members and…
Modelling Workshop hosted by FABI
FABI hosted a simulation modelling workshop led by two leaders in the field, Dr Serge Savary and Dr…
FABIans enter the Magic Kingdom at SPOOF 2019
Disney’s Magic Kingdom welcomed FABI ans for this year’s annual meeting of the Society for the…
Developing collaboration with colleagues at UNESP Brazil
During a recent visit to Brazil, Prof. Mike Wingfield had the opportunity to visit colleagues in…
FABIans attend the science “Oscars”
A team of ten FABI ans including FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers attended the 21 st annual…
Professor Mike Wingfield interviewed by China’s biggest daily newspaper
FABI founding Director and current IUFRO President, Professor Mike Wingfield was this past week…
Zander Myburg wins prestigious Forest Biotechnologist of the Year Award
Professor Zander Myburg , research leader of the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Research Group in…
FABI Celebrates first publications by students
FABI celebrated the first publication of a paper in an ISI-rated scientific journal by four…
IFSA South Africa regional meeting in George
The South African Regional Meeting (SARM) of the International Forestry Students’ Association…
Looking into the eyes of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio
FABI PhD candidate Quentin Guignard recently returned from a three week visit to the University of…
Monitoring plant health in botanic gardens and arboreta across South Africa
Recently, Drs Mesfin Gossa and Trudy Paap assessed plant health in eight gardens across South…
FABIans celebrate another PhD in the bag at Chrizelle Beukes’s prestige seminar
Chrizelle Beukes successfully defended her PhD thesis on 18 June, fulfilling all the requirements…
Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry beats 40 competitors to win Inqaba Biotec’s mini pipetting contest
For her precision and dexterity, FABI PhD student Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry was crowned “Pipetting…
FABI Postdoc presents a seminar on the dangers of unregulated plant movement throughout history
Dr Trudy Paap ’s seminar “Plants, people and places” on 10 June chronicled the movement of plants…
FABI ships biocontrol agent to Uganda
Thaumastocoris peregrinu s , the bronze bug, is not only a pest attacking Eucalyptus in South…
Seven FABI researchers honoured at the UP 2019 Academic Achievers’ Awards ceremony
The University of Pretoria honoured its best academics on 21 May, including seven researchers from…
French Researchers in South Africa meet in FABI
On the 3rd of May 2019, FABI hosted the meeting of the French researchers in South Africa. Two…
Kenyan student makes second lab training visit to FABI
Dennis Omondi, an MSc student in Plant Breeding from Maseno University in Western Kenya, made his…
FABI student wins best poster prize at SANSOR congress
Carol-Ann Segal, a FABI MSc student, won the prize for the best MSc Research Poster presentation at…