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FABIan through to the FameLab South Africa finals

FABIan through to the FameLab South Africa finals

FameLab is one of the biggest and most exciting science communication competitions in the world,…

TPCP celebrates first publications

TPCP celebrates first publications

Celebrating a student’s first publication is a tradition in the Tree Protection Co-operative…

FABI celebrates two Associate Professor promotions for 2018

FABI celebrates two Associate Professor promotions for 2018

FABI congratulates and celebrates with two researchers who have reached remarkable milestones in…

Plant pathologists from UK and Singapore visit FABI

Plant pathologists from UK and Singapore visit FABI

On Friday 1 December, FABI had the pleasure of hosting three internationally-renowned plant…

FABI Director included in the Web of Science Most Highly Cited Researcher list

FABI Director included in the Web of Science Most Highly Cited Researcher list

Professor Mike Wingfield , Director of FABI has recently been included in Clarivate Analytics (Web…

FABI postdoctoral Fellow conducts International Plant Sentinel Network workshops

FABI postdoctoral Fellow conducts International Plant Sentinel Network workshops

This past November, Dr Chris Malumphy , senior entomologist with Fera Science in the United Kingdom…

A “sweet” tribute to three FABIans leaving the Institute

A “sweet” tribute to three FABIans leaving the Institute

FABI hosted a coffee and cupcakes party on 27 November to wish well three people who have become an…

Two FABIans attend the 7th International Barcode of Life Conference

Two FABIans attend the 7th International Barcode of Life Conference

During the past week, two FABIans gave oral presentations at the 7th International Barcode of Life…

Keep a lookout for these Eucalyptus pests

Keep a lookout for these Eucalyptus pests

The Diagnostic Clinic of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) requests your assistance…

Prof Bernard Slippers appointed as the new Director of FABI

Prof Bernard Slippers appointed as the new Director of FABI

The staff and students of FABI wish to congratulate Prof. Bernard Slippers who has been appointed…

MSc student from Kenya on training visit to FABI

MSc student from Kenya on training visit to FABI

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FABI hosts fungal genome annotation and comparison workshop

FABI hosts fungal genome annotation and comparison workshop

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Italian forest pathologist visits FABI

Italian forest pathologist visits FABI

FABI was honoured to receive a visit by the renowned forest pathologist and invasion biologist…

FABIans celebrate another year of research excellence at the 2017 year-end gala dinner and awards ceremony

FABIans celebrate another year of research excellence at the 2017 year-end gala dinner and awards ceremony

The 2017 FABI year-end gala dinner and awards ceremony marked 20 years since the founding of the…

Cape Citizen Science releases video about youth engagement in 2017

Cape Citizen Science releases video about youth engagement in 2017

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Advanced Phylogenetics Workshop presented at FABI

Advanced Phylogenetics Workshop presented at FABI

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FABIans attend an insect mass-rearing workshop

FABIans attend an insect mass-rearing workshop

Dr Gerda Fourie , research leader of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MPP) and Dr Mesfin Gossa ,…

Senior research scientist from Finland visits FABI

Senior research scientist from Finland visits FABI

Dr Henri Vanhanen visited FABI on 3 November 2017 as part of his training visit to Mozambique. Dr…

Syngenta team visits FABI

Syngenta team visits FABI

The Syngenta Seeds Regulatory and Stewardship team from the Europe-Africa-Middle East (EAME) region…

Assessing the security implications of genome editing technology

Assessing the security implications of genome editing technology

The Volkswagen Foundation , the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation , and the Intelligence Advanced…