FABIans participate in the Marcus Wallenberg Symposium 2025
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize (MWP) is an international award that recognises, encourages, and…
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The FMG-EPPI Team Undertakes a Large-Scale Field Inoculation and Tissue Sampling Fieldtrip
The members of the FMG EPPI team recently departed on an eleven-day field trip to Richards Bay,…
Dr Andrew Hayes presents a special seminar in FABI
Dr Andrew Hayes a Forest Health Research Fellow with the Forest Industries Research Centre at…
Aaron shines at the 2025 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition
Aaron Harvey , a PhD candidate from FABI ’s Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research , placed second…
FABIans at the Sixth BISMiS Meeting in China
Professor Fanus Venter , the President-elect of BISMiS and PhD candidate Melandré van Lill…
FABIans honoured at the University of Pretoria’s Academic Achievers’ Awards
FABI is proud of all the MANCOM members whose hard work and dedication was honoured at the…
Polish collaborators visit FABI
FABI hosted a visit by two collaborators, Prof. Piotr Boroń of the University of Agriculture in…
FABIans package 1.5t of maize seed for cultivar trials
An enthusiastic group of about 20 FABIans recently gathered in the FABI Auditorium to package more…
Macadamia group engages with Prof. André Drenth
Professor André Drenth , a world-renowned plant pathologist from the Queensland Alliance for…
FABI Researchers strengthen Mycobiomics collaborations in Austria and Germany
As the final part of the Mycobiomics project, supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions…
Claudette Dewing completes Her PhD on fungal diversity in dairy pastures
FABI recently celebrated the successful completion of Claudette Dewing’s PhD. Claudette presented…
Prof. Mike Wingfield awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU)
FABI is proud of its founding Director Prof. Mike Wingfield who was awarded an honorary doctorate…
CMW and CMW-IA represented at the 2025 Joint Biobanking Conference
Between 29 September and 3 October, a joint conference was held at the serene Kirstenbosch National…
FABI shines at the University of Pretoria’s 3MT competition
On 29 September, a few PhD students from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute…
FABI’s Beach Day welcomes Spring
FABI ’s annual Spring Day event was celebrated with a Beach Party in the FABI courtyard on 1…
MacDay’25: Cracking the code – The power of data in Macadamias
The South African macadamia industry gathered at Zimbali for MacDay’25, with the theme “Cracking…
SASSB Conference 2025 held at FABI
The South African Society for Systematic Biologists Conference 2025 was held at FABI at the…
13 FABIans capped at the UP Spring Graduation
FABI congratulates the 13 FABIans that were capped at the University of Pretoria’s Spring…
The KPP team gets ready for the new Kiwifruit season
Kiwifruit buds are breaking and with this – a new season for the kiwifruit industry begins. This…
A double celebration for Caitlin!
It was a double celebration for Caitlin Gevers who was capped at the University of Pretoria’s…