Double PhD Celebration at FABI
FABI would like to congratulate both Mingliang Yin and Stephen Taerum on presenting their prestige…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
FABI professor honoured by the seed industry
FABI rejoices with Prof. Terry Aveling who received this year’s SANSOR-Bayer Science for a Better…
FABI researchers unravel Eucalyptus genomics and biology
The journal New Phytologist has published a special online issue celebrating the completion of the…
FABI director attends UNFF11 in New York
During the week of 3rd May, FABI Director Mike Wingfield attended and participated in the 11th…
Megan McCaghey from UC Davis joins the maize pathology group at FABI
Visiting RIFA Fellow, Megan McCaghey, hit the ground running after arriving in Pretoria. During her…
FABI director speaks on global tree health
Prof. Mike Wingfield , Director of FABI, presented an invited lecture at the National Symposium of…
Charting the mycology path towards IMC Puerto Rico 2018
The International Mycological Association (IMA) held its first Executive Committee meeting for the…
Another successful round of pine screening completed
During the past week another round of resistance screening of pine seedlings against Fusarium…
Sappi foresters visit FABI
As has become custom over the past few years, Duncan Ballantyne, Silviculture Development Manager…
Five MSc (Biotechnology) graduates from the MPPI and CFPRG groups
Five members of the Molecular Plant Pathogen Interactions (MPPI) or Cereal Foliar Pathogen Research…
39 FABI students graduate at the UP Autumn Graduation Ceremony
FABI is proud to have had two PhD, 21 MSc and 16 Honours students capped at the Autumn 2015…
FABI academics shine at the 2015 UP Academic Achievers Awards
Every year the University of Pretoria hosts a special gala dinner rewarding academics that have…
FABIans attend the 11th Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum
Members of the Molecular Plant Pathogen Interactions (MPPI) and Cereal Foliar Pathogens Research…
Sirex research features in Mail & Guardian
Sarah Wild , multiaward-winning science journalist, published an extensive article on the combat…
FABIans at the IUFRO Board Meeting and Bio-Economy symposium in Vienna
FABI was well represented at the IUFRO expanded Board Meeting held in Vienna, Austria, on 15-16…
FABI professor gives plenary lecture at conference in the UK
Prof. Teresa Coutinho of the TPCP research group in FABI and member of the Department of…
A busy year for the CMW Culture Collection
It has been a very busy start to the year for the staff managing the CMW Fungal Culture Collection…
First publications of FABI students in ISI-rated journals celebrated
The TPCP-CTHB groups in FABI have a tradition of officially celebrating the first publication of a…
High school students visit FABI
FABI hosted two groups of High School students over the past two weeks. The Grade 11 Life Sciences…
Many hands make light work
In a joint effort, staff and students again showed that many hands make light work at the year’s…