Africa Science Leadership Program (ASLP) launched at the University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria, in partnership with the Global Young Academy and Robert Bosch Stiftung…
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American student to start a citizen science research project at FABI
In April 2015, Joey Hulbert will join FABI as a PhD student in the Department of Microbiology and…
TPCP/CTHB Diagnostic Clinic heads to Limpopo and Mpumalanga for a week of in-field training
The TPCP/CTHB Diagnostic Clinic serves the member companies of the TPCP with diagnoses and advice…
The 2015 CTHB mentorship program kicks off with a meet-and-greet
The DST/NRF Centre for Tree Health and Biotechnology (CTHB) has been running a highly successful…
Launch of FABI’s annual Blanket Drive
FABI has launched its annual Blanket Collection campaign and aims to collect 200 blankets this…
Two Centres of Excellence join forces in research on La Reunion Island
FABI, the DST-NRF Centres of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) and Invasion Biology…
FABI PhD student to attend the 2015 Lindau meeting
A PhD student in FABI, Osmond Mlonyeni , has been chosen as a 2015 Lindau Fellow to attend the 65th…
Tim Noakes Lectures at TUKS
A host of FABIans were part of the audience of more than 250 people that filled the Sanlam…
First PhD graduate from the Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme
FABI would like to congratulate Bianca Reeksting on passing her PhD exam this week! She presented a…
Double Distinctions for two FABI MSc students
We would like to congratulate Erik Visser and Danielle Roodt for both passing their MSc degrees…
Myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, spreading in South Africa
The non-native rust pathogen of Eucalyptus and other Myrtaceae, Puccinia psidii , was first…
Encouraging Results in FABI/TPCP Biocontrol Programme
The fight against the ravages of the Bronze Bug Thaumastocoris peregrinus in commercial Eucalyptus…
FABI Launches Partnership with CBS
FABI has entered into a research partnership agreement with the Centraalbureau voor…
Top science journalist visits FABI
Sarah Wild , Science Editor and multi-award winning journalist for the leading newspaper, The Mail…
Population Genetics Guest Lecture
FABI was honoured to co-host a special seminar in partnership with Department of Genetics, by Dr…
FABI Fun at the TPCP/CTHB Team Building Event
The biennal TPCP/CTHB team-building event was held last week, as in recent years, at Kwalata in the…
The first FABI PhD graduate of 2015
In January 2015 Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder presented her PhD prestige seminar and passed her PhD…
Prof. Brenda Wingfield receives the Christiaan Hendrik Persoon medal
Prof. Brenda Wingfield was awarded the Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Medal during the awards ceremony…
FABIans make an impact at the SASPP congress
From 18-21 January, the 49th congress of the Southern African Society of Plant Pathology (SASPP)…
International research team on termite ecology and evolution visits FABI
During the past week a team of eight researchers arrived in Pretoria for a 4-6 week stay in FABI.…