FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 5 October
Greetings from Salt Lake City, Utah by Dr Casper Crous As many of you might know, the 24th World…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
New pest of Eucalyptus detected in South Africa
In May this year symptoms of a previously unreported insect pest was detected on Eucalyptus in…
FTBP hosts a Hans Merensky Industry Day at FABI
The Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme (FTBP) in FABI held their annual industry meeting with the…
Shoots of a Forest Pathology Tree
The International Mycological Congress (IMC) recently held in Bangkok provided great opportunities…
Celebrating one year in the Biocontrol efforts of the bronze bug
October 2013 marked the first releases of the minute mymarid parasitic wasp, Cleruchoides noackae ,…
MPPI and CFPRG host Cercospora transformation workshop
Currently there are many fungal genome sequencing projects at FABI. The next step is functional…
FABI Leaders achieve a 'double A' at the 2014 NRF Awards Ceremony
The night of Thursday 11 September was a time for celebration when the National Research Foundation…
FABI-ICFR-Industry alliance publishes a special issue of Southern Forests
The latest issue of Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science , focuses on the management of…
Well-known evolutionary biologist from the USA visits FABI
Prof Bitty Roy from the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon, is on a two…
FABI collaborator passes away
It is with great sadness that we heard of the untimely death of Dr. Robert Bauer from the Eberhard…
Seven PhD's and 13 MSc's awarded to FABIans at the Spring graduation ceremony
The Spring Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science took place on…
Spring is in the air!
The 1st of September traditionally heralds the arrival of Spring in South Africa. Although…
FABIans do well in the 2014 NRF ratings
During the past week the first National Research Foundation (NRF) ratings for 2014 were released.…
Biotech Fundi award winners from FMG
Every year the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) , in partnership…
First FABI webinar a great success!
On Thursday, 14 August, Prof. Zander Myburg and Mrs Marja O’Neill from the Forest Molecular…
Microscopy course for beginners in FABI
The second beginners microscopy course for 2014 was hosted on 15 August in the FABI microscope…
Bringing research and technology to the emerging maize farmer community
Members of the MPPI group ( Prof Dave Berger , Ncobile Kunene , Elelwani Ramulifho) went out of…
Researchers from RAIZ Forestry Research, Portugal, visit FABI
Drs Cristina Marques and Catarina Gonclaves visited FABI from 12 to 13 August to discuss future…
Webinar on High-throughput SNP genotyping co-presented by FABI staff
In this free webinar for researchers at the University of Pretoria, Prof Zander Myburg and Marja…
More news from IMC10
During the past week 15 FABIans, several ex-FABIans, and many collaborators of FABI participated in…