Advanced Microscopy Course Held on 6 May 2014 for FABI Students
Earlier this year the need was identified for regular microscopy courses to assist and guide…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
FABI also welcomes the new Honours students in Microbiology
Welcome to the 2014 Honours students of the Microbiology Department who will be doing their…
“The Winter Heater” FABI Blanket Drive 2014
FABIans, please join us for the annual FABI blanket drive! There are many people in South Africa…
FABI welcomes Genetics honours students of 2014
We would like to welcome the new Honours students from the Department of Genetics who will be doing…
Post Doctoral Fellowship opportunity in FABI for 2014-2016
A two year Post Doctoral Fellowship is available at the University of Pretoria related to a dynamic…
A successful Science Communication Workshop
On the 14th and 15th of April, 18 FABIans had the opportunity to participate in a Science…
Registration now open for Advanced Phylogenetics Workshop
Please note that the next Advanced Phylogenetics Workshop is scheduled for 26 30 May 2014. Please…
Seven PhD's, six MSc's and many more degrees awarded to FABIans at the Autumn Graduation Ceremony
FABI's presence was felt and seen at the Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Natural and…
Microsatellite Workshop held in FABI2
A two-day Introductory Microsatellite Workshop took place on 8 and 9 April 2014 in the…
Photo by FABI postdoc selected for exhibition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
Dr Lucas Shuttleworth recently entered a photo in the Commonwealth Woods Photographic Competition .…
USDA Fellowship pushes forward research on grey leaf spot of maize
Prof Dave Berger from the Plant Science Department, Forestry and Agriculture Biotechnology…
Two Masters students hand in their theses
Two Masters students handed in their theses for examination today. Arista Fourie's thesis title is…
FABI teamwork: almost 1500 genes annotated in 5 hours!
FABI is well known for using the power of many to get certain jobs done faster, more effectively…
Another FABI PhD dissertation successfully defended
Yesterday, Michael Mbenoun , a PhD candidate from the TPCP/CTHB group in FABI, presented a prestige…
St Mary’s DSG visits FABI
On Tuesday 18 March the Matric Life Sciences class from St Mary’s DSG visited FABI. The aim of this…
FABI students break a tree planting record!
Today 43 students of the TPCP/CTHB research groups in FABI have broken two records. Firstly, this…
Undergraduate Students Exposed to Biocontrol Research at FABI
The FABI Biocontrol Centre based at the UP Experimental Farm is a modern research facility that…
New Eucalyptus pest
Another insect feeding on Eucalyptus species was recently detected by Prof. Stefan Neser in…
Major International Forestry Award to FABI researcher
Prof Jolanda Roux (FABI and Dept of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, UP) has recently heard that…
Fungus threatens to wipe out city's Jacarandas
Attached an article that appeared in the Pretoria News newspaper on 26 October 2013 after Prof Mike…