First publications celebrated at the Publication Party
FABI has a long tradition of celebrating the first publications by students in the DSI-NRF Centre…
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FABIan presents at IPPS 25th Annual Conference
The International Plant Propagators’ Society (IPPS) is a global network of professionals with an…
Supercomputing, AI, and large-scale systems biology discussed at the joint FABI-SASSB seminar
FABI hosted a joint webinar with the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology (SASSB) on…
Building linkages with insect gene editing labs at Imperial College London and Biocentis
On 13 and 14 February Prof. Bernard Slippers and Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder met with researchers…
FABIans return from their sabbatical
FABI ans, Dr Neriman Yilmaz and Prof. Cobus Visagie (and their daughter Luna) recently travelled to…
FABIans visit Germany as part of Mycobiomics and Marie Curie collaboration
FABI ans, Dr Lavinia Kisten , Ms. Jenna-Lee Price and Ms. Nombulelo Qikani , recently visited the…
FLAIR recipients attend meetings in London at the Royal Society
Future Leaders African Independent Research (FLAIR) Fellowship recipients Dr Gudrun…
Kiwi Plant Protection Programme launched
The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) and the South African Kiwi Growers…
FABI members at the South African Sclerotinia Research Network workshop
The last few very wet seasons, while welcomed by many, also brought with them major sclerotinia…
FABI instrumental in reviving the African Mycological Association
FABI an, Prof. Irene Barnes chaired a meeting on 23 January aimed at reviving the African…
FABI welcomes the 2023 interns
FABI welcomed eight new members that join the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health…
FABI Interns graduate
FABI celebrated the accomplishments of nine interns in the FABI Internship in Phytosanitation and…
Congratulations Privilege!
Congratulations to Privilege Makunde on successfully completing his PhD. He had received his…
FABI opening celebrates 25 years of research excellence
FABI ’s official opening, held on 16 January in the University of Pretoria’s Sanlam Auditorium,…
EPPI team undertakes a greenhouse inoculation trial
The Eucalyptus Pine Pathogen Interactions (EPPI) team has been undertaking a large-scale greenhouse…
Interns present a research seminar
Members of the FABI Internship in Phytosanitation and Biotechnology programme presented a research…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to track Gonipterus sp. n. 2 damage
The application of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in combination with optical sensors for forestry…
RGE-FABI THP research seminar hosted in Indonesia
The annual RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme Symposium took place as a hybrid event on Thursday 24…
Book fun at MMM
As the holiday season draws closer, FABIans look forward to taking some time off from their…
FABI ends the year in style
FABI ans took a break from their research activities and dressed up to attend the annual Year End…