Three-week long international Bioinvasions Workshop draws to a close
On November 16-19, 21 graduate students (10 from the USA and 11 from FABI) spent three last days…
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Exciting developments in efforts to test a new potential biocontrol agent for Gonipterus sp. n. 2
In September this year FABI imported a potential new biological control agent of the Eucalyptus…
Mike Wingfield included on the Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers for the sixth consecutive year
FABI was delighted to hear that Prof. Mike Wingfield has been included on the Clarivate Web of…
Stompie Gonzales makes light work of log splitting
Elmarie van der Merwe is a second year MSc student working on applying CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing…
Royal Society honours for FABIans
The Royal Society of South Africa celebrated their awards ceremony at the University of Pretoria ’s…
Professor Diana Six introduces SciArt at FABI’s MMM
Professor Diana Six from the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, University of…
FABian presents her research at SAAWK symposium
Luki-Marie Scheepers , a PhD candidate in FABI , was one of nine students from the University of…
Excellence celebrated at the UP Academic Achievers Awards 2022
The University of Pretoria ’s (UP) annual Academic Achievers' Awards celebrates the achievements of…
Microscopy techniques training for visiting graduate students
On November 7-8, 2022, an international group of graduate students (10 from FABI , and 10 from the…
FABI hosts NSF-sponsored “research experience for students” symposium
After two years of delay due to the SARS CoViD-2 pandemic, FABI was recently able to welcome a…
FABIans attend the 2022 Bark & Ambrosia Beetle Academy
Home of the Gators, Gainesville, Florida, was the chosen location for the 2022 Bark & Ambrosia…
An international team behind a FABI-industry forest pest mating disruption trial
Several FABI ans, international collaborators and industry partners were in Lothair, Mpumalanga…
Brett Summerell presents a FABI special seminar
FABI hosted a special seminar on 28 October by longtime friend and collaborator of the Institute,…
Chilean tree breeders visit FABI
Three tree breeders from Bioforest, a research branch of the Chilean forestry company Arauco ,…
A FABI/SANBI plant health and biosecurity workshop
FABI researchers Dr Trudy Paap and Dr Felipe Balocchi recently joined members of SANBI’s…
The start of a collaboration: FABIans learning the ins and outs of kiwi growing in South Africa
Professor Irene Barnes and Cheyenne Theron recently visited kiwi growers from Magoebaskloof, in the…
MaPP attends the Macadamia Industry day
Another year, another challenge! The Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) once again attended the…
Artists from the Art and Trees project visit FABI
Three artists, Hannelie Coetzee, Tracy Megan and Tarryn Millar attended the FABI Monday Morning…
Felicidades Felipe!
Congratulations to Felipe Balocchi on the successful completion of his PhD! He presented his…
EPPI team performs in-field inoculation of the pitch canker pathogen
From 2-8 October, members of the EPPI research group in FABI visited SAPPI ’s Riverdale site…