Publication Party celebrates first publications
The first publications by four FABI students in the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)…
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FABI through the magnifying glass!
This year the inhabitants of FABI stepped through the magnifying glass to find themselves in the…
FABIans attend the International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control
From 1-4 August, FABI researchers took part the in 54 th Annual meeting of the Society for…
Workshop presented by leading Population Genomics scientist at SASPP2022
Professor Eva Stukenbrock from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology , Plön, and the…
FABI hosts the 52nd Congress of the SASSP
FABI hosted the 52 nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathologists (SASSP) at…
FABI scoops honours at the SASPP Awards ceremony
FABI hosted the 52 nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathologists (SASSP) at…
Bernard Slippers awarded the prestigious Persoon Medal
FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers received the prestigious Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Medal , at…
FABIans attend the XXVI International Congress of Entomology in Helsinki
FABI research Fellow, Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder , and her two MSc students, Jade Ashmore and…
FABIans win multiple awards at Invertebrate Pathology meeting
This week, some FABI ans attended the 2022 International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and…
AI and crop health monitoring – getting the message to the public
Professor Dave Berger was interviewed on the topic “Artificial intelligence in crop health…
Sunshine, beetles and fungi
Over the weekend of 15-17 July, Prof. Irene Barnes , Dr Wilma Nel (postdoctoral fellow), Kira Lynn…
FABI Museum inaugurated
The FABI Museum was inaugurated at an informal gathering on 19 July where Prof. Mike Wingfield ,…
The Macadamia team attended the SAMAC Research Networking Day
On 29 June, members of the Macadamia Protection Programme (MaPP) attended a SAMAC (Macadamias South…
FABIans engage with the grain industry about fungicide resistance in maize pathogens
Dr David Nsibo and members of the Molecular Plant Pathogen Interactions (MPPI) research group in…
GRP team visits the Bayer Crop Science experimental farm
Members of the Grain Research Programme (GRP), Dr Lavinia Kisten , Ms Ntombizodwa Maduna , Ms…
FABIans commit time to commemorate Mandela Day
International Mandela Day is celebrated on the 18 July every year to commemorate the birthday of…
FABIan awarded 2022 ISM travel bursary
Jenna-Lee Pric e, a MSc student in the Applied Mycology Group under the supervision of Prof. Cobus…
Mike Wingfield receives the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2021
Professor Mike Wingfield , founding Director of FABI and Advisor to the University of Pretoria ’s…
Mmoledi Mphahlele becomes first PhD molecular tree breeder trained through the FMG programme
Congratulations to Mmoledi Mphahlele on successfully completing his PhD and presenting his prestige…
The Three microfungi that changed the world
Leading Canadian Mycologist Keith Seifert was the guest presenter at the June FABI International…