Its Kiwifruit harvesting time and the KPP team wraps up another season!
Kiwifruit farmers across the country are busy harvesting their gold and red kiwifruits – now ready…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
A fascinating Special Seminar by Dr Joey Tanney
FABI was honoured to host a special seminar on 20 March by Natural Resources Canada ’s Dr Joey…
The FABI INSPIRE Open Air Laboratory officially opened
The FABI INSPIRE (Innovation Africa Stress Physiology & Infection Research Experiment) Open Air…
FABI’s Mentorship programme again breaks records
The FABI mentorship programme continues its impressive trajectory, officially kicking off the 2026…
First joint TPCP / FMG-EPPI Symposium a great success
The first joint symposium of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and the Forest…
Polish collaborators attend the annual TPCP / FMG-EPPI Symposium
FABI welcomed back research collaborators Prof. Piotr Boroń , Prof. Anna Lenart-Boroń and PhD…
Special FABI seminar highlights the impact and pressure of humans on the aquatic environment in Poland
Professor Anna Lenart-Boroń of the Department of Microbiology and Biomonitoring at the University…
NGRP Annual Research Meeting comes full circle at Future Africa
The 5 th National Grain Research Platform (NGRP) Annual Research Meeting was held from 1-3 March…
FABI researchers visit the Baviaanskloof
During late January, Professors Mike and Brenda Wingfield visited the Baviaanskloof area as guests…
RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme symposium held in Indonesia
FABI Professors Irene Barnes , Brett Hurley and Mike Wingfield recently spent a week with APRIL…
FABI hosts Tanager for a Grain Research Alignment Workshop
On 16-17 February 2026, FABI hosted a five-member delegation from Tanager for a focused workshop to…
Economics of biodiversity loss in South Africa: A “think tanking” exercise
On 13 February, FABI researchers, Professors Brenda and Mike Wingfield joined Professors Adrian…
FABI welcomes a new group of Interns
FABI welcomed five new candidates in the Centre for Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) Internship in…
Love is in the air at FABI
February is the month of love and FABI ’s reception area got a makeover on 13 February celebrating…
Dr Andrew Morris presents an introduction to forestry course in FABI
On 10 February, 60 FABI postgraduate students and researchers attended a one-day ‘introduction to…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Reflections from FABI
Today, 11 February 2026 , marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science , established…
FABI and the ICFR combine expertise in Ethiopia
In January FABI researchers Professors Brett Hurley , Irene Barnes and Bernard Slippers joined…
Anneri starts the year on a high!
FABI celebrated the first Prestige Seminar of the year, that of Anneri Lötter on 22 January,…
FABI bids the CPHB Interns farewell
The 2025 cohort of interns from the Centre for Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) Internship in…
A second fungal genome assembly workshop held in FABI
From 12 to 16 January 2026, Dr Janneke Alyward and Dr Andi Wilson hosted a Genome Assembly Workshop…