Professor Mike Wingfield interviewed by China’s biggest daily newspaper
FABI founding Director and current IUFRO President, Professor Mike Wingfield was this past week…
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Zander Myburg wins prestigious Forest Biotechnologist of the Year Award
Professor Zander Myburg , research leader of the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Research Group in…
FABI Celebrates first publications by students
FABI celebrated the first publication of a paper in an ISI-rated scientific journal by four…
IFSA South Africa regional meeting in George
The South African Regional Meeting (SARM) of the International Forestry Students’ Association…
Looking into the eyes of the European woodwasp, Sirex noctilio
FABI PhD candidate Quentin Guignard recently returned from a three week visit to the University of…
Monitoring plant health in botanic gardens and arboreta across South Africa
Recently, Drs Mesfin Gossa and Trudy Paap assessed plant health in eight gardens across South…
FABIans celebrate another PhD in the bag at Chrizelle Beukes’s prestige seminar
Chrizelle Beukes successfully defended her PhD thesis on 18 June, fulfilling all the requirements…
Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry beats 40 competitors to win Inqaba Biotec’s mini pipetting contest
For her precision and dexterity, FABI PhD student Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry was crowned “Pipetting…
FABI Postdoc presents a seminar on the dangers of unregulated plant movement throughout history
Dr Trudy Paap ’s seminar “Plants, people and places” on 10 June chronicled the movement of plants…
FABI ships biocontrol agent to Uganda
Thaumastocoris peregrinu s , the bronze bug, is not only a pest attacking Eucalyptus in South…
Seven FABI researchers honoured at the UP 2019 Academic Achievers’ Awards ceremony
The University of Pretoria honoured its best academics on 21 May, including seven researchers from…
French Researchers in South Africa meet in FABI
On the 3rd of May 2019, FABI hosted the meeting of the French researchers in South Africa. Two…
Kenyan student makes second lab training visit to FABI
Dennis Omondi, an MSc student in Plant Breeding from Maseno University in Western Kenya, made his…
FABI student wins best poster prize at SANSOR congress
Carol-Ann Segal, a FABI MSc student, won the prize for the best MSc Research Poster presentation at…
FABI MSc graduate scoops international wood science innovation award
FABI MSc graduate, Martin Wierzbicki scooped the 2018/2019 Blue Sky Young Researchers and…
FABI home to the Mike Wingfield Library
FABI is now home to the Mike Wingfield Library , a collection of more than 1300 books donated to…
Post TPCP meetings field trip
Dr Trudy Paap and Prof. Brett Hurley led the traditional field trip that follows the Annual TPCP…
Gearing up for a pest and pathogen arms race
Complacency about forest pests and pathogens could lead to the decimation of native forests…
Prof. Mike Wingfield shares insights on running a successful tree health programme
After nearly three decades at the helm of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme , Prof. Mike…
The power of partnerships, basic research and new technologies highlighted at the 30th Annual Meeting of the TPCP
The Tree Protection Co-operative Programme ( TPCP ) hosted its 30 th annual meeting at the…