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UK Forest Pathologists attend FABI Workshop

UK Forest Pathologists attend FABI Workshop

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Curator of New York Botanical Garden visits FABI

Curator of New York Botanical Garden visits FABI

FABI was honoured by a visit of Prof. Roy Halling , curator of Mycology at the Institute of…

FABIans celebrate PhD degree with Mesfin Gossa and his family

FABIans celebrate PhD degree with Mesfin Gossa and his family

FABI congratulates Mesfin Gossa on successfully defending his PhD thesis at his oral exam following…

Pretoria_UP synthetic biology team wins silver medal at prestigious international competition

Pretoria_UP synthetic biology team wins silver medal at prestigious international competition

What do seven biologists, three engineers and a multimedia student all have in common? A passion…

Fabians participate in the 2016 DuPont Plant Sciences Symposium

Fabians participate in the 2016 DuPont Plant Sciences Symposium

The annual DuPont Plant Sciences Symposium was held at the North West University in Potchefstroom…

Stanford Kwenda completes his PhD degree

Stanford Kwenda completes his PhD degree

FABI congratulates Stanford Kwenda on completing his PhD degree. Last week Stanford successfully…

Major FABI presence at IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016

Major FABI presence at IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016

Six FABI researchers, students and collaborators attended the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and…

FABI Director opens IUFRO Director’s Forum

FABI Director opens IUFRO Director’s Forum

The Director’s Forum is one of the special projects and programmes of IUFRO . In this regard it…

Welcome to the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016

Welcome to the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016

The first day of the inaugural IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 in Beijing was…

IUFRO President opens Forest Science Forum

IUFRO President opens Forest Science Forum

On the afternoon of Monday 24 th October, the Chinese Society of Forestry (CSF) began its 4th…

Mike Wingfield presides over signing of IUFRO MoU in Beijing

Mike Wingfield presides over signing of IUFRO MoU in Beijing

Professor Mike Wingfield , President of IUFRO and Director of the Forestry and Agricultural…

IUFRO Board Meeting in Beijing

IUFRO Board Meeting in Beijing

FABI Director, Prof. Mike Wingfield , in his capacity as IUFRO President, welcomed delegates to the…

Attending an international congress: perspectives from a FABI postdoc

Attending an international congress: perspectives from a FABI postdoc

A postodoctoral fellow in FABI, Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder , shares her experience of attending a…

Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology visits FABI

Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology visits FABI

On Friday 14 October FABI was honoured by a brief visit of Prof. Jianguo Hou, Vice Minister of…

FABIans visit the Great Lakes Forestry Centre

FABIans visit the Great Lakes Forestry Centre

Two FABI ans, Dr Brett Hurley and Ms. Samantha Bush , visited the Great Lakes Forestry Centre…

FABIan engages communities at two fynbos festivals in the Western Cape

FABIan engages communities at two fynbos festivals in the Western Cape

FABI PhD student Joey Hulbert extended his Cape Citizen Science project to two popular tourist…

FABIans attend International Entomological Congress (ICE) in Orlando, USA

FABIans attend International Entomological Congress (ICE) in Orlando, USA

During the week of 25-30 September, ten FABIans participated in the largest ever gathering of…

FABI restores biocontrol monument

FABI restores biocontrol monument

FABI has sponsored the replacement of the plaque on the monument at Cedara near Pietermaritzburg…

FABI hosts International Forestry Students Symposium planning meeting

FABI hosts International Forestry Students Symposium planning meeting

FABI Director, Prof. Mike Wingfield , in his capacity as the IUFRO President, hosted members of the…

FABI researchers elected to the executive of the South African Genetics Society

FABI researchers elected to the executive of the South African Genetics Society

The joint congress of the South African Society for Bioinformatics (SASBi) and the South African…