Dr. ShuaiFei Chen awarded funding by the Chinese National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars
Dr. ShuaiFei Chen , extraordinary lecturer in FABI and team leader at the China Eucalypt Research…
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FABIans judge at the 2016 Northern Gauteng Senior Science Fair
Building a career in science takes time and usually starts at a young age. The first step may…
Science trumps magic at 2016 National Science Week!
The Outreach team from the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) at FABI…
FABI celebrates sixth PhD in 2016
FABI congratulates Alexander Osorio on the successful defence of his PhD thesis during his oral…
Colombian Ambassador attends FABI Prestige Seminar
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Special Seminar by Prof Tsopelas
The world renown forest pathologist, Prof. Panos Tsopelas , presented a special seminar at FABI…
FABIan spends two months at VIB in Belgium on research visit
Danielle Rood , a Ph.D. student in FABI , recently spent two months in Ghent, Belgium, working in…
Robert Bosch Stiftung funds the attendance of two FABIans at ESOF16
Two FABI ans, Ms.Danielle Roodt and Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder , were amongst a group of 45…
FMG hosts an R statistics workshop
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Fabians attend the European Plant Biology Congress 2016 in Prague
Prof. Noelani van den Berg and Dr Bridget Crampton recently attended the European Plant Biology…
FABI scientists participate in IUFRO task force workshop on forest biological invasions
The International Union for Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) regularly establishes Task Forces…
Fabians attended the IS-MPMI XVII Congress in Portland
The International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (IS-MPME) congress was held in…
The CTHB Tree Disease Treasure Hunt
Grade 10 learners taking part in the CTHB Tree Disease Treasure Hunt at FABI on July 23 needed a…
New bacterium discovered by FABI research team named after Kirstenbosch
On 7 July Anthony Hitchcock, Nursery, Living Collections and Threatened Species Manager at…
FABI scientist presents at IBWS in France
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Visiting US student sparks debate on ethics of GMO research
On a transcontinental trip to research current debates on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in…
Superheroes (and murderous plants) come to life at SPOOF 2016!
With an animated character theme evoking childhood memories and fantasies, this year’s installation…
Grade 12 learner job shadows at FABI
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Future “plant doctors” represent the CTHB in UP with Science Winter Week
Five Grade 11 learners participating in JuniorTukkie and the University of Pretoria’s science…
Prof Dave Berger the latest FABI researcher to receive a prestigious NSTF award
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