Darryl Herron’s final Doctoral seminar
FABI celebrated the successful completion of the PhD of one of its most recognisable and passionate…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
Prof. Lucy Moleleki honoured as a distinguished woman researcher in Women’s Month
FABI Professor Lucy Moleleki was honoured as a ‘distinguished woman researcher’ at the 2025 South…
FABI Interns attend SACTA’s Annual Stakeholder Engagement Meeting
Six of FABI ’s interns were invited to attend the South African Cultivar and Technology Agency’s…
Prof. Bernard Slippers conferred the prestigious Humboldt Research Award
FABI celebrated the recent announcement that its Director, Prof. Bernard Slippers has been awarded…
Two outstanding FABI women honoured in the 2025 “She is Forestry” Awards
The forestry sector celebrated exceptional female excellence at the 2025 She is Forestry SA Awards…
FABIans take on the Netherlands as part of MycoBiomics exchange visit
The EU-funded MycoBiomics project is focused on using various -omics technologies to study fungi…
Mathew Harris celebrates the successful completion of his PhD
FABI celebrated the successful completion of another PhD, with Mathew Harris presenting his…
FABIan attends Invertebrate Pathology meeting in Chile
Innocent Rakubu , a PhD candidate at FABI , received the Travel Award from the Nematode Division of…
South African Association of Botanists celebrates its 50th Conference
In South Africa, the scientific society that is the custodian of the field of Botany and…
Kier Klepzig presents a special seminar at FABI
World-renowned forest entomologist and plant pathologist Prof. Kier Klepzig visited FABI on 12…
Garyn’s PhD sheds light on the impact of PSHB on native forests
Congratulations to Garyn Townsend on successfully completing his PhD “Ecology, impact and potential…
2025 Senate Conference Research Project Competition
A multidisciplinary team collaborating across faculties and with FABI researchers has been awarded…
FABI Grain Research Program (GRP) Student Research Day
On 29 July FABI hosted the first FABI Grain Research Programme (GRP) Student Research Day. The…
FABIans follow the clues at SPOOF 2025
FABI ’s Annual Meeting for the Society for the Presentation of Outrageous Facts (SPOOF) on 25 July…
FABI-Agricol Research Day
On 10 July FABI welcomed the Agricol sunflower breeding and production team from Potchefstroom to…
Linking with mycology and forestry research in the UK
In mid-July the Director of FABI, Prof. Bernard Slippers, visited the UK to engage with colleagues…
FABI at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America (MSA)
The 93 rd Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America (MSA) was held at the University of…
FABIans successfully apply for Wellcome Trust funding
FABI ans Prof. Brenda Wingfield and Prof. Cobus Visagie were part of teams that were successfully…
FABI researcher represents Southern Africa at International Plant-Microbe Symposium
FABI postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Phrasia Mapfumo recently represented Institute and the University of…
FABI makes a strong impression at the 24th ESSA Congress in Bloemfontein
The 24 th Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA) was held from 8-11 July…