FABIans Attend the 16th Annual Fusarium Laboratory Workshop in Kansas
Professor Emma Steenkamp and PhD students Darryl Herron and Gerda Fourie attended the 16th Annual…
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Special Seminar by French Plant Bacteriologist
Dr. Marie-Agnès Jacques from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research – Institut…
Fifth FABI PhD Graduate for 2015
FABI would like to congratulate Tania Weller-Stuart on passing her PhD examination. Tania becomes…
A FABIan becomes an Africa Science Leadership Programme Fellow
FABI member, Dr Eshchar Mizrachi is one of twenty outstanding scientists from across Africa to be…
Chinese Science and Technology Counsellor visits FABI
During the past week, Prof. Mike Wingfield and some senior academic staff members of FABI hosted…
FABI welcomes DTI delegation
Last week FABI welcomed a visiting delegation from the South African Department of Trade and…
Three FABIans attend the FEMS Microbiology congress in the Netherlands
Two FABI staff members, Profs Fanus Venter and Emma Steenkamp , and PhD student Annie Chan ,…
FABI contributes 278 blankets to TuksFM Woolly Winter campaign
The annual FABI Blanket Drive has exceeded the target for 2015 with 278 blankets collected. The…
FABI Hosts Leading Evolutionary Biologist
FABI and the Department of Genetics hosted a joint seminar by Prof. Rees Kassen from the University…
FABIans participate in the Agri-Food Career Fair & UP Open Day
During the past few weeks the University of Pretoria opened its doors to high school learners in…
International guests of the TPCP visit local forestry companies and research institutions
A group of eminent international researchers attending the Tree Protection Cooperative Programme…
Two FABI finalists in the 2014/15 NSTF–BHP BILLITON Awards
During the past week the finalists for the highly-acclaimed 2014/15 NSTF–BHP BILLITON Awards were…
The TPCP and CTHB Annual Meetings: highlights of Day 3
The final day of the TPCP and CTHB Annual Meetings continued with presentations on global tree…
The TPCP and CTHB Annual Meetings: highlights of Day 2
Tree health – both of native and non-native trees – depends not only on being able to predict…
Annual Symposia of the DST/NRF CTHB and the TPCP
Prof. Mike Wingfield predicted “lots of science” would come out of the CTHB symposium during his…
Double PhD Celebration at FABI
FABI would like to congratulate both Mingliang Yin and Stephen Taerum on presenting their prestige…
FABI professor honoured by the seed industry
FABI rejoices with Prof. Terry Aveling who received this year’s SANSOR-Bayer Science for a Better…
FABI researchers unravel Eucalyptus genomics and biology
The journal New Phytologist has published a special online issue celebrating the completion of the…
FABI director attends UNFF11 in New York
During the week of 3rd May, FABI Director Mike Wingfield attended and participated in the 11th…
Megan McCaghey from UC Davis joins the maize pathology group at FABI
Visiting RIFA Fellow, Megan McCaghey, hit the ground running after arriving in Pretoria. During her…