Prof Brian Steffenson visits FABI
Mike Wingfield, Director of FABI, had the special pleasure of hosting Prof. Brian Steffenson ,…
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FABIans revise Ceratocystis, a genus of important tree pathogens
The genus Ceratocystis accommodates many important fungi, including serious plant pathogens,…
FABIans publish an important review on the Sirex woodwasp
This week a review paper by three FABIans, Bernard Slippers , Brett Hurley and Mike Wingfield , was…
TPCP-CTHB students break the tree planting record again!
Today, a large group of Honnours, Masters, and PhD students, and even three Postdoctoral fellows,…
Photographic competition won by FABI student
Over the past thirteen years the University of Pretoria Archives has been offering photographic…
FABIans organize Crop Genomics symposium at UP on 6 November 2014
A symposium with the topic “Genomics of crops and pathogens for molecular breeding” will be hosted…
FABI student contributes to NextGEN VOICES in Science
We congratulate Ritesh Mewalal , a PhD student in the FMG programme in FABI , whose essay was taken…
SASBi-SAGS 2014 at Kwalata Ranch
SASBi-SAGS 2014 at Kwalata Ranch The joint congress of the South African Society for Bioinformatics…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 11 October
IUFRO World Congress 2014 closing ceremony and gala dinner by Dr Casper Crous And so we have come…
PRESS RELEASE: IUFRO appoints Mike Wingfield as new President
Yesterday afternoon, Friday 10 October, Niels Elers Koch handed over the IUFRO Presidency to Mike…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 10 October
Healthy forests for a healthy future by Dr Casper Crous Since my rather wordy essays the past few…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 9 October
Thoughts on the essence of science the discovery of knowledge by Dr Casper Crous After the…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 8 October
In-Congress field-trip: southern Utah Juniper-Pinyon Ecology by Dr Casper Crous On Wednesday,…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 7 October
Controversial statements and lively debates rebels with a cause by Dr Casper Crous After the…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 6 October
Opening Ceremony and Start of the Academic Programme by Dr Casper Crous Today was the start of the…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 5 October
Greetings from Salt Lake City, Utah by Dr Casper Crous As many of you might know, the 24th World…
New pest of Eucalyptus detected in South Africa
In May this year symptoms of a previously unreported insect pest was detected on Eucalyptus in…
FTBP hosts a Hans Merensky Industry Day at FABI
The Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme (FTBP) in FABI held their annual industry meeting with the…
Shoots of a Forest Pathology Tree
The International Mycological Congress (IMC) recently held in Bangkok provided great opportunities…
Celebrating one year in the Biocontrol efforts of the bronze bug
October 2013 marked the first releases of the minute mymarid parasitic wasp, Cleruchoides noackae ,…