Adri Veale is a senior research assistant for the Forest Molecular Genetic

program at the University of Pretoria,Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology 

Institute. She holds an MTech: Agriculture from the Tshwane University of

Technology.

She is involved in the development of the genetic engineering of E u c a l y ptu s and 

poplar trees. This involves Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation with

cellulose genes and the screening of the putatively transformed lines

by greenhouse trials to confirm the presence of the gene.

She is also facility manager of the tissue culture and growth facilities for the FMG

group.This involves all the ordering of chemicals,consumables, servicing and

maintenance of equipment as well as management for the facilities.

During 2011 she was the convener and chair of the organizing committee of  the

II ISHS Genetic Modification in Horticultural symposium. She gave numerous

presentations on the above topics.