Meeting of The Bark Beetle Mycobiome Research Network

Bark Beetle Mycobiome Research Network is a global research community reinvigorating the science of bark beetle-fungus symbiosis. This effort is funded by the National Science Foundation IRCN Award and the South African National Research Foundation.

Programme

26th - 27th Oct:

Arrival at ORT Airport Transport will be organized for guests to Future Africa Campus of University of Pretoria

Sunday, 27th Oct:

18:00 Welcome and wine tasting at FABI

Monday, 28th Oct:

06:00 Depart for Bark Beetle Blitz field trip to KwaZulu-Natal

14:00 First collections of beetles in Nature Reserve

18:00 BBM research topics discussions

Tuesday 29th Oct:

08:00 Field collections of bark and ambrosia beetles in forested areas surrounding the Richard’s Bay Harbour, and BBM research topics discussions

Wednesday 30th Oct:

05:00 Depart for Hluhluwe Nature Reserve for field collections and game drives

17:00 Guided identification of samples collected from the day

Thursday 31st Oct:

06:00 Depart for Pretoria

15:00 Tour of biological control facilities

Friday 1st Nov:

08:00 PSHB Research Network workshop at FABI

15:00 FABI seminar (Jiri Hulcr: Pre-invasion assessment of bark and ambrosia beetles and fungi)

17:00 Public Zoom conference on PSHB and fungi

19:00 Dinner at Future Africa

Saturday 2nd Nov:

08:00 Writing the White paper at Future Africa campus

Evening off

Sunday 3rd Nov:

09:00 Visit to The Cradle of Humankind

Or relax at guest house

Depart to ORT airport