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Professor Martin Coetzee presented his inaugural lecture “Fungi that destroy and bacteria that sustain: Systematics and evolution of tree pathogens and nitrogen fixing symbionts…
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On 9 October 2026, Sicelo Keny Masuku presented his PhD Prestige Seminar in the FABI Auditorium at…

During the week of 5 October 2026, the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) extension…

Dr Nam Pham and Prof. Brett Hurley attended the IUFRO ‘Sustaining Acacia plantations in a dynamic…

On 7 October 2026, Prof. Bernard Slippers presented the BRICS Seminar at the Braunschweig…

From 7 to 9 October 2026, Prof. Cobus Visagie attended the 15th Oppenheimer Research Conference…

From 21 to 24 September 2026, Prof. Cobus Visagie attended the 6th International Symposium on…

Recent outbreaks of Gonipterus sp. n. 2 in South African Eucalyptus plantations have raised…

During his Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award stay in Germany, Prof. Bernard Slippers…

Prof. Bernard Slippers is spending part of his 2026 sabbatical at the Technische Universität…

Delegates attending the 12th Meeting of the IUFRO Working Party 7.02.09, Phytophthora in Forests…

Professor Bernard Slippers was a keynote speaker at the Molecular Biology of Fungi Symposium, held…

FABI recently hosted the 12th IUFRO Working Party 7.02.09 conference, Phytophthora in Forests and…

In August 2026 Prof. Bernard Slippers joined scientists, restoration practitioners and forestry…

In August 2026 FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers visited Profs David Drew and Francois Roets,…

A delegation of researchers and postgraduate students from FABI represented the Institute at the…

Building on the first Mycobiomics network , the new project brings together 13 organisations across…

A CryptoADAPT team conducted a field trip from 3-6 September to Mapungubwe National Park, following…