A team of FABI researchers began sampling in local mine shafts, and within the mining timber support production pipeline In an effort to discover the ecological niche of Sporothrix species
The SASSY Project kicked off with the collection of soil samples from 11 nature reserves.
FABIans Amy Collop and Elisa Pal travelled to Stellenbosch to attend an insect mass-rearing course.
Professor Bernard Slippers recently visited Prof. Jeremy Allison at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC) in Canada.
Members of the MaPP visited visited various pecan orchards in the Northern Cape to monitor PSHB infestations.
ABI, in collaboration with the Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa (FISNA), co-hosted a webinar on forest invasive species in Africa on 14 March.
FABI celebrated the first publications by members of the CPHB and TPCP at a Publication Party on 14 March.
Dr Trudy Paap was invited to speak on the topic of plant health in nurseries at the IPPS' 25th Annual Conference.
ABI hosted a joint webinar with the SASSB on 2 March by Dr Dan Jacobson, Chief scientist for computational systems biology at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Prof. Bernard Slippers and Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder met with researchers and students at Imperial College London during a recent visit to London.
FABians Dr Neriman Yilmaz and Prof. Cobus Visagie visited the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute and Ghent University.
Three FABIans recently visited the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany.
Two FABI FLAIR Fellows attended meetings at the Royal Society in London.
FABI and and the South African Kiwi Growers Association have established a collaborative programme to address threats posed by pests and pathogens to the growing kiwi industry in South Africa.
Several FABIans from the GRP attended the South African Sclerotinia Research Network's recent workshop in Pretoria.
FABIan, Prof. Irene Barnes chaired a meeting on 23 January aimed at reviving the African Mycological Association.
FABI welcomed eight new members that join the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) Internship in Phytosanitation and Biosecurity.
FABI celebrated the accomplishments of nine interns in the FABI Internship in Phytosanitation and Biosecurity on 9 December.
FABI’s official opening, held on 16 January in the University of Pretoria’s Sanlam Auditorium, celebrated the Institute’s 25th anniversary.
The EPPI team has been undertaking a large-scale greenhouse trial running for a third consecutive year since 2020.
Members of the FABI Internship in Phytosanitation and Biotechnology programme presented a research seminar.
A team of FABIans travelled to Melmoth to assess Gonipterus sp. n. 2 damage levels on both young and old Eucalyptus dunnii compartments using a UAV.
The annual RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme Symposium took place in Indonesia on Thursday 24 November.
Monday Morning Meeting ‘Book Fun’ has become a tradition in the Institute and when FABIans can share with their peers the books they enjoyed reading.
FABIans took a break from their research activities and dressed up to attend the annual Year End Function hosted at the Future Africa Campus on 18 November.
The three-week long NSA-funded Bioinvasions workshop hosted by FABI ended with a symposium and a farewell at the year end function.
A potential new biocontrol agent recently imported by FABI shows promising results for the control of Gonipterus sp. n. 2
FABI was delighted to hear that Prof. Mike Wingfield has been included on the Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers for the sixth consecutive year.
A new new automatic log splitter affectionately named ‘Stompie Gonzales’ is making light work of the back-breaking task of splitting logs.
Professor Dave Berger was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa while Prof. Brenda Wingfield was announced as the 2023 Hershel medal winner.
Professor Diana Six presented a talk "SciArt: what, why, and how" at the FABI Monday Morning Meeting.
Luki-Marie Scheepers was one of 10 students from the University of Pretoria who participated in the annual SAAWK symposium
Niine FABIans were amongst more than 130 UP academics recognised at this year's Academic Achievers' Awards ceremony.
An international group of graduate students underwent training in microscopy techniques for visualizing morphology of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal structures in plant roots.
After two years of delay, FABI welcomed a large group of USA graduate students and academics to participate in a USA NSF-funded symposium, focused on fungal biological invasions.