FABI celebrated the first publications in an ISI-rated scientific journal of four FABI postgraduate students in the TPCP and CTHB groups at a gathering on 27 February. This was also a celebration of women in science with Agil Katumanyane , Kira Lynn , Mandy Messal and Stephanie van Wyk being congratulated on their achievement. Kira’s paper is the first to be published from the recently-established RGE-FABI Tree health programme . This marks an important milestone in these young researchers’ professional and academic careers and is the foundation on which FABI is built: high quality research and publication output. Publications: Katumanyane A., A.P. Malan, L.R. Tiedt, B.P. Hurley . 2019. Steinernema bertusin . sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa. Nematology. 10.1163/15685411-00003309. Messal M., B. Slippers , S. Naidoo , O. Bezuidt, M. Kemler. 2019. Active fungal communities in asymptomatic Eucalyptus grandis stems differ between a susceptible and resistant clone. Microorganisms7: 375. 10.3390/microorganisms7100375. van Wyk S., C.H. Harrison, B.D. Wingfield , L. de Vos , N.A. van der Merwe , E.T. Steenkamp . 2019. The RIPper, a web-based tool for genome-wide quantification od repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations. PeerJ7:e7447. 10.7717/peerj.7447. Lynn K.M.T., M.J. Wingfield , A. Durán, S. Marincowitz , L.S.S. Oliveira, Z.W. de Beer , I. Barnes . 2020. Euwallacea perbrevis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a confirmed pest on Acacia crassicarpa in Riau, Indonesia, and a new fungal symbiont; Fusarium rekanum sp. nov. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 10.1007/s10482-020-01392-8.