Normal 0 false false false EN-ZA JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} MSc student Dennis Omondi from Maseno University in Kenya visited MPPI , a FABI research group in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, for a month’s training in fungal pathology and molecular biology under the tutelage of PhD student David Nsibo . Dennis learned the basics of single-spore isolation, fungal culturing and DNA analysis as part of the RSA-Kenya bilateral project between Prof. Dave Berger and Prof. Mathews Dida of Maseno University on the molecular breeding of resistance to grey leaf spot disease in maize.