FABIans on the Executive Committee of the ICPP
The Executive Committee of Plant Pathology met for two days, Saturday and Sunday 19-20 August…
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FABI represented at Plant Biology 2023
Professor Sanushka Naidoo attended the Plant Biology Conference in Savannah Georgia from 5-9…
FABI participates in the Mondi National Science Week
The Mondi Science Week in the town of Piet-Retief in the Mpumalanga Province was a remarkable and…
The fungi connection
A serendipitous meeting of FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers and graduate student Anne…
Genetics research thrives north of the Arctic Circle
The Svanhovd Research Station of the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) was setup…
A symphony of science at SPOOF
It was a Symphony of Science as FABI harmonized the world of music and outrageous discoveries at…
Cracking the fungal code: A genomics workshop for microbiologists
In the final week of July, Dr Andi Wilson and Dr Janneke Alyward joined forces to co-host a Genome…
Building collaborations to study fungi and their mycotoxins
Professor Angel Medina-Vaya (Cranfield University, UK) visited FABI researchers Prof. Cobus Visagie…
Farewell to Anne Pringle and David Johnson after a great 12-month sabbatical
On 26 July, a group of FABI staff and close friends gathered in FABI Square for a dinner event to…
Genomics research strengthened by visit to VIB-UGhent, Belgium
Professor Dave Berger was fortunate to spend a month of his sabbatical with the research group of…
FABIans attend the 23rd Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
The 23 rd Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA) was held from 11-14 July…
FABI celebrates Mandela Day with 67 minutes of community service to conserve biodiversity
Invasive alien vegetation is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. In celebration of Mandela…
FABIans attend the XVI SASSB conference
Five FABI ans attended the XVI Southern African Society for Systematic Biology’s (SASSB) conference…
FABIans participate in producing a new forest entomology text book
Professor Jeremy Allison of the Canadian Forestry Service , Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault…
CAMCORE Associate Director visits FABI
Dr Juan Jose “JJ” Acosta , Associate Director of CAMCORE and Associate Professor at North Carolina…
Two FABI postdocs receive University of Pretoria Senior Postdoctoral Fellowships
Dr David Read and Dr Tanay Bose , postdoctoral Fellows in the Grain Research Programme (GRP) and…
Moving from young eucalypts to young pine for the National Forest Pest and Pathogen Surveillance strategy
A team from the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) , including Sandisiwe Jali , Josias…
An unexpected visit to the James Hutton Institute
The opening chapter of “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkein is titled “An Unexpected Party” in which Gandalf…
The GRP Diagnostic Clinic attends Farmers Days in Limpopo and Mpumalanga
On 21 April and 2 June, members of the GRP Diagnostic Clinic participated in Farmers Days in…
The GRP pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic @FABI-UP celebrates another year of service to grain stakeholders
The Grain Research Programme @ FABI UP runs a pest and disease extension and diagnostic clinic…