FABI launches its multi-disciplinary Grain Research Programme
FABI launched its multi-disciplinary Grain Research Programme (GRP) during an online event on 21…
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Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
Christian Pirk elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences
FABI congratulates Prof. Christian Pirk on being elected a Fellow of the African Academy of…
RGE-FABI THP team meet - another Zoom event
The RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme team met on the Zoom virtual platform on 18 August. The team,…
FABIans participate in virtual APS Plant Health 2020 meeting
The first meeting of The American Phytopathological Society (APS) was held in Boston in 1909. Since…
FABIans take part in the first virtual SASBi-SC student symposium
FABI ans joined young researchers from several countries for the South African Society of…
FMG members attend a virtual PB20 conference
Normally, attending the prestigious Plant Biology Worldwide Summit, hosted by the American Society…
FABIans participate in FAO forest invasive species webinar
The United Nations (UN) has declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH-2020) . As…
Plant evolutionary biologist delivers third instalment in the FABI International Seminar Series
Dr Celine Caseys of the University of California, Davis, delivered the third presentation in the…
A webinar on Plant Health in Botanical Gardens amid the COVID-19 pandemic
It has been just over four years since the SANBI -funded postdoctoral project ‘Monitoring plant…
Mike Wingfield wins NSTF award
FABI congratulates Prof. Mike Wingfield on winning the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)…
Grain Research Programme field trip to the Eastern Cape
Members of the Grain Research Programme at FABI have embarked on a journey of basic and applied…
FABI mycologists participate in the annual MSA meeting: Mycology in the cloud
The Mycological Society of America (MSA) is one of the world’s largest and most important societies…
The first JOVE video shoot in Africa
Four FABI ans ( Vinolia Danki , Dr Tuan Duong , Dr Andi Wilson and Prof. Brenda Wingfield ) spent…
FABIans uphold SPOOF tradition with an historic virtual meeting
For the first time in its 23-year history, FABI hosted a virtual Society for the Presentation of…
Students and staff of CERC and FABI celebrate the PhD defense of JieQiong Li
JieQiong Li marked the completion of her PhD study by presenting a prestige seminar (thesis…
Fieldwork during a pandemic
FABI Director, Prof. Bernard Slippers along with Prof. Brett Hurley and Darryl Herron embarked on a…
‘Fake news’ in the COVID-19 pandemic
Vice-Chancellor and Principal at the University of Pretoria Professor Tawana Kupe joined FABI ans…
Phytophthora disease resistance trials continue
During the COVID-19 pandemic researchers are searching for a 'silver bullet' to protect mankind…
Dr Osmond Mlonyeni appointed as a Trustee of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation
FABI was delighted to learn that a colleague and Manager for Partnerships and Programs for…
Dr Matthew Kasson presents the second FABI International Seminar
FABI ’s second monthly International Seminar had Assistant Professor of Forest Pathology at West…