Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry beats 40 competitors to win Inqaba Biotec’s mini pipetting contest
For her precision and dexterity, FABI PhD student Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry was crowned “Pipetting…
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FABI Postdoc presents a seminar on the dangers of unregulated plant movement throughout history
Dr Trudy Paap ’s seminar “Plants, people and places” on 10 June chronicled the movement of plants…
FABI ships biocontrol agent to Uganda
Thaumastocoris peregrinu s , the bronze bug, is not only a pest attacking Eucalyptus in South…
Seven FABI researchers honoured at the UP 2019 Academic Achievers’ Awards ceremony
The University of Pretoria honoured its best academics on 21 May, including seven researchers from…
French Researchers in South Africa meet in FABI
On the 3rd of May 2019, FABI hosted the meeting of the French researchers in South Africa. Two…
Kenyan student makes second lab training visit to FABI
Dennis Omondi, an MSc student in Plant Breeding from Maseno University in Western Kenya, made his…
FABI student wins best poster prize at SANSOR congress
Carol-Ann Segal, a FABI MSc student, won the prize for the best MSc Research Poster presentation at…
FABI MSc graduate scoops international wood science innovation award
FABI MSc graduate, Martin Wierzbicki scooped the 2018/2019 Blue Sky Young Researchers and…
FABI home to the Mike Wingfield Library
FABI is now home to the Mike Wingfield Library , a collection of more than 1300 books donated to…
Post TPCP meetings field trip
Dr Trudy Paap and Prof. Brett Hurley led the traditional field trip that follows the Annual TPCP…
Gearing up for a pest and pathogen arms race
Complacency about forest pests and pathogens could lead to the decimation of native forests…
Prof. Mike Wingfield shares insights on running a successful tree health programme
After nearly three decades at the helm of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme , Prof. Mike…
The power of partnerships, basic research and new technologies highlighted at the 30th Annual Meeting of the TPCP
The Tree Protection Co-operative Programme ( TPCP ) hosted its 30 th annual meeting at the…
The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology celebrates 15 years of tree health research
The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology ( CTHB ) hosted its 15 th annual…
FABI at the IUFRO Shoot, Leaf And Wilt Diseases Meeting in Italy
FABI enjoyed a significant presence at the IUFRO meeting focused on shoot, leaf and wilt diseases…
PSHB survey in Northern Cape Pecan orchards
A team of four FABIans, together two staff members of the South African Pecan Producers Association…
Dr Cobus Visagie to join FABI
The University of Pretoria (UP) has appointed Dr Cobus M. Visagie as Associate Professor and he…
FABI shines at the Autumn Graduation
Congratulations to those FABI ans that were capped at the Autumn Graduation Ceremony of the…
Danielle Roodt successfully defends her PhD thesis
Danielle Roodt successfully defended her PhD entitled “The evolution of xylogenesis in the vascular…
Shothole Borer meetings in the Cape Peninsula
Profs Wilhelm de Beer from FABI, and Francois Roets from Stellenbosch University, leading members…