Leaders in the TPCP outline strategy for the months ahead
Members of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme(TPCP) met at the Future Africa campus on 17…
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FABIans herald 2019 at the Institute’s welcome breakfast and first Monday Morning Meeting
The excitement was palpable as FABI Director Professor Bernard Slippers welcomed staff and students…
Professor Mike Wingfield appointed Advisor to the UP Executive
The University of Pretoria (UP) has appointed FABI founding-Director Prof Mike Wingfield as Advisor…
Andi Wilson awarded FWIS Doctoral Fellowship
In early December 2018, French beauty products manufacturer L’Oréal, partnered with UNESCO to host…
FABIan participates in the first NRF-NSF funded Bark Beetle-Fungus Workshop in Florida, USA
From 8 to 10 December 2018, a group of 15 scientists from South Africa and the USA met at the…
Shot Hole Borer invasion places FABI in the spotlight
The invasion of the tree-killing Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) in South Africa has gained wide…
FABI and CABI jointly host the first Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Workshop in Africa
During the last week of November, a team of scientists from FABI under the leadership of Prof.…
First publications celebrated
The Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) celebrated the first publication of a paper in an…
Hat trick for FABI researchers
FABI has scored a hat trick with three highly cited researchers linked to the Institute. FABI…
University of Pretoria Community Engagement photographic competition – winning photos by FABIans
The University of Pretoria had a University-wide (staff and students) photographic competition with…
Runlei Chang rounds off a baker’s dozen of prestige seminars at FABI in 2018
Runlei Chang delivered the last prestige seminar of the year at FABI on 3 December, bringing the…
A fungus painting gift to FABI
During a recent visit to Indonesia, a group of staff members and students of FABI were presented…
RGE-FABI THP team returns
On Saturday 10 November, Dr Fahimeh Jami (Postdoctoral Fellow), Kira Lynn (M.Sc. student) and Nam…
Expanding an understanding of South Africa’s mycodiversity
South Africa has one of the most biological diverse floras on earth. The fungal diversity of the…
Professor Fanus Venter appointed as Deputy-Director of FABI
FABI Management is delighted with the appointment of Prof Fanus Venter as the Deputy Director of…
An online DNA sequence database to support forest-pest management
Insect pests challenge the sustainability of both natural forests and plantation forestry…
ESA 2018 Meeting in Vancouver
From 11-14 November the Entomological Society of America , the Entomological Society of Canada ,…
Prof André Drenth explores tree health issues in the Western Cape
Prof André Drenth of the University of Queensland and a close collaborator and advisor on many FABI…
FABIans complete the last tree planting exercise of 2018
Students and staff at FABI got their hands dirty and spent the morning on 23 November replanting…
FABI rewards excellence and looks to the future at 2018 year-end function
FABI ans reflected on the gains of the year and looked forward to 2019 and beyond at the annual…