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FABI Director opens IUFRO Director’s Forum

FABI Director opens IUFRO Director’s Forum

The Director’s Forum is one of the special projects and programmes of IUFRO . In this regard it…

Welcome to the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016

Welcome to the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016

The first day of the inaugural IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania 2016 in Beijing was…

IUFRO President opens Forest Science Forum

IUFRO President opens Forest Science Forum

On the afternoon of Monday 24 th October, the Chinese Society of Forestry (CSF) began its 4th…

Mike Wingfield presides over signing of IUFRO MoU in Beijing

Mike Wingfield presides over signing of IUFRO MoU in Beijing

Professor Mike Wingfield , President of IUFRO and Director of the Forestry and Agricultural…

IUFRO Board Meeting in Beijing

IUFRO Board Meeting in Beijing

FABI Director, Prof. Mike Wingfield , in his capacity as IUFRO President, welcomed delegates to the…

Attending an international congress: perspectives from a FABI postdoc

Attending an international congress: perspectives from a FABI postdoc

A postodoctoral fellow in FABI, Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder , shares her experience of attending a…

Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology visits FABI

Chinese Vice Minister of Science and Technology visits FABI

On Friday 14 October FABI was honoured by a brief visit of Prof. Jianguo Hou, Vice Minister of…

FABIans visit the Great Lakes Forestry Centre

FABIans visit the Great Lakes Forestry Centre

Two FABI ans, Dr Brett Hurley and Ms. Samantha Bush , visited the Great Lakes Forestry Centre…

FABIan engages communities at two fynbos festivals in the Western Cape

FABIan engages communities at two fynbos festivals in the Western Cape

FABI PhD student Joey Hulbert extended his Cape Citizen Science project to two popular tourist…

FABIans attend International Entomological Congress (ICE) in Orlando, USA

FABIans attend International Entomological Congress (ICE) in Orlando, USA

During the week of 25-30 September, ten FABIans participated in the largest ever gathering of…

FABI restores biocontrol monument

FABI restores biocontrol monument

FABI has sponsored the replacement of the plaque on the monument at Cedara near Pietermaritzburg…

FABI hosts International Forestry Students Symposium planning meeting

FABI hosts International Forestry Students Symposium planning meeting

FABI Director, Prof. Mike Wingfield , in his capacity as the IUFRO President, hosted members of the…

FABI researchers elected to the executive of the South African Genetics Society

FABI researchers elected to the executive of the South African Genetics Society

The joint congress of the South African Society for Bioinformatics (SASBi) and the South African…

China Eucalyptus Research Centre leader visits FABI

China Eucalyptus Research Centre leader visits FABI

The head of the pathology programme of the China Eucalyptus Research Centre (CERC) , Dr ShuaiFei…

Bioinformatician from Denmark presents a three-day comparative genomics workshop at FABI

Bioinformatician from Denmark presents a three-day comparative genomics workshop at FABI

FABI hosted a comparative genomics workshop for postgraduate students and staff from 13 to 15…

FABI and Pretoria_UP iGEM team present at ACGT Synthetic Biology Symposium

FABI and Pretoria_UP iGEM team present at ACGT Synthetic Biology Symposium

On 6 September members of the FABI community attended and presented work at the African Center for…

ACGT, FMG and Pretoria_UP iGEM team organize first UP plant synthetic biology workshop

ACGT, FMG and Pretoria_UP iGEM team organize first UP plant synthetic biology workshop

The 2016 PretoriaUP iGEM team , instructed by FABIan Dr. Steven Hussey , partnered with the African…

Renowned plant pathologist presents a special visual seminar at FABI

Renowned plant pathologist presents a special visual seminar at FABI

Despite having had a close relationship with various FABI management committee members that spans…

FABI’s Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme hosts annual Hans Merensky Foundation Student Presentation seminars

FABI’s Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme hosts annual Hans Merensky Foundation Student Presentation seminars

The Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme (FTBP) held the annual Hans Merensky Foundation Student…

FABI members attend the twelfth Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum

FABI members attend the twelfth Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum

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