FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 11 October
IUFRO World Congress 2014 closing ceremony and gala dinner by Dr Casper Crous And so we have come…
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PRESS RELEASE: IUFRO appoints Mike Wingfield as new President
Yesterday afternoon, Friday 10 October, Niels Elers Koch handed over the IUFRO Presidency to Mike…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 10 October
Healthy forests for a healthy future by Dr Casper Crous Since my rather wordy essays the past few…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 9 October
Thoughts on the essence of science the discovery of knowledge by Dr Casper Crous After the…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 8 October
In-Congress field-trip: southern Utah Juniper-Pinyon Ecology by Dr Casper Crous On Wednesday,…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 7 October
Controversial statements and lively debates rebels with a cause by Dr Casper Crous After the…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 6 October
Opening Ceremony and Start of the Academic Programme by Dr Casper Crous Today was the start of the…
FABI at IUFRO 2014 - 5 October
Greetings from Salt Lake City, Utah by Dr Casper Crous As many of you might know, the 24th World…
New pest of Eucalyptus detected in South Africa
In May this year symptoms of a previously unreported insect pest was detected on Eucalyptus in…
FTBP hosts a Hans Merensky Industry Day at FABI
The Fruit Tree Biotechnology Programme (FTBP) in FABI held their annual industry meeting with the…
Shoots of a Forest Pathology Tree
The International Mycological Congress (IMC) recently held in Bangkok provided great opportunities…
Celebrating one year in the Biocontrol efforts of the bronze bug
October 2013 marked the first releases of the minute mymarid parasitic wasp, Cleruchoides noackae ,…
MPPI and CFPRG host Cercospora transformation workshop
Currently there are many fungal genome sequencing projects at FABI. The next step is functional…
FABI Leaders achieve a 'double A' at the 2014 NRF Awards Ceremony
The night of Thursday 11 September was a time for celebration when the National Research Foundation…
FABI-ICFR-Industry alliance publishes a special issue of Southern Forests
The latest issue of Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science , focuses on the management of…
Well-known evolutionary biologist from the USA visits FABI
Prof Bitty Roy from the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon, is on a two…
FABI collaborator passes away
It is with great sadness that we heard of the untimely death of Dr. Robert Bauer from the Eberhard…
Seven PhD's and 13 MSc's awarded to FABIans at the Spring graduation ceremony
The Spring Graduation Ceremony of the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science took place on…
Spring is in the air!
The 1st of September traditionally heralds the arrival of Spring in South Africa. Although…
FABIans do well in the 2014 NRF ratings
During the past week the first National Research Foundation (NRF) ratings for 2014 were released.…