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BioPAD Microarray Laboratory Training 2005

Front (L-R): Danie Theron (Trainer, UP), Luke Solomon (Trainer, UP)

Seated (L-R): Suretha Roux (Dept Medical Physiology, UP), Prof. Albie Van Dijk (Biochemistry Dept., North-West University), Sanushka Naidoo (Trainer, UP), Dr. Butana Mboniswa (CEO, BioPAD), Prof. Dave Berger (Course Leader, UP), Dr. Bethuel Nthangeni (CSIR).

Standing (L-R): Misha de Beer (Plant Sciences Dept., North-West University), Lufuno Ngomani (Inqaba Biotec), Maria Moloto (ARC), Yoseph Beyene (FABI, UP), Riann Naguran (National Institute for Communicable Diseases, NHLS), John Walters (University of Johannesburg), Erica Pierce (Trainer, University of Witwatersrand), Dr. Andrew Leisewitz (Veterinary Faculty, UP), Phumuza Langa (Inqaba Biotec), Dr. George Kaleebi (University of Limpopo), Pamela Paparu (FABI, UP), Liezel Herselman (University of Free State), Inge Gazendam (ARC).

New Publications

Bose T, Wingfield MJ, Brachmann A, Witfeld F, Begerow D, Kemler M, Dovey S, Roux J, Slippers B, Vivas M, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks. Forest Ecology and Management 586:122734. 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122734
Woodward S, Amin H, Mártin-Gárcia J, Solla A, Diaz-Vazquez R, Romeralo C, Alves A, Pinto G, Herron D, Fraser S, Zas R, Doğmuş-Lehtijärvi HT, Bonello P, Wingfield MJ, Witzell J, Diez JJ. (2025) Host-pathogen interactions in the Pine-Fusarium circinatum pathosystem and the potential for resistance deployment in the field. Forest Pathology 55(2):e70020. 10.1111/efp.70020
Maduke N, Slippers B, Van der Linde E, Wingfield M, Fourie G. (2025) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with racemes, fruits and leaves of macadamia in South Africa. Plant Pathology 0:1–15:1–15. 10.1111/ppa.14107
Hulcr J, Barnes I, Barnes M, Gazis R, Hammerbacher A, Johnson AJ, Lynch S, Lynn K, Marais GC, Mayers CG, Nel W, Villari C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2025) From forest to fungus: A roadmap to bark beetle mycobiome research. Phytoparasitica 53(45) 10.1007/s12600-025-01246-x
Knoppersen RS, Bose T, Coutinho TA, Hammerbacher A. (2025) Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2. Microbial Ecology 88:27. 10.1007/s00248-025-02524-1