FMG Team
Academic Staff and Research Leaders Total:4
Dr Steven Hussey
Prof Eshchar Mizrachi
Prof Zander MyburgBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
Professor and Chair in Forest Genomics and Biotechnology
Programme Director and Chair in Forest Genomics and Biotechnology
Prof Sanushka NaidooProfessional Support Staff Total:11
Ms Zelda Du Toit-Boshoff
Ms Grieta Mahlangu
Dr Ronishree Mangwanda
Ms Tersia Moabelo
Ms Patience Motaung
Ms Aysha Ndou
Ms Thandeka Ngondo
Ms Melissa ReynoldsBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DNA Fingerprinting Platform Manager
DNA Fingerprinting Platform Manager
Ms Nasiphi Siguca
Ms Karen van der Merwe
Ms Adri VealeBiochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
Tissue culture and Plant Transformation Platform Manager
Senior Research Assistant
Postdoctoral Fellows Total:8
Dr Nanette Christie
Dr Victoria Maloney
Dr Marja O'Neill
Dr Caryn Oates Oates 
Dr Desre Pinard
Dr Raphael Ployet
Dr Danielle Roodt
Dr Erik VisserDoctoral Students Total:8
Ms Julia Candotti
Ms Minette Havenga
Mr Mmoledi Mphahlele
Ms Ipeleng Randome
Ms Mary Ranketse
Ms Myriam Solis
Mr Lazarus Takawira
Mr Demissew TeshomeMasters Students Total:18
Mr Michael Austin
Mr Vasili Balios
Ms Ruby May Ebbeling
Mr Stefan Ferreira
Mr Stephan Henning
Mr Sung Hyu Luke Kim
Ms Anneri Lötter
Ms Lizette Loubser
Mr Thembela Lulane
Ms Lungile Mabuza
Mr Christopher MaraisCentre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
MSc student Master student
Mr Nganea Nangammbi
Ms Cassandra Schoeman
Mr Bernard Smit
Ms Medha Sood
Ms Shae Swanepoel
Ms Shannon Wilson
Mr Mondli XabaHonours Students Total:4
Ms Jessica Freedman
Ms Amy Schreiber
Ms Hannah Tate
Ms Jade TullochInterns Total:1
Ms Doleen SehlabaneNew Publications
Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Solís M, Duong TA, Wingfield BD, Barnes I, Slippers B, Muro Abad JI, Durán A, Wingfield MJ. (2021) Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation: A new and serious foliar disease of Eucalyptus caused by Elsinoe necatrix sp. nov.. Plant Pathology
10.1111/ppa.13348 
Havenga M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S, Dreyer LL, Roets F, Japarudin Y, Aylward J. (2021) Genetic recombination in Teratosphaeria destructans causing a new disease outbreak in Malaysia. Forest Pathology :e12683.
10.1111/efp.12683
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Naidoo S. (2020) The threat of the combined effect of biotic and abiotic stress factors in forestry under a changing climate. Frontiers in Plant Science
10.3389/fpls.2020.601009
Berger DK, Mokgobu T, De Ridder K, Christie N, Aveling TAS. (2020) Benefits of maize resistance breeding and chemical control against northern leaf blight in smallholder farms in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 12(11)
10.17159/sajs.2020/8286
Oates C, Denby K, Myburg A, Slippers B, Naidoo S. (2020) Insect egg‐induced physiological changes and transcriptional reprogramming leading to gall formation. Plant, Cell & Environment
10.1111/pce.13930