Meeting of The Bark Beetle Mycobiome Research Network
Programme
| 26th - 27th Oct: | |
| Arrival at ORT Airport | Transport will be organized for guests to Future Africa Campus of University of Pretoria |
| Sunday, 27th Oct: | |
| 18:00 | Welcome and wine tasting at FABI |
| Monday, 28th Oct: | |
| 06:00 | Depart for Bark Beetle Blitz field trip to KwaZulu-Natal |
| 14:00 | First collections of beetles in Nature Reserve |
| 18:00 | BBM research topics discussions |
| Tuesday 29th Oct: | |
| 08:00 | Field collections of bark and ambrosia beetles in forested areas surrounding the Richard’s Bay Harbour, and BBM research topics discussions |
| Wednesday 30th Oct: | |
| 05:00 | Depart for Hluhluwe Nature Reserve for field collections and game drives |
| 17:00 | Guided identification of samples collected from the day |
| Thursday 31st Oct: | |
| 06:00 | Depart for Pretoria |
| 15:00 | Tour of biological control facilities |
| Friday 1st Nov: | |
| 08:00 | PSHB Research Network workshop at FABI |
| 15:00 | FABI seminar (Jiri Hulcr: Pre-invasion assessment of bark and ambrosia beetles and fungi) |
| 17:00 | Public Zoom conference on PSHB and fungi |
| 19:00 | Dinner at Future Africa |
| Saturday 2nd Nov: | |
| 08:00 | Writing the White paper at Future Africa campus |
| Evening off | |
| Sunday 3rd Nov: | |
| 09:00 | Visit to The Cradle of Humankind |
| Or relax at guest house | |
| Depart to ORT airport |
Registration information
Please contact Dr Tuan Duong at tuan.duong@up.ac.za should you need any additional information.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED