Dr Motselisi Koetle visited the Host Pathogen Interactions and Bacterial Genomics Group (HPI) research group as guest of the research group’s principal investigator, Prof. Lucy Moleleki. Two students funded by the South African Sugar Association (SASA), Theona Sebei and Koketso Menaetja, presented progress on their projects. In turn, Dr Koetle discussed various projects undertaken by the South African Sugar Research Institute (SASRI) at Mount Edgecombe, Umhlanga in the KwaZulu-Natal province. In the group photo are members of HPI, namely Dr Mehari Hawku (Postdoctoral Fellow), Dr Motselisi Koetle (SASRI), Ms. Theona Sebei and Ms Koketso Menaetja (PhD candidates), Prof. Lucy Moleleki (Principal Investigator HPI), Dr Fanele Mnguni (Postdoctoral Fellow) and Dr Choaro Dithugoe (Postdoctoral Fellow).