A group of FABI researchers were recently joined by colleagues from various USA institutions and Stellenbosch University for the fifth in-person meeting of the Bark Beetle Mycobiome network project
members of the TPCP team gathered for a workshop to isolate putative pathogenic fungi from pine needles.
FABI welcomed Dr Katelyn Faulkner, senior scientist at SANBI, as a guest speaker at the Monday Morning Meeting.
Prof. Olufemi Akinsanmi from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation recently visited members of the Macadamia Protection Program (MaPP).
FABI welcomed 43 students from the University of Venda to the Institute on 3 September.
Congratulations to Dr Elisa Pal on successfully completing all requirements for her PhD and being capped at the University of Pretoria’s Spring Graduation Ceremony on 5 September.
Professor Brett Hurley presented his inaugural address marking his promotion to full Professorship on Tuesday 26 September.
FABI hosted a visit by a group of researchers, scientific regulators and Members of Parliament from Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zambia as well as representatives of the USDA and Croplife SA.
Four FABians attended the recent IUFRO "Novel and classical strategies to manage forest health in plantations" meeting in Brazil.
Dr Nicky Creux has won a Ben Barrs Spotlight Award that will allow her to attend the International Sunflower Conference in China in 2024.
Amy Collop returned from a recent trip to RAIZ where she gained first-hand experience rearing a potential biological control agent of the Eucalyptus snout beetle.
Innocent Rakubu, a Ph.D. candidate in FABI attended the NSSA Symposium where he also won an award for his presentation.
ABI welcomed Spring at the Institute's its annual Spring Day tea on 15 September.
Building on maize disease outreach activities with smallholder farmers in South Africa, two FABIans represented the University of Pretoria in farmer outreach activities in Kenya.
FABI celebrated Lydia Twala’s 20 year service anniversary at a gathering of friends and colleagues on 8 September.
A hearty congratulations to all the FABI graduates who were capped at the University of Pretoria’s Spring Graduation ceremony.
FABI said goodbye to Librarian Rianie van der Linde at the Monday Morning Meeting on 4 September following her recent retirement from UP.
Josias Letaoana, a TPCP field extension officer, recently completed a Remote Pilot Licence (RPL) adding an additional pilot to the remote sensing team.
Several FABIans participated in a fieldtrip organised by the ISPP Forest Pathology Subject Matter Committee, chaired by FABI Professor Irene Barnes.
The South African Kiwi Growers Association convened its AGM at the University of Pretoria’s Future Africa campus, hosted by FABI.
FABI’s participation in the 12th International Conference of Plant Pathology in Lyon, France was not only substantial but impressive.
A workshop on Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of spore-producing fungi was presented at FABI by Katharina Gasser from BOKU, Austria
FABI had a strong presence at the ICPP 2023 with 19 delegates attending from the Institute.
Prof. Rachel Green visited FABI to discuss circadian clock oriented projects at FABI and her own research on plant circadian clocks' role in climate resilience.
Dr Wilma Nel, manager of the TPCP Diagnostic Clinic, was invited to give a presentation on the PSHB at the WESSA Friends Groups AGM.
The Executive Committee of Plant Pathology met for two days, August before the start of the International Congress of Plant Pathology in Lyon.
Professor Sanushka Naidoo attended the Plant Biology Conference in Savannah Georgia where she presented a research paper from her EPPI group.
The CPHB outreach team at FABI again participated in the Mondi Science Week, after a three-year absence due to the COVID pandemic.
A serendipitous meeting of FABI Director Prof. Bernard Slippers and graduate student Anne Oostlander in 2022 led to the start of a new research collaboration effort between FABI and the Centre for Biology at TUBS.
Prof. Dave Berger visited the Svanhovd Research Station in Norway to visit Dr Simo Maduna, a researcher with South African roots with whom he set up a collaborative research programme.
It was a Symphony of Science as FABI harmonized the world of music and outrageous discoveries at this year’s Society for the Presentation of Outrageous Findings.
In the final week of July, Dr Andi Wilson and Dr Janneke Alyward joined forces to co-host a Genome Assembly Workshop for microbiologists at FABI.
Professor Angel Medina-Vaya from Cranfield University recently visited FABI researchers Prof. Cobus Visagie and Dr Neriman Yilmaz.
On 26 July, a group of FABI staff and close friends gathered to bid farewell to Prof. Anne Pringle and David Johnson, who will soon return home to the United States.
Prof. Dave Berger was fortunate to spend a month of his sabbatical with the research group of Prof. Yves Van de Peer at the University of Ghent in Belgium.
