MSc Opportunity: A fully-funded MSc scholarship in comparative genomics and development of molecular markers for rapid diagnostic of Thaumatotibia batrachopa and T. leucotreta.

We invite applications for a full-time MSc in Genetics study within the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria.

Closing date for applications: 17 NOvember 2025

Please click here for more information and how to apply.

Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunities: Tree Molecular Genetics and Genomics 

The FMG-EPPI programme in FABI is seeking two postdoctoral Fellows to support a research focus on tree molecular genetics and genomics and in the area of tree resilience to abiotic & biotic stress.

Closing date: 30 September 2025

Click here for more information and how to apply.

Two PhD projects available: CryptoADAPT Project

The Wellcome Trust has recently funded a new project titled ‘CryptoADAPT: Cryptococcus adaptation to causing human disease in Africa through pathogen thermotolerance’. The project will combine ecology, experimental evolution, genomics and fungal biology to better understand how Cryptococcus evolve in natural African biodiversity hotspots to become human pathogens.

Click here for more information and how to apply.

Two Postdoctoral Research Fellowship opportunities: CryptoADAPT Project

The Wellcome Trust has recently funded a new project titled ‘CryptoADAPT: Cryptococcus adaptation to causing human disease in Africa through pathogen thermotolerance’. This project will combine ecology, experimental evolution, genomics and fungal biology to better understand how Cryptococcus evolve in natural African biodiversity hotspots to become human pathogens.

Click here for more information and how to apply.