Chairperson: Birhan Abate

Alandie Nieuwoudt - A CRISPR-Cas9 system for genome editing in Exserohilum turcicum.
Riaan Swanepoel - Optimising de novo transcriptome assembly for non-model organisms.
Andi Wilson - The gene expression profiles of unisexuality in Huntiella moniliformis.

Kayla Noeth - Biology and management of the wood-boring caused moth, Coryphodema tristis on Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa.