Chairperson: Zander Human

Mkhululi Maphosa - Characterisation of the core and accessory genomes of Fusarium circinatum.   

Stephanie van Wyk - The Repeat Induced Point Mutation pathway: Driving lineage divergence of the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex.  

Collins Tanui - Influence of the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein on pathogenicity in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense.