TPCP Team
Group Leaders
Prof Bernard SlippersUP Research Leaders Total:16
Prof Irene Barnes
Prof Martin Coetzee
Prof Tuan Duong
Prof Almuth Hammerbacher 
Prof Brett Hurley
Prof Tjaart Krüger
Dr Thabiso Motaung Motaung
Prof Sanushka Naidoo
Prof Emma Steenkamp
Prof Noelani van den Berg
Prof Albe van der Merwe
Prof Fanus Venter
Prof Cobus Visagie
Dr Markus Wilken
Prof Brenda Wingfield
Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Prof Mike WingfieldExternal Research Associates Total:10
Prof Jeremy Allison
Dr Chrizelle Beukes
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Prof Treena Burgess 
Dr ShuaiFei Chen
Prof Pedro Crous
Dr Jeff Garnas
Dr Ilaria Germishuizen
Dr Carlos Rodas
Prof Jolanda RouxResearch Fellows Total:7
Dr Janneke Aylward
Dr Tanay Bose
Dr Lieschen De Vos
Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder
Dr Trudy Paap
Dr Michelle Schroder
Dr Neriman YilmazPostdoctoral Fellows Total:5
Dr Felipe Balocchi
Dr Mesfin Gossa
Dr Privilege Makunde
Dr Nam Pham
Dr Ariska van der NestDoctoral Students Total:38
Ms Omotayo Adegeye
Mr Harm Barten
Mr Johannes Christoff Joubert
Ms Claudette Dewing
Ms Firehiwot Eshetu
Mr Lihan Esterhuizen
Ms Caitlin Gevers
Ms Ginna M. Granados
Mr Mathew Harris
Mr Darryl Herron
Ms Vaylen Hlaka
Ms Sithembile Kunene
Ms Frances Lane
Mr GuoQing Li
Ms WenWen Li
Ms Kira Lynn
Ms Mabodiba Maake
Mr Mkhululi Maphosa
Mr Sicelo Masuku
Mr Lazarus Mavima
Ms Pfano Mbedzi
Mr Tshepo Joseph Mmushi
Mr Siphephelo Phungula
Ms Jenna-Lee Price
Ms Jane Baile Ramaswe
Ms Manchela Francinah Ratsoma
Ms Luki-Marie Scheepers
Mr Preston Shaw
Ms Nomfundo Shinga
Ms Myriam Solis
Ms Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry
Ms Cheyenne Theron
Mr Garyn Townsend
Ms Melandre Van Lill
Ms Nicole van Vuuren
Ms Lente van Zyl
Mr Edwin WanjofuMasters Students Total:36
Ms Jade Ashmore
Mr Adam Bazerbachi
Mr Callin Ceriani
Ms Deanné Du Plessis
Mr Taygen Fuchs
Mr Johan F. Griesel
Mr Christiaan Grobler
Mr Lehlohonolo Hlahane
Ms Zimazile Jazi
Ms Marizanne Jones
Mr Harris Keetse
Mr Nigel Kombora
Mr Kyle Leeuwendaal
Ms Chulumanco Majavu
Ms Idea Makowe
Ms Nomaswazi Maseko
Ms Ongeziwe Mbhele
Ms Kiara Munsamy
Ms Ruth Nante
Ms Anja Piso
Ms Lizzy Ramela
Ms Boitshoko Mercia Rammuki
Ms Vera Röder
Mr Alinaswe Selebi
Mr Drake Slabbert
Mr Michal Slupski
Mr Hannes Strydom
Ms Taponeswa Tasiya
Mr Grant Terblanche
Ms Elmarie van der Merwe
Ms Alida van Dijk 
Mr Bertus van Rooy
Ms Sumari Venter
Ms Anien Viljoen
Mr Nkhoye ZondoHonours Students Total:4
Ms Janie Coetzer
Mr Kyle Craninx
Ms Jennifer Gomes de Freitas 
Ms Jemma SmithNew Publications
Marais I, Buitendag C, Duong TA, Crampton BG, Theron J, Kidanemarium D, Berger DK. (2024) Double-stranded RNA uptake for the control of the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina. Plant Pathology Online first:1-11.
10.1111/ppa.13909
van Heerden A, Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Muro Abad JI, Durán A, Wilken PM. (2024) LAMP assay to detect Elsinoë necatrix; an important Eucalyptus shoot and leaf pathogen. Plant Disease
10.1094/PDIS-01-24-0086-RE
Silva GA, Oliveira MES, Rêgo GMS, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Ferreira MA. (2024) Chrysoporthe brasiliensis sp. nov. pathogenic to Melastomataceae in southeast Brazil. Fungal Biology
10.1016/j.funbio.2024.04.001
Van Lill M, Venter SN, Muema EK, Palmer M., Beukes CW, Chan WY, Steenkamp ET. (2024) SeqCode facilitates naming of South African rhizobia left in limbo. Systematics and Applied Microbiology 47(2-3):126504.
10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126504 
Dankie VN, Steenkamp ET, De Vos L, Swalarsk-Parry BS, Dewing C, Fru F, Wilken PM, Mchunu NP, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, van der Nest MA. (2024) Growth, pathogenicity and sexual fertility of the African tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus. Journal of Plant Pathology :1-11.
10.1007/s42161-024-01634-y