FABI recently welcomed a group of Grade 11 learners from Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) as part of an ongoing outreach initiative designed to showcase opportunities in scientific research.
FABI celebrated the completion of Mary Ranketse's PhD journey at her Prestige Seminar “Genome sequences and molecular resources for Macadamia tree breeding in South Africa”.
Phinda's PhD project on the devastating White root rot pathogen Dematophora necatrix is of great importance to the local Avocado industry.
South African Soil SurveY (SASSY) recently headed to the Kruger National Park to collect soil samples as part of its fungal biodiversity survey.
FABIans welcomed a potentially crucial weapon in managing the macadamia pest, commonly known as Macadamia felted coccid.
Two FABI students participate in a FAO webinar highlighting career paths in forest health.
FABI and the FMG-EPPI programme recently co-hosted the Regional Plant Biotechnology Forum 2025
FABI hosted a strategy planning meeting with research collaborators from the ICFR.
The FABI mentorship programme has reached an exciting milestone in 2025, welcoming a record-breaking 30 undergraduate students.
FABI's Professors Bret Hurley and Bernard Slippers are editors of a newly-published book with specific focus on the biological control of insect pests in plantation forestry.
Members of the Macadamia protection programme recently conducted a research visit to the lowveld region of Mpumalanga.
Several FABI scientists participated in the recent IUGRO webinar celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Professor Mike Wingfield recently had the privilege of joining a group of biologists and mycophiles on a visit to the strikingly beautiful Miombo woodlands in the Muchinga region of northern Zambia.
More than 150 FABI postgraduate students, research Fellows and staff members participated in the recent CPHB strategy session report back meeting.
FABI welcomed six new members joining the CPHB Internship in Phytosanitation and Biosecurity.
The FABI team had the pleasure to congratulate Kira Lynn on completing her PhD.
The recently appointed UP Vice Chancellor and Principal, Prof. Francis Petersen attended the Institute’s regular Monday Morning Meeting on 27 January
Plant ecophysiologist Dr Richard Hammond of the University of Florida presented a special seminar in FABI on 21 January.
FABI said goodbye to its 2024 cohort of Interns in the CPHB Internship Programme in Phytosanitation and Biosecurity during a ceremony on 17 February.
FABIans Dr Neriman Yilmaz and Prof. Cobus Visagie recently visited Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic as part of the Mycobiomics project.
FABI is a research partner in the recently launched five-year project ‘Management of forest pests and diseases of forest crops in Ethiopia’.
FABIans celebrated the end of another successful year at the yearend function held at the Sanlam Conference Centre on the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus.
FABI congratulates Prof. Mike Wingfield on being included on the Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers 2024 for the eight consecutive year!
FABI is very proud of its four Mancom members (and one former member) that were recognised at the recent UP Academic Achievers’ Awards.
On 4 December, FABI hosted a visit by a group from Sappi’s Mpumalanga forestry operations.
FABI recently hosted a visit by Prof. Marc Stadler, and three of his PhD students from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Germany.
FABI congratulates Phrasia Mapfumo on the successful completion of her PhD degree.
FABI recently hosted the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Sporidesmin-Induced Liver Disease (SILD) Programme.
The Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) fungal culture collection (CMW) and the CMW-IA culture collection in FABI have a new curator.
The RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme (THP) held its annual symposium in Indonesia.
The city of Tshwane hosted a public on-line symposium including three presentations, one of which was by FABI Professor Mike Wingfield.
FABI celebrated the completion of training of 18 mentorship students in the CPHB and TPCP.
FABI's Phytosanitation and Biosecurity interns attended a weeklong Phytosanitation course facilitated by Marianna Theyse from PhytoSolutions Consultancy.
Members of the TPCP joined forestry industry partners to investigate the cause of the sudden decline of Eucalyptus clones in Mpumalanga.
Three FABI PhD candidates are currently in Austria working with research partners as part of the EU-funded Mycobiomics project.