Dr Neriman Yilmaz represents FABI at the 46th Mycotoxin Workshop in Italy
Dr Neriman Yilmaz recently participated in the 46th Mycotoxin Workshop in Martina Franca, Italy.
Dr Neriman Yilmaz recently participated in the 46th Mycotoxin Workshop in Martina Franca, Italy.
Twenty five international delegates attending the Mycobiomics Conference at FABI were given a tour of FABI by the founding Director, Prof. Mike Wingfield.
Professor Romina Gaziz from the University of Florida’s Tropical Research and Education Centre recently visited FABI to attend and participate in the 36th Annual Meeting TPCP.
FABI celebrated the successful completion of Melissa Joubert’s PhD that has lays the foundation for understanding a viroid impacting avocado.
The group of CPHB Interns were given the opportunity to visit the NAMPO Harvest Day 2025 through the generous sponsorship of Grain SA.
Congratulations to all the FABIans that were capped at the University of Pretoria’s Autumn Graduation!
FABI was honoured to host a visit by a delegation from Egypt’s Suez University.
An energetic group of FABIans gathered at the University of Pretoria’s LC de Villiers Sports Campus on 15 April to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day. Prof. An informal but highly competitive game of baseball was enjoyed by all followed by the singing of the unofficial anthem of North American Baseball, ‘Take me out to the ball game’.
FABIans took some time off to enjoy the traditional annual Easter Tea on the morning of 16 April.
Congratulations to Dr Tanay Bose on receiving his Y1 rating from the NRF.
Professor Irene Barnes presented her inaugural address in the University of Pretoria’s Senate Chamber on 9 April, marking the inauguration of her acceptance as a full Professor.
Prof. Cobus Visagie represented FABI at the recent Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute's Spring Symposium.
Congratulations to Prof. Chris Weldon on presented his inaugural lecture as full Professor.
Prof. Cobus Visagie received the prestigious Johanna Westerdijk Award for outstanding contribution to the culture collection of the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute in the Netherlands.
Prof. Martina Šeruga Musić from the University of Zagreb presented a talk on her research work during a recent visit to the Institute.
FABans Steven Shange and Josias Letaoana completed the iconic Two Oceans Marathon as part of their preparation for the gruelling Comrades Marathon.
FABIans were treated to a unique opportunity to view the new Planet Fungi documentary movie ‘Follow the Rain’.
FABIans joined international collaborators in southern and central Ethiopia to investigate insect pests and diseases affecting moringa and eucalypt trees in those regions.
Several FABIans attended the recent 4th Annual Research Day in Potchefstroom.
FABI will host the first-ever IUFRO Working Party 07.02.09 Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems conference in Africa.
A group of second year undergraduate students visited the FABI Biocontrol and Insect Rearing Facility as part of their Crop Protection course.
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.