CMW and CMW-IA represented at the 2025 Joint Biobanking Conference
The curator of the CMW and CMW-IA in FABI, Nicole van Vuuren, presented at the recent joint Biobanks conference.
The curator of the CMW and CMW-IA in FABI, Nicole van Vuuren, presented at the recent joint Biobanks conference.
Three FABIans competed in the he University of Pretoria’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
FABI’s annual Spring Day event was celebrated with a Beach Party in the FABI courtyard
FABI was wel represented at the recent South African Macadamia industry's annual conference.
The South African Society for Systematic Biologists Conference 2025 was recently held at FABI at the University of Pretoria.
Congratulations to the 13 FABIans that were capped at the UP Spring Graduation.
Members of the KPP were in the field to set up trials for the upcoming season.
Congratulations to Caitlin Gevers the successful completion of her PhD and being capped at the UP Spring Graduation.
FABI Prof. Brenda Wingfield is featured in a newly published book celebrating 20 Years of inspiring South African Women in Science
Professor Almuth Hammerbacher was awarded the Scientific Committee Award in recognition of her contribution to chemical ecology research in the Global South
Professor Dave Berger recently visited two iconic Botanical research institutions in the UK
Four members of the TPCP extension team recently completed an extensive field visit to the Eastern Cape.
FABI celebrated the successful completion of the PhD of one of its most recognisable and passionate students, Darryl Herron.
FABI Professor Lucy Moleleki was honoured as a ‘distinguished woman researcher’ at the 2025 South African Women in Science Awards
Six of FABI’s interns were invited to attend the South African Cultivar and Technology Agency’s (SACTA) Annual Stakeholder Meeting.
FABI Director, Prof. Bernard Slippers has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Award
Two FABI women's research excellence recognised at the 2025 Sh is Forestry SA Awards.
Two FABIans visited the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (WI, Utrecht, the Netherlands) for three months as part of the EU-funded Mycobiomics project.
Congratulations to Mathew Harris on successfully completing his PhD!
FABI PhD candidate, Innocent Rakubu travelled to Chile to attend the SIPS 2025 meeting.
A group from UP attended the recent 50th Annual Conference of the South African Association of Botany
World-renowned forest entomologist and plant pathologist Prof. Kier Klepzig recently visited FABI.
Congratulations to Garyn Townsend on successfully completing his PhD that sheds light of the impact of the PSHB on native South African forests.
A multidisciplinary team collaborating across faculties and with FABI researchers has been awarded first prize in UP's Senate Conference Research Project Call.
FABI recently hosted the first FABI Grain Research Programme (GRP) Student Research Day.
FABI recently welcomed the Agricol sunflower breeding and production team from Potchefstroom to the first FABI-Agricol research day.
In mid-July the Director of FABI, Prof. Bernard Slippers, visited the UK to engage with colleagues in mycology and forestry.
Two FABIans attended the recent 93rd Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America (MSA).
FABIans Prof. Brenda Wingfield and Prof. Cobus Visagie were part of teams that were successfully awarded funding from the Wellcome Trust.
FABI postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Phrasia Mapfumo recently represented Institute at the prestigious New Phytologist Symposium in Estonia.
FABI had a strong presence at the 24th Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA), with 18 members in attendance.
FABIans once again got the opportunity to share which TV series they really enjoyed watching over the past year.
FABI recently hosted a meeting to establish linkages between medical mycologists and those working mainly on fungi in the environment.
FABI is proud of Steven Shange and Josias Letaoana who conquered the gruelling Comrades Marathon.