FABI researchers visit the Baviaanskloof
During late January, Professors Mike and Brenda Wingfield visited the Baviaanskloof area as guests…
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RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme symposium held in Indonesia
FABI Professors Irene Barnes , Brett Hurley and Mike Wingfield recently spent a week with APRIL…
FABI hosts Tanager for a Grain Research Alignment Workshop
On 16-17 February 2026, FABI hosted a five-member delegation from Tanager for a focused workshop to…
Economics of biodiversity loss in South Africa: A “think tanking” exercise
On 13 February, FABI researchers, Professors Brenda and Mike Wingfield joined Professors Adrian…
FABI welcomes a new group of Interns
FABI welcomed five new candidates in the Centre for Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) Internship in…
Love is in the air at FABI
February is the month of love and FABI ’s reception area got a makeover on 13 February celebrating…
Dr Andrew Morris presents an introduction to forestry course in FABI
On 10 February, 60 FABI postgraduate students and researchers attended a one-day ‘introduction to…
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Reflections from FABI
Today, 11 February 2026 , marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science , established…
FABI and the ICFR combine expertise in Ethiopia
In January FABI researchers Professors Brett Hurley , Irene Barnes and Bernard Slippers joined…
Anneri starts the year on a high!
FABI celebrated the first Prestige Seminar of the year, that of Anneri Lötter on 22 January,…
FABI bids the CPHB Interns farewell
The 2025 cohort of interns from the Centre for Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) Internship in…
A second fungal genome assembly workshop held in FABI
From 12 to 16 January 2026, Dr Janneke Alyward and Dr Andi Wilson hosted a Genome Assembly Workshop…
FABI fabulous at the 54th Biennial SASPP meeting
A large group of FABI ans, including academic and technical staff members, postdoctoral Fellows and…
Continuing the search for beetle-loving yeasts
The 2021 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust to FABI ’s Prof.…
New Pine Bark Beetle-Fungus Project Launched
A chance meeting between Dr Marta Kovač of the Croatian Forest Research Institute and FABI ’s Prof.…
Dr Motselise Koetle visits the Host Pathogen Interactions and Bacterial Genomics Group at FABI
Dr Motselisi Koetle visited the Host Pathogen Interactions and Bacterial Genomics Group (HPI)…
Phumlani Nzuza successfully defends his PhD
Phumlani Nzuza has ended the year on a high with the successful defence of his PhD on Friday 5…
The FMG-EPPI team visit Lochaber Farms for a Macadamia field trip
Members of the Forest Molecular Genetics and Eucalyptus Pine Pathogen Interactions (FMG-EPPI) team…
FABI celebrates the culmination of another fabulous year
FABI was formally established as a stand-alone post-graduate research Institute at the University…
Farewell to Dr Nicky Creux
On Monday, 24 November, the FABI team gathered to bid farewell to colleague and friend Dr Nicky…