FMG - EPPI Group holds a successful Research Symposium
The Forest Molecular Genetics Eucalyptus and Pine Pathogen Interactions (FMG-EPPI) research group…
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Research Fellow Represents South Africa at International Biosafety Symposium in Belgium
From 2-6 November, FABI Research Fellow Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder attended the International…
Third Annual Meeting of the Sporidesmin-Induced Liver Disease (SILD) Programme
The 3 rd Annual Meeting of the Sporidesmin-Induced Liver Disease (SILD) Programme was held at FABI…
Three FABI SCIENTISTS Included on the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List
FABI is proud to announce that three of our researchers have been named on the 2025 Clarivate…
The FABI mentorship program celebrates a successful year
The FABI mentorship program welcomed a record 30 undergraduate students into the program in 2025.…
FABI hosts a joint IUFRO Working party meeting
FABI was honoured to host the Joint International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)…
FABI hosts a chemical ecology practicum
The African Centre for Chemical Ecology in FABI hosted the first chemical ecology practicum from…
FABIans participate in the Marcus Wallenberg Symposium 2025
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize (MWP) is an international award that recognises, encourages, and…
The FMG-EPPI Team Undertakes a Large-Scale Field Inoculation and Tissue Sampling Fieldtrip
The members of the FMG EPPI team recently departed on an eleven-day field trip to Richards Bay,…
Dr Andrew Hayes presents a special seminar in FABI
Dr Andrew Hayes a Forest Health Research Fellow with the Forest Industries Research Centre at…
Aaron shines at the 2025 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition
Aaron Harvey , a PhD candidate from FABI ’s Hans Merensky Chair in Avocado Research , placed second…
FABIans at the Sixth BISMiS Meeting in China
Professor Fanus Venter , the President-elect of BISMiS and PhD candidate Melandré van Lill…
FABIans honoured at the University of Pretoria’s Academic Achievers’ Awards
FABI is proud of all the MANCOM members whose hard work and dedication was honoured at the…
Polish collaborators visit FABI
FABI hosted a visit by two collaborators, Prof. Piotr Boroń of the University of Agriculture in…
FABIans package 1.5t of maize seed for cultivar trials
An enthusiastic group of about 20 FABIans recently gathered in the FABI Auditorium to package more…
Macadamia group engages with Prof. André Drenth
Professor André Drenth , a world-renowned plant pathologist from the Queensland Alliance for…
FABI Researchers strengthen Mycobiomics collaborations in Austria and Germany
As the final part of the Mycobiomics project, supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions…
Claudette Dewing completes Her PhD on fungal diversity in dairy pastures
FABI recently celebrated the successful completion of Claudette Dewing’s PhD. Claudette presented…
Prof. Mike Wingfield awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU)
FABI is proud of its founding Director Prof. Mike Wingfield who was awarded an honorary doctorate…
CMW and CMW-IA represented at the 2025 Joint Biobanking Conference
Between 29 September and 3 October, a joint conference was held at the serene Kirstenbosch National…