Biotech Fundi award winners from FMG
Every year the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (GDARD) , in partnership…
FABI News
Latest news, announcements and updates from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute
First FABI webinar a great success!
On Thursday, 14 August, Prof. Zander Myburg and Mrs Marja O’Neill from the Forest Molecular…
Microscopy course for beginners in FABI
The second beginners microscopy course for 2014 was hosted on 15 August in the FABI microscope…
Bringing research and technology to the emerging maize farmer community
Members of the MPPI group ( Prof Dave Berger , Ncobile Kunene , Elelwani Ramulifho) went out of…
Researchers from RAIZ Forestry Research, Portugal, visit FABI
Drs Cristina Marques and Catarina Gonclaves visited FABI from 12 to 13 August to discuss future…
Webinar on High-throughput SNP genotyping co-presented by FABI staff
In this free webinar for researchers at the University of Pretoria, Prof Zander Myburg and Marja…
More news from IMC10
During the past week 15 FABIans, several ex-FABIans, and many collaborators of FABI participated in…
FABIans making an impact at IMC10, Bangkok
The 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC) is currently (3-8 August) taking place in…
SPOOF 2014 - What a CIRCUS!!!
The 18th annual meeting of the Epsilon Chapter of the Society for the Presentation of Outrageous…
Myrtle Rust Pathogen now also in Limpopo
In May 2013 the Myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, was detected for the first time in South…
TPCP team members attend the Biennial Forest Science Symposium
A team of researchers linked to the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) at FABI attended…
Genetics and Genomics expertise at UP tapped for Gates Foundation project on Cassava Brown Streak Disease
Teddy Amuge, Esther Masumba and Inosters Nzuki are PhD students registered at the University of…
Tondani Kone passes his MSc!
Tondani Kone, one of the students in the TPCP programme, just heard that he passed his MSc.…
Marike du Plessis passes her MSc cum laude!
Marike du Plessis received the results of her MSc thesis examination last week. The reports of the…
FABI welcomes Kabelo Nzima, our new Information Specialist
This morning at the Monday Morning Meeting, Prof Mike Wingfield , director of FABI, welcomed and…
Review published for book on mushrooms stamps
Earlier this year, we reported here on a book on mushroom stamps collected by the late Prof Wally…
Ariska van der Nest passes her MSc!
This week Ariska van der Nest received the reports of her MSc examiners which were very positive…
FABI students participate in UP with Science
UP with Science – What did your steak have for lunch? This year the annual science enrichment…
Our NSTF award winner making headlines
Several newspapers published feature articles on the NSTF awards of last week, where Prof Brenda…
Eddy Onkendi's PhD chapter features as cover story for Plant Pathology
During the past week Dr Lucy Moleleki , leader of the Bacterial Genomics and Host Pathogen…