Visit to Belgium

An update from Dave, who has spent the last week in Belgium, and it has been already a most satisfying visit… First I spent the day (last Monday) at the Africa museum in Tervuren with Prof Hans Beeckman and Melissa Rousseau.  The xylarium is…

Xylem International Meeting to be held in Italy

The 4th Xylem International Meeting (XIM4) will take place at the Botanical Garden of the University of Padua on 25-27 September 2019. The participation is limited to 100 people.  Visit https://sisefnews.org/2018/11/20/4th-xylem-international-meeting/ for more information. XIM4 is a forum for discussing on the cutting edge topics related…

Eucalyptus in Scotland?

An interesting article in The Telegraph highlights the value of eucalypts as a forestry species in an unusual place: Scotland! “While farms struggle with the economics of cheap food, the UK’s thirst for biomass combined with government grants is turning some farmers into tree…

Join our team from 2020!

We are currently looking for our first post doctoral fellow, a technical offer to oversee the lab and for PhD and M.Sc. students! Please visit http://blogs.sun.ac.za/eucxylo/opportunities/ for more information.  A competitive tax-free stipend is available for the PDF, and above-average scholarships for the students.