Dr Saunders attended Berlin conference in July

Alta Saunders attended the Sixth international conference on Plant Vascular Biology (held from July 17th to 21st) in Berlin, Germany (https://www.pvb2022.org/abstract-book/). She presented a poster on her research entitled “Modelling drought responses of Eucalyptus using photosynthetic gain and hydraulic risk”. The poster can be…

EucXylo Writing Retreat

Post authored by Yenziwe Mbuyisa I recently read an article by the Enago Academy that spoke of the prevalent loneliness experienced by academics. The long hours that academics spend alone reading, writing, and analyzing a niche interest can easily lead to many academics feeling…

University of Freiburg collaboration continues!

Post authored by Ph.D. candidate Rafael Keret In light of the recent success in achieving high quality microsections from E.grandis stem segments (see “Embedding and sectioning success” blog), Eucxylo were ready to continue the collaboration with the University of Freiburg to find the best method…

New paper in Current Forestry Reports

Prof Drew was the lead author of a new review entitled “A Review of Progress and Applications in Wood Quality Modelling” in Current Forestry Reports, a leading journal with an impact factor of 10.975 (2021). In addition to Dave Drew, the authorship team consisted…

Tzaneen data collection expedition

Post authored by Matthew van Eyssen In June 2022, I had the privilege to visit the beautiful town of Tzaneen in Limpopo, South Africa. Working with the Hans Merensky Foundation, my tree data was collected from two of their long-rotation Eucalyptus grandis PSP’s (Permanent…

Update on Letitia’s CT scanning experiment

Post authored by Dr Letitia Schoeman In an effort to explore X-ray computed tomography (CT) as a non-destructive approach to visualise and quantify the developmental processes in differentiating xylem in eucalypts, an experiment was developed to investigate how the water availability preceding a severe drought…

EucXylo members participate in Data Carpentry workshop

Post authored by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Kim Martin Over 20 eager AgriScience researchers (including EucXylo M.Sc. Candidate Lucy Nevhungwili) were treated to a 4-day Data Carpentry workshop last week, hosted by RSE@SUN and Dr Jan Greyling of the AgroInformatics Initiative at Stellenbosch University. A…

Gugu Gama attends ESI-UNAM Joint School 2022

Post authored by Gugu Gama Gugu Gama from EucXylo attended a scientific communication workshop in Namibia from 13-17 June 2022. This workshop was organized by Stellenbosch University as part of their Emerging Scholars Initiative (ESI). The program runs as joint school with the University of…

EucXylo attends a very informative public speaking workshop

Post authored by Lucy Nevhungwili Public speaking is one of the most important skills in science, however it is often difficult for the speakers to present a talk that is interesting and more receivable by the audience. To tackle that problem, the EucXylo research group…

We’re still looking for a new post-doc!

Towards developing a new series of such sites in South Africa, tentatively named the “Open Air Forest Laboratories”, we are still seeking a post-doc candidate to design a forest research experiment to support future forest research, with a particular focus on managed eucalypt plantation…