New paper in “Frontiers”

Dave Drew was part of the team of authors led by Dr. Annemarie Eckes-Shepard who recently had a new paper, entitled “Wood formation modelling – a research review and future perspectives”, published in Frontiers in Plant Science. This is a comprehensive review, covering 16…

Oluwaseun graduates

Oluwaseun recently received his M.Sc. degree during the December graduation, which took place at Stellenbosch University from 13 to 16 December 2021. This year the graduation ceremony followed a hybrid model where small physical (face-to-face) ceremonies, as well as virtual faculty-specific graduation ceremonies were…

Dave visits kwaMbonambi industry trials

Prof Dave Drew attended a workshop hosted by Prof Zander Myburg, University of Pretoria, in kwaMbonambi on 28th February. The meeting was to bring together stakeholders and current/potential future participants in a new project which Prof Myburg is leading to undertake “…large-scale genome sequencing…

Prof K. von Gadow guest lecture

Prof Klaus von Gadow is visiting South Africa at the moment. We were very glad when he agreed on Tuesday 1st March to give a guest lecture to the 3rd year Growth and Yield students! He was able to bring to them a wonderful…

Visit to Prof Jim Hanan opens some exciting opportunities

In May 2019, Dave Drew visited Prof Jim Hanan at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia, to discuss opportunities to work together on aspects of the Hans Merensky EucXylo Chair. Jim has a large amount of experience in using L-systems (Lindenmayer systems) to…

Prof von Gadow honoured with honorary doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela

We are thrilled to congratulate Prof Klaus von Gadow on the recent investiture of the degree Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Klaus is an extraordinary Professor with Forest and Wood Science, and a close friend of all of us here…

New HMF EucXylo Research Chair Contract Signed

The the new Hans Merensky Research Chair in Advanced Modelling of Eucalyptus Wood Formation, or “EucXylo” has officially started!  The contract formalizing the start of the new 10-year initiative was signed on Friday 17th May 2019 by Dr Khotso Mokhele (President of the Board…