The Hans Merensky Chair in Measuring and Modelling Eucalypt Growth & Wood Formation
Understanding growth in the world's most widely planted hardwoods
Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Hans Merensky
Post authored by Dr Michelle Eckert EucXylo had the privilege of joining our sibling groups (also funded by the Hans Merensky Foundation) to celebrate the legacy that Dr. Merensky left behind over the course of a 3-day trip. On arrival, we took an amazing tour of…
EucXylo hosts its annual HMF research day!
Post authored by Dr Letitia Schoeman This year, the Hans Merensky Research Chair in Advanced Modelling of Eucalypt Wood Formation, also known as EucXylo, hosted its annual Hans Merensky Foundation (HMF) Research Day on the 3rd of October 2022. The meeting was held as a semi-hybrid…
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…