{"id":67,"date":"2019-07-24T12:08:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsdev.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2019-07-24T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T12:08:50","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"[:en]Partners and Collaborators[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:en]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Active and open collaboration is an important part of our strategy in the<span style=\"color: #ff9900\"> EucXylo<\/span> program. We see linkages with the best possible people as the best possible route to success.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff9900\">EucXylo<\/span> requires expertise in a broad range of areas, and it is not feasible to have a full range of expertise in one person; or certainly, it&#8217;ll be very hard to find such a person!\u00a0 But it&#8217;s very possible to pull together a great team from the huge pool of talent at Stellenbosch University. This is what we&#8217;ve done!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogsdev.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/files\/2019\/08\/collaboration.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-245 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogsdev.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/files\/2019\/08\/collaboration-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #ff9900\">EucXylo<\/span> research program works with scientists from across Stellenbosch University&#8217;s faculties of <a href=\"https:\/\/agric.sun.ac.za\/\">AgriScience<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eng.sun.ac.za\/\">Engineering<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/faculty\/science\">Science<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogsdev.sun.ac.za\/eucxylo\/the-team\/#dave-drew\"><strong>Prof David Drew<\/strong> <\/a>(program leader; xylogenesis &amp; process modeling)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sun.academia.edu\/PaulHills\">Dr Paul Hills<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/faculty\/agri\/plant-biotech\">Institute for Plant Biotechnology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Guy_Midgley\">Prof Guy Midgley<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/pgstudies\/Pages\/Science\/Botany-and-Zoology.aspx\">Department of Botany and Zoology<\/a> in the Faculty of Science<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/afrikaans\/faculty\/science\/biochemistry\/research\/epigenomics-and-bioinformatics\/patterton-group\">Prof Hugh Patterton<\/a>, Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/faculty\/science\/sci-bioinformatics\">Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appliedmaths.sun.ac.za\/~adv\/Contact.html\">Dr. Andie de Villiers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/appliedmaths.sun.ac.za\/~nhale\/\">Prof Nick Hale<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/appliedmaths.sun.ac.za\/~wbrink\/\">Prof Willie Brink<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/appliedmaths.sun.ac.za\/\">Applied Mathematics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnmooregrapecellwall.blogspot.com\/\">Dr John Moore<\/a>, an expert in cell wall formation, based at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/faculty\/agri\/viticulture-oenology\">Department of Viticulture and Oenology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/martin-nieuwoudt-b2186b19\/?originalSubdomain=za\">Prof Martin Nieuwoudt<\/a>, head of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibe.sun.ac.za\/\">Institute for Biomedical Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/afrikaans\/faculty\/eng\/mechanical-mechatronic\/Pages\/Annie-Bekker-.aspx\">Dr Annie Bekker<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mecheng.sun.ac.za\/\">Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/afrikaans\/faculty\/agri\/forestry\/Documents\/Luvuyo.pdf\">Dr. Luvuyo Tyhoda, <\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/forestry\/people\/BdT\/\">Prof Ben Du Toit<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/academic.sun.ac.za\/forestry\/People\/mm\/index.html\">Prof Martina Meincken<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun.ac.za\/english\/faculty\/agri\/forestry\">Department of Forest and Wood Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinus.co.za\/\">Prof. Thinus Booysen<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ee.sun.ac.za\/\">Department of Electrical &amp; Electronic Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Such a diversity of skills at the University is extremely valuable for all researchers who are working within the <span style=\"color: #ff9900\">EucXylo<\/span> Chair. Students who are part of <span style=\"color: #ff9900\">EucXylo<\/span> will be able to easily access the extremely broad availability of expertise and facilities in the University through these partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>We also work closely with an expanding network of South African and international experts. Some of our collaborators and friends are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantecology.ugent.be\/people\/\">Prof Kathy Steppe<\/a> at Ghent University, Belgium<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www6.nancy.inra.fr\/silva\/Equipes-de-recherche\/EcoSILVA\/Personnels\/Pages-personnelles\/RATHGEBER-Cyrille\">Dr. Cyrille Rathgeber<\/a> at INRA, France<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/za.linkedin.com\/in\/jacob-crous-aaaa7980\">Dr. Jacob Crous<\/a> at SAPPI Forests Research, South Africa<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestquality.com\/\">Dr. Geoff Downes<\/a> at Forest Quality Inc., Australia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icfr.ukzn.ac.za\/staff\/ilaria-germishuizen\">Dr. Ilaria Germishuizen<\/a> at ICFR, South Africa<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/qaafi.uq.edu.au\/profile\/156\/jim-hanan\">Prof Jim Hanan<\/a> at University of Queensland, Australia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Thomas_Seifert2\">Prof Thomas Seifert<\/a> at University of Freiburg, Germany<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scu.edu.au\/about\/contacts\/staff-directory\/staff\/20686.php\">Prof Jerry Vanclay<\/a> at Southern Cross University, Australia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ugent.be\/bw\/environment\/en\/research\/woodlab\/Staff\/jan-van-den-bulcke.htm\">Prof Jan van den Bulcke<\/a> at Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africamuseum.be\/en\/staff\/1433\">M\u00e9lissa Rousseau<\/a>, Scientific collaborator at the Royal Africa Museum, Belgium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are also proud members of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/qwa-net.com\/\">Q-Net network<\/a> of scholars using Quantitative Wood Anatomy.[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:en] Active and open collaboration is an important part of our strategy in the EucXylo program. 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