Mandy Messal

My 2nd PhD publication is live! 🥳Fungal Communities of Eucalyptus grandis Leaves Are Influenced by the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa🥳 bit.ly/3qR4qwh @FrontMicrobiol @Fabiteam1

Congratulations to our Spring graduates! fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/news… #fabinews via @Fabiteam1

Hiring! We are looking for a pathologist to join our team @scion_research. If you ❤️ looking at fungi, want to contribute to the health 💪🏽 of Aotearoa New Zealand's forests, and do some cool science 😎 with great people 🤩, then this job is for you 👍🏼 #sol=f13dde3e4f49af9df1cfb0f8502932d1a8561a14" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">seek.co.nz/job/68238366?t…

"Mandy makes it six" I can proudly report that I have finished my PhD. An exciting period in my life comes to an end and new endevours are on the horizon. fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/news… #fabinews via @Fabiteam1

Research Culture: Highlighting the positive aspects of being a PhD student doi.org/10.7554/eLife.…

Do you feel like the effort and quality of a manuscript needs to increase in proportion with the months you have sat on a draft. My lit review should be a @nature paper now 😭 #AcademicTwitter #phdlife #phdchat @AcademicChatter

@LTranslat3d @Nature @AcademicChatter you and me both Darryl 🙈🙈 Good luck 🧑‍💻

Sentient Media is doing excellent work reporting and visualizing data on the new epidemic strain of bird influenza. The situation in Iowa is completely out of control. It’s virtually a state-sized factory farming sacrifice zone — a massive public health risk.

Eeee! I always get so excited to see SmWoef and today he is showing off his new in-house built sensor payload! #EBIT #SmWoef #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @UPnasagric @Fabiteam1 @FutureAfricaUP

We met a little guy today 🤖 Learned so much about the future of remote sensing in forest and agricultural pathology at the #TPCP2022! @Fabiteam1 @FutureAfricaUP @UPnasagric

PhD student, Phumlani Nzuza, talks about remote sensing of 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 sp. 2. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP @UPPlantAndSoil @ResearchUP

When your dream is to fly. Phumlani is a trained drone pilot putting his skills to the test to study some of SA's invasive pests I suppose it's true that @UPTuks says fly@UP... Literally! #TPCP2022 @Fabiteam1

Tsepang Polaki, MSc student, presents on using AI to unlock weather data for forestry and agricultural plant health management. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP @UPPlantAndSoil @ResearchUP

It is now time for the panel discussion - sensors, data and the future of plant health. On the panel: Profs Wynand Steyn, Vukosi Marivate, Wouter Maes and Trudi Joubert. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP @UPPlantAndSoil @ResearchUP

Lihan Esterhuizen, FABI MSc student, presents on early detection of root diseases using hyperspectral sensing of root diseases in leaves of 𝘌𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘴. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP @UPPlantAndSoil @ResearchUP

FABI MSc student, Hannes Strydom, talks about connecting data using the Information Hub, with a live demo. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP @UPPlantAndSoil @ResearchUP

Benedicta Swalarsk-Parry (@Swalarsk_B) presented her speed-talk on Understanding Virulence in 𝘍𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP

Dr Janneke Aylward presented her work titled: Towards Marker-assisted Breeding: The Role of Pathogen Genetics in 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴 Disease Symptoms. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @FutureAfricaUP @UPnasagric

Dr Gudrun Dittrich-Schröder presented her talk on: Progress with Developing Gene Editing Tools for Pest Management. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @FutureAfricaUP @UPnasagric

Prof Wynand Steyn kicking of the second day of the 2022 TPCP meeting by talking about how technology and engineering can improve biology research. #TPCP2022 #CPHB2022 @Fabiteam1 @UPnasagric @FutureAfricaUP @UPPlantAndSoil @ResearchUP