APPF staff lead the way to green gold for ANU
APPF staff at our ANU Canberra node have earned a Gold award for sustainability in the 2022 Green Impact program. Led by Dr Frederike Stock, a team calling themselves the [...]
First nations knowledge in Australian research
As part of NAIDOC Week 2022, Australia's national research infrastructure recognised Indigenous knowledge and research. APPF is proud to be contributing its skills and resources to research based on First [...]
APPF researchers support bushfire recovery
Researchers at the Australian National University Plant Phenomics Facility, a Canberra-based Node of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, have used sophisticated phenotyping technology to identify Eucalyptus seedlings that will provide [...]
Postgraduate Internship grants at the APPF are open now!!
The next round of Postgraduate Internship Awards at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) are now open Applications close – 15 April 2020 (Round 1) and 30 November 2020 (Round [...]
Exciting new technology for CT scanning of wheat grains for stress tolerance to arrive at APPF in late 2020
Scientists have developed a computed tomography (CT) scanning method for screening large samples of wheat for drought and heat tolerance. They believe the new system will allow more accurate and [...]
Optimal design for adaptive smoothing splines
A research team from CSIRO Data61 and the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) have derived a method for obtaining D-optimal designs for temporal data by proposing incorporating the curvature (or [...]
Cameras can see beyond a plant’s surface for trait ID
Brooke Bruning at the hyperspectral plant imaging station located at the end of a conveyer belt that moves potted wheat plants through The Plant Accelerator®, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility. [...]
Postgraduate Internship grants at the APPF are open now!!
The next round of Postgraduate Internship Awards at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) are now open Applications close – 30 November 2019 This is an exciting opportunity to be [...]
I spy: Enhanced camera network to track environmental change
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility is partnering with fellow NCRIS-enabled infrastructure TERN to significantly upgrade TERN's nation-wide network of time-lapse cameras that monitor the timing of vegetation development, including flowering, [...]
Wheat is one step closer to photosynthesis-based yield gains
Exciting research is carried out every day by users of the APPF’s technology and facilities. Here we share another inspirational story…. Professor John Evans of the Australian National University. [...]
Australian wheat shows resistance to devastating disease
Exciting research is carried out every day by users of the APPF’s technology and facilities. Here we share another inspirational story…. Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shown [...]
Could you be our next Technology and Development Leader in plant phenomics? Apply now!
The Plant Accelerator® has new state-of-the-art equipment arriving soon to enable innovative plant phenomics studies in controlled environments and the field. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join [...]
The APPF appoints new Executive Director, Dr Susie Robinson
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) has appointed Dr Susie Robinson as Executive Director to drive future success. Dr Robinson brings a depth of experience across research, higher education and [...]
Fungi that cheat
Postgraduate Internship Award (PIA) recipient, Emi Stuart, talks about her research with eucalypts at the APPF Emi, in simple terms, what your research is about? My PhD project explores "cheating" [...]
‘Taking 5’ with past Postgraduate Internship Award (PIA) recipient – Yoav Yichie
Can you share with us in the simplest terms what your research is about? The aim of my research is to explore some of the great genetic diversity of the [...]
Could you be our next Business Manager? Applications for this Adelaide-based role are now open.
We are seeking a highly organised and outcome focused Business Manager to join our dynamic and multi-disciplinary team of experts at the APPF's Adelaide node, The Plant Accelerator®, located at [...]
‘Depressed’ plants
Research in a new paper shows that the interaction of plants and soil fungi – mycorrhiza – does not always benefit the plant. Beneficial soil microbes such as mycorrhizal fungi [...]
Plant phenotyping with Uncle Sam – Brooke Bruning’s trip to the USA
APPF and University of Adelaide PhD student, Brooke Bruning, shares experiences from her recent trip to Phenome 2019 and Purdue University, USA. Phenome Conference 2019 | 6 - 9 February [...]
Job opportunity: Executive Director, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility
An outstanding opportunity exists for an exceptional leader and communicator with an entrepreneurial vision to lead the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) and drive the development and implementation of the [...]
Shared knowledge helps accelerate research results for global benefit in C4 rice project
High-throughput 'Setraia virids' mutant populations at IRRI - (Image source: C4 Rice Centre IRRI) Setaria viridis successfully screened for mutants with altered CO2 compensation points using high-throughput [...]