APPF to feature in ABC Catalyst’s “Feeding Australia”
Earlier this year the team from ABC Catalyst visited the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus to film segments for an upcoming program on [...]
Full program for IPPS 2018 in October announced!
The 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, titled ‘From plant, to data, to impact’, will be held in Adelaide, South Australia from 2-5 October 2018. The interesting and diverse program [...]
On the path of most resistance – hunting combined stress tolerant crops
Arun Shanker and Robert Coe at the HRPPC, the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's CSIRO hosted node An international collaboration tackling a shared challenge – the search for combined [...]
We’re bugging out!
What are ‘good bugs’? What is Integrated Pest Management? What is the APPF’s approach to a harmonious plant growth environment? Science fiction couldn’t write it better… ‘A wasp homes in [...]
Invitation to attend: “Food for the future demands radical agriculture: the C4 rice challenge”
Speaker: Professor Jane Langdale, University of Oxford Date: 26 April 2018, 4:30 pm followed by a networking event Location: Discovery Centre, North Road, CSIRO Black Mountain, Canberra ACT Contact: Gonzalo.Estavillo@csiro.au [...]
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Australian & New Zealand Fellowship applications close soon!
Applications for the 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Australian & New Zealand Fellowships are now open. The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science initiative began in 1998 and since that [...]
Join us for a presentation by Dr April Agee Carroll, AeroFarms®
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is pleased to be hosting Dr April Agee Carroll from AeroFarms®, one of the leading vertical agriculture companies in the US. Previously Director [...]
Join us! We are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Hyperspectral Imaging
Applications close 18 February, 2018 Do you have a background in hyperspectral imaging? Would you like to work with a team who truly love what they do? We are offering [...]
New discovery to accelerate development of salt-tolerant grapevines
A recent discovery by Australian scientists is likely to improve the sustainability of the Australian wine sector and significantly accelerate the breeding of more robust salt-tolerant grapevines. With funding from [...]
China taps into Australian plant phenomics expertise
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's (APPF) Dr Trevor Garnett and Dr Xavier Sirault are delighted to have been invited as a feasibility evaluation experts to review the Nanjing Agricultural University's [...]
Breeders and researchers unite to accelerate variety advances
Wheat variety development has been given an important boost through a new research hub that pairs three universities with three breeding companies to advance and potentially speed-up new trait discoveries. [...]
Help us make research data FAIR
ANDS, Nectar and RDS have launched a short survey on the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and would like to ask everybody working with research data to help [...]
Collaborating for the common good: CIMMYT and CSIRO meet to capitalise on strengths
Plant scientists around the world share a common goal: understanding plants to improve their tolerance of environmental stresses, resist disease and ultimately, increase yield. Global collaborations that share knowledge and [...]
Turbo charging crops to feed the billions: An interview with Prof Bob Furbank
The former Director of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility's Canberra node at CSIRO, Professor Bob Furbank, has given an excellent interview on ABC Radio, discussing plant research and the global [...]
Let’s get social!
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility has joined the Twittersphere! Join us @AustPlantPhenom.
Fertiliser start-up gets a boost at APPF
Resource Recovery Australia together with CSIRO, Cape York Partnership, Balkanu and Kalan Enterprises are developing new income streams for Cape York’s Aboriginal communities by producing organic soil-conditioners from an unlikely [...]
A visit from the Global Plant Council
We love visits from our global plant science community, so it was a treat to host Ruth Bastow, Executive Director of the Global Plant Council (GPC), this week. While she [...]
An exciting offer of help for significant plant science research projects
Do you have an exceptional plant science research project destined to deliver high impact outcomes for Australian agriculture? Do you need access to plant phenotyping capabilities? The Phenomics Infrastructure for [...]
Taking five with… Michael Schaefer
The three national nodes of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) are home to a highly talented team of plant science researchers and specialists. This passionate, cross-disciplinary team is skilled [...]
Spreading the word on great plant science
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will appear in the media twice this week, promoting the importance of plant science. The Stock Journal ran an article today (27 April) featuring [...]