Research trip expands CT Scanning capabilities
The team at The Plant Accelerator® is working to offer researchers greater insights from X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) scanning of plants – and particularly in vivo roots. Resident CT scanning [...]
APPF welcomes new Interim Executive Director
The APPF has welcomed a new Interim Executive Director in Richard Dickmann, who has taken over from Dr Susie Robinson. Susie recently resigned from her role as APPF Executive Director [...]
APPF data team to lead national crop research data project
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) will partner with the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) to lead a three-year project aimed at standardising access to Australia’s crop research data assets. [...]
Postgraduate Internship Award recipients announced
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility has announced the recipients of its November 2022 Postgraduate Internship Awards. Rucha Patil from the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, and Isobella Revell from [...]
APPF supports SABRE alliance
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility is one of the foundation members of the Safeguarding Australia through Biotechnology Response and Engagement (SABRE) Alliance. SABRE was launched by the Department of Defence in [...]
Towards more accessible data
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility is working to meet the highest standards for research data management. Crop phenomics is about characterising plant behaviour in a particular environment and fundamentally involves [...]
Recognising our infrastructure specialists
At the APPF, our Infrastructure Specialists are vital to our capabilities and our capacity to deliver cutting-edge phenomics for clients and partners. With that in mind, APPF Executive Director Dr [...]
APPF proudly supports Plants For Space!
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is proud to announce we are a supporting partner for the newly announced Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Plants For Space [...]
Connecting and cooperating: ICRI 2022
The biennial International Conference for Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2022) was held in Brno, Czech Republic, from 19th to 21st October. ICRI 2022 was a fantastic event involving 450 participants, almost [...]
APPF ANU welcomes first ARC Training Centre student
Traditional PhD training in crop science is getting an overhaul with the establishment of the new ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development. The Centre will train a new generation [...]
APPF seeks Postgraduate Internship applications
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is welcoming applications for its Postgraduate Student Internship Awards. The Awards, which cover up to $10,000 worth of access to APPF phenomics infrastructure plus [...]
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 [...]
New Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crop Development
The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is very pleased to be a supporter of the newly announced Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crop Development. Announced by the Federal Minister for [...]
Jungle Fever – measuring chlorophyll in the rainforests of Borneo
A chlorophyll meter courtesy of APPF found its way to Sabah in Malaysian Borneo where Hannah Carle, a PhD student at ANU, used it to measure chlorophyll content - among [...]
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 [...]
Pilot Project Invitation – FieldExplorer Field Phenotyping Platform
An Invitation to Australian Plant Scientists The APPF invites expressions of interest from plant scientists wishing to undertake pilot projects using the new field phenotyping system during the 2020 growing [...]
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. [...]
South Australian research infrastructure receives a funding boost
The South Australian Government has announced $6.77 million of funding to support four of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) facilities based at the University of Adelaide - including [...]
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2019) | Wuhan, China
The 30th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR2019), which will be held on June 16-21, 2019 in Wuhan, China. ICAR is a yearly conference rotating between North America, Asia-Pacific and [...]
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 [...]