Four GRDC investments are seeking new opportunities to breed for heat tolerance in #wheat . Find out more about the first 2:

🌾 PROJECT 1: Leaf carbon exchange
🌾 PROJECT 2: Intrinsic heat response pathways

Read more ▶️ bit.ly/3JwXOfL

@ANU_research Uni of Adelaide

Speaking at our June workshop: Prof Terry Nolan (Terry Nolan) is a pediatrician and clinical epidemiologist; and an expert on immunisation, pandemic vaccine planning and response, and clinical trials of new vaccines

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A warm welcome to the @GRDC heat tolerant crops project team who are hosting their annual meeting here at the AFII Agrifood Hub. The team are working hard to identify wheat varieties that will thrive sustainably in a hotter climate. Read more: rb.gy/u1hpvm

For those with an interest in 'net zero' strategies, this very accessible article is worth a read. Easy to understand definitions, the value of the 'net zero' term, and nice overview of the challenges ahead. Agrifood Innovation Institute

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❔ Can we leverage the lessons from the expedited development & delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine to accelerate the breeding of future-ready crops?
📢 Join us Agrifood Innovation Institute for a one-of-a-kind 'Seeds of Acceleration' workshop on 26th June.
📋 Register: events.humanitix.com/seeds-of-accel…

🏆 Nominations for the 2024 Australian Biosecurity Awards are now open!

If you know an individual, group or organisation that deserves to be recognised for their contributions to Australia’s #biosecurity , nominate them today. Visit: brnw.ch/21wJguQ

#AusBioAwards

🌟 Don't miss out on the opportunity! Apply now for our 2024 Student Awards!

🎓 Pictured here is 2023 Awardee Megan Morgan James Cook Uni on her project in South Korea.

🌏 Apply today 👉 buff.ly/3NtJDKD

#NextGenAg4D

👀 👩‍🎓 2024 Conference Scholarship opportunities now open!

These conference scholarships are an integral part of our #NextGen activities to inspire young talent in international agricultural research.

⏰ Applications close COB Friday, 24 May 2024 👉 buff.ly/3VvoO6j

Are you a researcher or HDR candidate interested in how transdisciplinary skills can be used to address wider challenges like those in the agrifood sector?
Join the Agrifood Innovation Institute on Tues, 21 May for a free three-hour interactive workshop.
ceat.org.au/our_events/har…

EOIs for the Strategic Investment Program close tomorrow!
Still time to register your interest if you are conducting research which could have impact in the agrifood industry.
ceat.org.au/ceat-strategic…

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Join the Adelaide team at the Plant Accelerator as a Field Operations Officer. You will oversee and organise field phenotyping operations for The Plant Accelerator node. Applications close Sunday 28th April 2024. Apply at:
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5133…

So much learnt from every awesome Engineered Living Materials talk at the workshop today!
We're peering into the future in this workshop and it is incredibly inspiring.
Wonderful to share the direction our team is taking with industry, ARC and Agrifood Innovation Institute support!

There is still time to get your Expression of Interest in for the AFII Strategic Investment Program.

Funding of up to $50k is available to ourANU researchers for projects that help address agrifood challenges through collaboration with industry.

See: ceat.org.au/ceat-strategic…

If you're an agritech startup, consider applying for the AusAgritech awards 'Best Early Stage'!

Kirrill Alexandrov (UQ) comparing brains and computers - clearly, brains still winning! Biological info processing systems are very efficient, but can we build protein signalling circuits with switches that are fast, sensitive and stable?
#Asia -Pacific Workshop on ELM at ourANU

At the Asia-Pacific Workshop on Engineered Living Materials at ourANU
Caitlin Byrt on how we can mimic the filtration processes in plants to clean waste water, and reinforcing the importance of recycling/reusing to have a positive influence on our carbon footprint.

🌾 Visiting one of the founding sites of Australian wheat breeding NSW DPI in Cowra.
🇦🇺 William Farrer, JT Pridham & team established breeding & testing activities across the Tablelands, laying the foundation for today’s thriving wheat industry

Plant genome evolution in the genus Eucalyptus driven by structural rearrangements that promote sequence divergence genome.cshlp.org/cgi/content/lo…. Finally out in a peer reviewed journal congrats to Scott and Ashley Jones for all their hard work on this.