Events
Participate in our seminars, public lectures and other events, or watch past event recordings.
Upcoming events
MicroR159 (miR159) is an evolutionarily conserved microRNA family present in all terrestrial plants.
My work studies how platelets control malarial infection, and through this has revealed the specific anti-plasmodial actions of platelets and molecules with novel mechanisms of parasite killing.
This presentation will explore the application of precision gene editing technologies for trait enhancement in grain crops, with a focus on the integrated platform capabilities developed at Agriculture Victoria (AgVic).
Cyclic electron flow (CEF) around PSI is essential for balancing ATP/NADPH supply and protecting photosystems under fluctuating light.
RSB Director's Seminar, Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group, RSB & Industry Fellow, Agri-food Innovation Institute, ANU, Monday the 24th of November 2025.
This talk will revisit and contextualise the invasion predicted by Cellarius within a framework of biosecurity risk assessment.
Chloroplasts can sense environmental fluctuations via Ca2+ signaling. Environmental triggers, such as light changes, physical damage and heat waves, can induce distinct Ca2+ signatures in chloroplasts, which may help rebalance photosynthesis and stress responses under fluctuating conditions.
Transitioning to renewable fuel oils is essential for replacing fossil fuels, promoting environmental sustainability and improving human health.
Past events
Using Eucalypts representing widely contrasting range sizes and home climates across Australia, I explore whether greater geographic distribution size or climate of origin are associated with the ability of these plants to acclimate their photosynthetic and respiratory apparatus or heat tolerance thresholds.
High-throughput sequencing has generated over 246 million protein sequences, yet only a fraction have been experimental validated.
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used across fields as diverse as ecology, archaeology, epidemiology, and conservation biology.
Leveraging artificial intelligence and deep learning to generate proteins de novo has unlocked new frontiers of protein design. This approach can be used to design bespoke binders that target specific proteins and domains.
Plants assimilate CO2 through photosynthesis, converting it into carbohydrates that sustain growth, development and maintenance. However, a substantial portion of this fixed carbon is returned to the atmosphere via respiration, with terrestrial plants releasing 60-80 Gt C y⁻¹—a flux five times greater than annual anthropogenic CO2 emissions.
Factors controlling plant photosynthesis and primary production include parameters dictating photosynthetic activity together with export and allocation properties.