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Work on plasmodesmata secures Thomas Davies 2024 grant

Dr. Florence Danila of the Australian National University wins Thomas Davies 2024 grant from the Australian Academy of Science to support her work on plasmodesmata.

Mangroves remember droughts — this could be bad news for our coastlines

The remarkable ability of mangrove forests to remember recent droughts could leave them more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Florence Danila won the 2023 ACT Young Tall Poppy Science Award

Dr. Florence Danila awarded as one of the 2023 ACT's Young Tall Poppies on 19 September 2023 at the Shine Dome.

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PS Seminar Series - Genome-wide reconstruction of a de novo domesticated diverse synthetic Brassica napus population

3.30pm 2 Aug 2024
Brassica napus (AnAnCnCn) is the worldwide important oilseed crop, and also a young allotetraploid species with limited genetic diversity and short history of cultivation.

Event recordings

24 July 2024

Dr James P B Lloyd, Plant Energy Biology ARC CoE and Plants for Space ARC CoE, University of Western Australia

Plant carbon fixation, a vital process for capturing energy, profoundly influences various aspects of our lives, including food, clothing fibers, medicines, building materials,...

10 July 2024

Onoriode Coast, Senior Lecturer in Crop Science, University of New England, New South Wales

Global increases in mean minimum temperature (i.e. night temperature) is associated with significant crop yield losses.

1 July 2024

Prof Christine Foyer, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

In this talk I will discuss our progress in understanding the impact of eCO2 concentrations on a forest ecosystem using data from the Free-Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE)...

14 June 2024

Dr Yekti Asih Purwestri, Center for Biotechnology Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)

Plant biotechnology has become an essential tool in the effort to enhance global food security. Faced with challenges such as a growing population, climate change, and land...

15 April 2024

Professor Ulrike Mathesius, Head of Division, Division of Plant Sciences

Professor Ulrike Mathesius, Head of Division, Division of Plant Sciences

16 October 2023

Professor Justin Borevitz

Biodiversity rests on a foundation of adaptive and neutral variation within populations and species, that interact in communities or coexist in assemblages, to define ecosystems...

4 November 2022

Tom Schreiber, Post-doctoral Fellow, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry

Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) are Type-III-effector proteins mainly found in phytopathogenic Xanthomonas species.

2 November 2022

Jodi Young, ANU Honorary Senior Lecturer

Oceans cover 70% of the Earth’s surface, play a vital role in global climate and are home to varied and productive ecosystems.

21 October 2022

Ana Laura Furlan, Postdoc, CONCIET and National University of Rio Cuarto (Córdoba, Argentina)

The research line is devoted to the study of the interaction between peanuts and beneficial microorganisms.

12 October 2022

Assoc Professor David Collings, The University of Newcastle

Phi thickenings are peculiar secondary cell wall thickenings that form reinforcing bands around the radial walls of cortical cells in plant roots, a location where only a primary...

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