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Monday, 16 Sep 2019

Dr Caitlin Byrt explores strategies for advancing water filtration.

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Professor Barry Pogson. Image: Lannon Harley, ANU
Thursday, 12 Sep 2019

Professor Barry Pogson, from the ANU Research School of Biology, was awarded $2.9 million to create higher-yielding and more resilient 'smart plants' for good and bad seasons.

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Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019

Distinguished Professor Graham Farquhar has been honoured with a tapestry representing his life's work, including his Kyoto Prize, unveiled at University House.

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Tuesday, 11 Jun 2019

Professor Geoff McFadden has been awarded the Ralph Slatyer Medal for research in understanding the malaria parasite.

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Monday, 08 Apr 2019

Plant biologist and Head of the Plant Sciences Division at the ANU Research School of Biology, Professor Owen Atkin, has been named the 2019 Vice-Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Fellow for his work around entrepreneurial agri-technology.

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Thursday, 07 Mar 2019

To create a future you can look forward to we need to upgrade our crop plant resources. Upgrading crops to improve productivity and adapt to environmental stresses, such as extreme climatic conditions, is key to our future food security and quality of life.

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Events

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26 Jul 2024 | 3:30pm

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently emerged as prominent elements of the regulatory transactions of eukaryotic genomes.

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24 Jul 2024 | 12:30pm

NGS for food security, disease resistance and bioengineering for climate adaption applications

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24 Jul 2024 | 12pm

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

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A triptych of images showing scientists working with plants in different settings: a greenhouse, a growth chamber, and a laboratory.
17 Jul 2024 | 12pm

The Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN, formerly known as APPF) is comprised of nine institutions offering controlled-environment phenotyping facilities, mobile phenotyping units, and field sites strategically spread across Australia’s diverse climate zones.

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12 Jul 2024 | 3:30pm

Results show that the processing of a specific module of Photosystem-associated proteins and concomitantly progression of chloroplast biogenesis depend on active photosynthesis early in plant development.

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10 Jul 2024 | 12pm

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

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