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$3 million boost to protect our biodiversity

Threatened Australian animal and plant species have been given a major lifeline, thanks to new funding for a new database that contains 100-years of flora and fauna DNA.

New study may help improve brain health and food security

Research into the self-destruction of cells in humans and plants could lead to treatments for brain diseases and the development of disease-resistant plants.
Owen Atkin at the opening of CEAT. Image Sharyn Wragg

Using satellites to benefit agriculture

Professor Owen Atkin is a Group Leader at RSB Plant Sciences, the Vice Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at ANU, and the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology (CEAT) - a collaboration between ANU and CSIRO, with investment from the ACT Government.

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PS Seminar Series - Myrtle rust research advances and challenges

12pm 25 Sep 2024
Austropuccinia psidii is the fungal pathogen that causes myrtle rust on Myrtaceae hosts. First described on South American guava in 1884, the disease was noted on introduced eucalypt plantations in Brazil in 1912 before spreading globally.

PS Seminar Series

12pm 16 Oct 2024
More information to come

PS PhD Exit Seminar

3.30pm 15 Nov 2024
More information to come

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