GO PLACES IN PLANT SCIENCE Aust Plant Phenomics PostGrad Internship Award applications are open now. Add our world class technology and team to your #plantscience research, with up to $10k infrastructure access. Apply by 30 November. plantphenomics.org.au/education/#pia #NCRISimpact

Another successful field day this time in Takeo Province focussing on forage nutrition. Some great interaction from farmers in this #forageoptions event shorturl.at/bswyE Denton Lab Agrifood & Wine Uni of Adelaide Waite Research Institute ACIAR

Honored to be named a finalist for the 2023 PERSOLKELLY Future Scientific Award, SA. This certificate represents a shared journey of exploration and discovery in the world of agricultural science. Excited for what lies ahead! Denton Lab Waite Research Institute Uni of Adelaide Agrifood & Wine Uni of Adelaide

#barley is one of Australia's most widely grown crops, with just over 9 Mt produced each year. Researchers from Waite Research Institute have identified several genes in barley that could eventually lead to larger yielding crops 🌾🧬

🔗Read the full media release: adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

What does it take to breed the next commercial #fababean variety for #SA ?

Uni of Adelaide Agrifood & Wine Uni of Adelaide Faba Bean Breeder Sam Sam Catt showed us the process of hand-pollination ➡️ plot trials ➡️ harvest ➡️ analysing for desired traits ➡️ repeat to bulk #seed for field trials!

We congratulate Emeritus Professor Peter Langridge who is among Uni of Adelaide community members recognised in the King’s birthday honours. Professor Langridge was recognised for significant service to science in the field of #plantgenomics and #ag 🧬🌱

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📢 JUST IN: TERN Adelaide has been announced as a finalist in the 'Innovation' category for the SA Environment Awards! We'll be keeping our fingers crossed on #WorldEnvironmentDay (June 5) when the winners are announced 🤞
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Planning out your National Science Week calendar? Join us at the Waite Campus for 'Food Down to a Science' on Friday, August 11th 🚜🔬

🎟️Learn more and get your tickets: scienceweek.net.au/event/night-at…

Researchers from the Uni of Adelaide and Waite Research Institute have discovered new species of lactic acid #bacteria on Kangaroo Island that could be used in the #fermentation of wine, ciders and sour beers 🧫

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📢 Two 4-year postdoc positions now open!

Join the Uni of Adelaide team working at the forefront of farming systems research.

A specialist in Agronomy? ➡️ careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5120…

Or Modelling? ➡️ careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5120…

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The Grower, Maker, Researcher podcast discusses viticulture and oenology for researchers, winemakers and wine drinkers. Tune in to hear from WRI's Prof Kerry Wilkinson, Dr Julie Culbert & winemaker Alex Cassegrain 🍇🍷

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Stop the press! This NationalScienceWeek, Waite Research Institute is running an online escape room competition for school students across Australia 📰🔍

For more information about the event and how to register, visit: scienceweek.net.au/event/wri-esca…

#scienceweek #STEMeducation

The Uni of Adelaide Future Making Fellowship Scheme is now open. The scheme supports early-career and mid-career researchers of outstanding calibre and potential, who will be based in the University’s Research Institutes.

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We have been awarded almost $2 million in grants by the Australian Research Council for research in renewable energy and hybrid wheat breeding. Congrats to the researchers for producing world-leading research! #research #renewableenergy #foodsecurity adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

Did you know that beneficial soil microbes can help crops take up more nutrients? 🌱🔬 Dr. Stephanie Watts-Fawkes Dr Stephanie Watts-Fawkes and her team Waite Research Institute Agrifood & Wine Uni of Adelaide are researching mycorrhizal fungi for sustainable Aussie agriculture. #SustainableFarming #SoilMicrobes

Congratulations to Ryan Whitford, who was recently awarded an ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship🌾

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APPF JOB ALERT! We have an awesome position available - Technology & Development Lead. Based at the Agrifood & Wine Uni of Adelaide you will be working on enhancing infrastructure such as drones, growth chambers & phenotyping. It’s cool tech stuff. Click here to apply: bit.ly/3k0X5do

A very successful first event of the year! Great to see the happy faces of so many PostGrads!
Keep an eye out for our future events!!

PhD Scholarship in soil ecology & sustainability avail. NOW! Discover how changes in land management over the past two decades have affected soil health and plant performance #microbiome AcademicAgJobs Waite Research Institute Tim Cavagnaro Rhiannon Schilling Uni of Adelaide
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Congrats Xiujuan Yang and Laura Wilkinson on driving this. Your hard work paid off! Ovule cell wall composition is a maternal determinant of grain size in barley nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… Waite Research Institute New Phytologist #barley #PlantDev