New lab toys:

These ones from ⁦Leica Camera AG⁩ have lenses so powerful they can see through lies and tricks of a cereal killer!

A star in the making Otwani Daniel Ajaku

Long grain fill duration in sorghum always fun to look at. The question is to what extent can this trait be introduced into elite germplasm. Otwani Daniel Ajaku should have some answers soon.

Increasing the time between flowering and physiological maturity increases yield and grain size in sorghum. Great work by PhD student Otwani Daniel Ajaku with Emma Mace

Sharing this beautiful correspondence done in collaboration with among others ⁦Hussein Abkallo, Ph.D.⁩ ⁦Leena Tripathi⁩

We present some thoughts about how to make genome editing a success story in Africa

⁦ISAAA_AfriCenter⁩ nature.com/articles/s4158…

Great research being shared with visitors from GRDC by the QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland sorghum research team in Warwick. Thank you Sivakumar Sukumaran Otwani Daniel Ajaku Tolera Keno Sean Reynolds Massey and Ken Laws for sharing info on the what, where, how and why details for a range of great projects.

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Otwani Daniel Ajaku explains his PhD research project with Emma Mace and I on grain fill duration in sorghum to GRDC. His research suggests that there is considerable potential to increase grain yield and grain size in sorghum.

Driest february on record in the semi-arid district of Mbire in #Zimbabwe . Sorghum seems to beat maize.

CGIAR CIMMYT #AgroecologyInitiative

Inspiring reflections on her career pathway by UQ News VC Prof Terry at a Zonta breakfast to celebrate #IWD2024 and then at our Research station to hear from amazing female scientists in our sorghum team George-Jaeggli Geetika Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

Emma Mace talks about her amazingly impactful research career as part of international women's day celebrations at Hermitage Research Facility

🌟 At QAAFI, we're proud to celebrate the invaluable contributions of female scientists in agriculture and food innovation. By fostering diversity and inclusion, we're driving positive change and building a brighter future. Let's continue to inspire and empower women in STEM. 🔬

Fall armyworm (FAW) are being detected at unprecedented levels in sorghum crops across Queensland and northern New South Wales causing what experts predict could be the most significant impact on sorghum since the pest’s arrival in Australia: bit.ly/498X3V4

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland

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What a wonderful scientific success story that molecular biologist Steven Runo from Kenyatta University #ExperienceKU tells in nature! Africa marches ahead!

nature.com/articles/d4158…

Congratulations to Dr Yasmine Lam QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation for her fantastic research on our Cereal Blueprints project with Andrew Borrell Karen Massel and Lee Hickey. Want a gene edited? Ask Yasmine Lam

Congrats to the Hickey Lab Awardees for 2023!

Best Paper: Shanice Van Haeften for her article 'Building a better Mungbean' in Food and Energy Security: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EEM3AH9M…

Best Presentation: Jingyang Tong for his talk on 'Haplotype-based resistance breeding' at PAG Australia

Our review article 'Building a better Mungbean: Breeding for reproductive resilience in a changing climate' featured on the cover of Food and Energy Security!

Link to article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/IUMCUVRP…

Congrats Shanice Van Haeften and credit to QLD Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation Comms team for the great pic!

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Postgraduate scholarship with the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Edinburgh.
Deadline: December 07, 2023
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