by Keryn | Sep 29, 2016 | News, Students, University of Adelaide
This week the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine held their Annual Postgraduate Symposium. This event provides a forum for mid-candidature students to give an update on their research in preparation for the 2016 Annual Review of Progress. It also provides an...
by Keryn | Sep 28, 2016 | News, University of Adelaide
Congratulations to Professor Dabing Zhang, of the University of Adelaide & Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Laboratory for Plant Science and Breeding. He has been named in Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list for 2016! Highly Cited Researchers 2016...
by Keryn | Sep 28, 2016 | News
As part of the Office for Women’s Investing in Women’s Futures economic empowerment blueprint we are asking women studying and working in Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to participate in the #STEMSelfie social media campaign. STEM selfies...
by Keryn | Sep 26, 2016 | Historic Precinct, News
Love the Waite Arboretum but wish you had more information about the trees found there at your fingertips? There’s an App for that! An arboretum is a place where trees are cultivated for conservation, scientific and educational study, and display. The University...
by Keryn | Sep 20, 2016 | News, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, Wine Innovation Cluster
Professor Vladimir Jiranek, was recently appointed a Commissioner for the International Commission on Yeast (ICY), joining Prof Sakkie Pretorius of Macquarie University as representatives for Australia.The appointment was made at the ICY’s 14th Congress, held in Japan...
by Keryn | Sep 20, 2016 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide researchers have made a breakthrough in investigating salt tolerance in plants which could lead to new salt tolerant varieties of crops, and also answer unresolved questions in plant biology. The researchers, also from the ARC Centre of...
by Keryn | Sep 19, 2016 | News, Plant Cell Walls, University of Adelaide
An international research team has identified two genes which could help protect barley against powdery mildew attack. Led by the University of Adelaide in Australia and the Leibniz-Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Germany, the research...
by Keryn | Sep 14, 2016 | News
The Urrbrae House Historic Precinct, including the beautiful, heritage listed Urrbrae House and the Waite Arboretum, is situated on the western side of the Waite Campus on land gifted by Peter Waite to The University of Adelaide. Urrbrae House was completed in 1891....
by Keryn | Sep 13, 2016 | News, University of Adelaide
A huge congratulations to Ben Pike from The University of Adelaide’s School of Ag, Food and Wine here at the Waite. Ben has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2016 Green Gown Awards Australasia, the only scheme dedicated to recognising outstanding efforts in...
by Keryn | Sep 6, 2016 | AWRI, CSIRO, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide
The inaugural ‘Waite in the Spotlight’ was held in July 2016 and was a shared Waite Campus event featuring TEDx-style talks celebrating the diversity of research at the Waite and exploring how microbes can transform the future of Agriculture. Selected talks from a...
