by Keryn | Oct 31, 2016 | Historic Precinct, News
Lyn Marlow is a long-standing volunteer at Urrbrae House where she has assisted with the Schools’ Program since 2009. Lyn will be celebrating her 90th birthday on 5 November 2016! Lyn originally worked directly with the children attending the program but when she...
by Keryn | Oct 27, 2016 | News, University of Adelaide
The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) has elected Professor Peter Langridge, University of Adelaide, among 25 new Fellows for 2016. Academy Fellows are drawn from the areas of applied physical science and technology, applied biological science...
by Keryn | Oct 27, 2016 | News, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production
University of Adelaide wine researchers are investigating the traditional practices of Australian Aboriginal people in producing fermented beverages and foods. Although referred to in early European texts, little is known about the processes involved, the yeasts and...
by Keryn | Oct 20, 2016 | News, Students, Uncategorized, University of Adelaide
The University of Adelaide School of Agriculture, Food and Wine hosted a workshop and Awards presentation for entrants in the 2016 National Schools Wine Competition on Thursday 20th October. Held in conjunction with the Royal Adelaide Wine Show, this competition to...
by Keryn | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Students
The Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) invests in scholarships at tertiary institutions to develop highly trained and motivated researchers and extension specialists to drive innovation in the grain industry. The two types of these scholarships are...
by Keryn | Oct 10, 2016 | News, University of Adelaide
Professor Lacey Samuels presents: Diverse mechanisms of cell wall secretion 1pm Thursday 13th October in the Plant Research Centre Auditorium The Harold Woolhouse Lecture is named in honour of the former Director of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute. Professor...
by Keryn | Oct 10, 2016 | AGRF, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, AWRI, CSIRO, News, University of Adelaide
Thirteen members of the Federal Government’s Agricultural Industry Advisory Council (AIAC) visited the Waite on Thursday last week, touring some of our facilities and learning about the world-class research of the Campus Partners. The peak industry body includes...
by Keryn | Oct 6, 2016 | News, University of Adelaide
by Petra Marschner | Professor of Agriculture, University of Adelaide Most people think of soil only in terms of the dirt that sticks stubbornly to their hands and shoes. But soil is much more than that. A handful of soil is a small and very complex ecosystem which...
by Keryn | Oct 4, 2016 | CSIRO, News, Research stories
by Laura Davies I’m Dr. Laura Davies and I’m a postdoc with CSIRO Agriculture in the lab of Dr. Ian Dry along with Ange Jermakow and Nayana Arunasiri. I’m going to show you some of the research we do, investigating the weird and wonderful world of plant parasites here...
