by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 18, 2018 | News, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite, WRI
Congratulations to Professor Rachel Burton, Associate Professor Cassandra Collins and Dr Roberta De Bei from the University of Adelaide School of Agriculture, Food and Wine who have been awarded Commercial Accelerator Scheme grants from Adelaide Enterprise. The goal...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 16, 2018 | Campus Notices, News
The recent rain has brought on an early germination of the noxious weed know as caltrop (AKA; Bindii, three cornered jack) in several known hotspots across the campus. These are being managed in public areas by our Technical Services team and Campus Services. Caltrop...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 13, 2018 | News, University of Adelaide
Wine Australia and the University of Adelaide have signed a four-year, multi-million-dollar agreement to support and stimulate longer term strategic wine research and development that will enable the Australian grape and wine sector to benefit from world-leading...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 11, 2018 | News, Women of Waite
Sixty new Superstars of STEM, have been announced today including the Waite’s Dr Roberta De Bei. Roberta is a Research Fellow in the University of Adelaide’s School of Agriculture, Food and Wine. Her research focuses on helping viticulturists worldwide to...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 7, 2018 | AWRI, CSIRO, News, Students, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite, WRI
Why should we preserve trees in our cities and towns? Can we grow healthy crops in sandy soils? How important are insects to agriculture? Does the yeast a winemaker chooses really affect the wine produced? Can we really turn food waste into usable new products? Waite...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 6, 2018 | News, Students, University of Adelaide
The School of AFW’s annual Research Day was held on Friday 30 November at Hahndorf, and again proved to be an inspiring moment to pause to reflect on and celebrate the year’s research successes and outputs, as well as showcase the impact, diversity and relevance of...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 5, 2018 | CSIRO, News, Research stories, Women of Waite
Gene technology is being used to speed up the identification of positive genetic traits, that can then be used to more quickly screen vines for sodium and chloride tolerance bred through traditional methods. This is achieved using a common soil microorganism called...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 3, 2018 | News, Research stories, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found yeasts that naturally occur on wine grapes may improve wines produced in warmer climates. Up until now the use of these ‘natural’ or ‘wild’ yeasts during the production process has mostly been discouraged by wine...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 3, 2018 | Campus Notices
If you come across any heat stressed or injured wildlife on campus, security will always assist (ph: 8313 7200). For those of you who may require assistance on or away from the campus, the following phone numbers may be useful: Koala Rescue 1300koalas (1300 562 527)...
