by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 7, 2024 | News, Students
Twenty-one-year-old Molly Casey has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Philip Laffer Royal Adelaide Wine Show Bursary, receiving $5,000 funding to further her studies and career in the wine industry. Casey is third year Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 6, 2024 | Campus Notices, News
It is with sadness that we share the passing of Dr Rafiqul Islam, a long time worker at the Waite Institute, on Tuesday January 23, after a short illness. He came to the Waite from Bangladesh as a Colombo Plan postgraduate student in 1973 and graduated with a PhD in...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 5, 2024 | Campus Notices, News, WRI
From Monday February 5th Professor Matthew Gilliham will step away from his WRI Director’s position, and Professor Matthew Tucker will take over the role as an interim director for the next 12 months. Please find below a message from Professor Matthew Gilliham:...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Jan 15, 2024 | News
The Adelaide-Nottingham Alliance (the Alliance) Partnership Seed Fund program provides anopportunity to foster international collaboration and engagement between the institutions. It provides opportunities for professional staff, academics and researchers across all...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Jan 15, 2024 | News
It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Prof Allen Kerr on 14 Dec 2023. Allen Kerr was the Emeritus Professor in Plant Pathology at the Waite and a world renown scientist. While there are probable few at the Waite who know of Allen or his work,...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Jan 15, 2024 | News
Farmers interested in adding industrial hemp to their crop rotations are invited to attend a series of field days in Victoria and South Australia this summer. The Industrial Hemp Variety Trial (IHVT) field days, to be held in Hamilton VIC on 30 January, Maaoupe SA on...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Dec 18, 2023 | Careers, News
Adelaide Hills Vine Improvement Inc is looking for an Operations Manager. The role is a contract position based in Lenswood, fulltime from April-August and part time September-March. Adelaide Hills Vine Improvement is a regional vine propagation association that...
by Ishka Bless | Dec 18, 2023 | News, University of Adelaide
Food poisoning outbreaks caused by bacteria such as salmonella could be significantly reduced if a new sanitiser is proven to be successful in the next stage of trials. University of Adelaide researchers are developing plasma-activated water as an environmentally...
by Ishka Bless | Dec 5, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Aquaporins, which move water through membranes of plant cells, were not thought to be able to permeate sugar molecules, but University of Adelaide researchers have observed sucrose transport in plant aquaporins for the first time, challenging this theory. The finding,...
by Ishka Bless | Dec 4, 2023 | News, University of Adelaide
We share in congratulating Dr Tatiana Soares da Costa, who was awarded the Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) 2023 Peter Goldacre Award. The Award honours the memory and attainments of Peter Goldacre – a young scientist and foundation member of the Society...
