by Keryn | Apr 9, 2019 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, Careers, News, positions vacant, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Could you be our next Business Manager? Applications for this Adelaide-based role are now open.We are seeking a highly organised and outcome focused Business Manager to join our dynamic and multi-disciplinary team of experts at the APPF’s Adelaide node, The Plant...
by Keryn | Apr 1, 2019 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, Home page slider, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Republished from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. Research in a new paper shows that the interaction of plants and soil fungi – mycorrhiza – does not always benefit the plant. Beneficial soil microbes such as mycorrhizal fungi help to improve plant...
by Keryn | Jan 24, 2019 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News
Republished from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. Counting and measuring the length of leaves on a barley plant sounds simple enough. But try doing it on hundreds of plants on a daily basis, something you would need to do if you are trying to identify the...
by Admin | Sep 5, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, Internships, News, Students, Women of Waite
Australian Plant Phenomics Facility Internship The next round of Postgraduate Internship Awards at the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) have been announced! Applications close 30 November 2018. This is an exciting opportunity to be...
by Keryn | Aug 27, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News
Republished from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility website. An exciting new combined drought/heat research capability is now available for pilot projects at The Plant Accelerator® at Waite, thanks to a recent $1 million GRDC investment. The capability offers...
by Keryn | Aug 21, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, Careers, News
The program for the 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium has now been released. Titled ‘From plant, to data, to impact’, the Symposium will be held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide from 2-5 October 2018. The IPPS is the International Plant Phenotyping...
by Keryn | May 15, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, AWRI, News, University of Adelaide
Plant research at the University of Adelaide will benefit from a $2.6 million research infrastructure investment announced at Waite on May 15. The grant was announced under the Federal Government’s new $1.9 billion Research Infrastructure Investment Plan Facilities...
by Keryn | May 4, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News
Republished from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. The Adelaide node of the APPF is excited to announce the addition of a hyperspectral imaging system to its high-throughput phenotyping capability. Installed in a unique imaging station in the existing...
by Keryn | Apr 30, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News, University of Adelaide
On 24 April, we welcomed a group of 23 Chinese alumni of the University of Adelaide and their family members to the Waite campus. They were attendees of the inaugural Chinese Alumni Back to Campus tour organised by the University’s Alumni Relations team. These alumni...
by Keryn | Apr 26, 2018 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, News
Republished extract from the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility blog. What are ‘good bugs’? What is Integrated Pest Management? What is the APPF’s approach to a harmonious plant growth environment? Science fiction couldn’t write it better… ‘A wasp homes in on its...
