by Admin | Nov 25, 2020 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide, WRI
Adelaide experts in nanotechnology and advanced materials, computer science, engineering, agricultural science, medicine and other fields have all been named among the world’s Highly Cited Researchers 2020 from the Web of Science Group. The University of Adelaide has...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2020 | Adelaide Glycomics, News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide, WRI
Congratulations to the winners of seven Discovery grants that have been awarded to researchers at The University of Adelaide across the Agriculture discipline, the most ever won in a single year. Winners include Vincent Bulone, Rachel Burton, Georgina Drew and Doug...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Nov 28, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
The following Waite-affiliated researchers will share in funding announced this week under the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) National Competitive Grants Program. Congratulations to all involved! Discovery Projects Professor Andrea Yool (Medical Sciences,...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Oct 25, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide
Colleagues, collaborators, students and friends from across the Waite campus came together to celebrate Professor Steve Tyerman’s career at an event to mark his retirement on Friday 19 October. After completing a plant science degree and PhD at the University of...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Oct 25, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Congratulations to Professor Rachel Burton, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, who has been elected to the Board of Science and Technology Australia. This is Australia’s peak body in science and technology representing 70,000 Australian scientists and technologists...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Sep 10, 2018 | AWRI, CSIRO, News, Plant Cell Walls, Plant Energy Biology, SARDI, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, WheatHub, Women of Waite, WRI
The Australian Academy of Science Early- and Mid- Career Researcher (EMCR) Forum is opening expressions of interests for EMCRs to join the Executive Committee in 2019. The EMCR Forum are here to represent EMCRs from all sectors and in all disciplines. There are...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Aug 2, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide
Congratulations to Waite researcher Dr Caitlin Byrt who will share in funding announced today under the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Future Fellowships Programme. Future Fellowship Dr Caitlin Byrt (University of Adelaide & ARC CoE in Plant Energy Biology)...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 21, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Congratulations to Dr Caitlin Byrt who is the recipient of The Australian Society of Plant Scientists (ASPS) prestigious 2018 Peter Goldacre Award, one of the premier research awards from ASPS. Caitlin is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the University of Adelaide’s...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Apr 10, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
Plants get nutrients and minerals like phosphorus from the soil via their root systems. This uptake of nutrients is enhanced in many plants by mycorrhizal fungi which colonise the roots, creating a vast connection between the plant roots and the soil around them....
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Apr 6, 2018 | News, Plant Energy Biology, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
University of Adelaide research has discovered that drugs used in the treatment of certain brain disorders, including epilepsy, also alter the signalling process in plants under stress. Published in the journal The Plant Cell, the finding uncovers a key mechanism in...