by Ishka Bless | Sep 29, 2022 | Campus Notices, University of Adelaide
Yiming Huo, a PhD student of Prof. Kerry Wilkinson, invites wine consumers to participate in a wine tasting – assisting a smoke taint project. We are looking for wine tasters to taste seven smoke-tainted wines / session and rate the intensity...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 26, 2022 | News, University of Adelaide
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have uncovered previously unknown properties in a plant enzyme that could lead to advances in cereal production, medical and pharmaceutical industries. The research – published in Nature Communications – also has the...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 23, 2022 | News, Students, University of Adelaide
The annual School of Agriculture, Food and Wine Postgraduate Symposium was held on Wednesday 21st September. The Symposium, organised by the Postgraduate Association for Waite Students (PAWS) and Postgraduate Committee, is a valuable opportunity for HDR students to...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 19, 2022 | Awards, News, Students, University of Adelaide
Congratulations to Waite PhD Candidate Isobel Hume who was awarded both the People’s Choice and Student’s Choice Awards at the University of Adelaide Three Minute Thesis final last week. Missed the final? Catch-up on the outstanding presentations...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 19, 2022 | News, University of Adelaide
Congratulations to Dr Amanda Choo from the School of Biological Sciences and Waite Research Institute, who was recently awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Dr Choo’s project, ‘Facilitating control of Queensland fruit fly and other insect...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 13, 2022 | News, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide
Scientists often name new discoveries after celebrities – such as the Beyoncé horse fly (Scaptia beyoncea), the Steve Irwin snail (Crikey steveirwini) or the David Bowie huntsman spider (Heteropoda davidbowie). So when University of Adelaide researchers discovered a...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 12, 2022 | News, University of Adelaide
University of Adelaide student James Easter has been recognised as the 2022 Agricultural Student of the Year at a gala ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday. James is in his third year of a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and has developed an...
by Ishka Bless | Sep 8, 2022 | News, University of Adelaide
Growing Adelaide’s tree canopy has been in the news in recent months, and reports have revealed that we are losing trees at an alarming rate, with potentially devastating consequences for the liveability of our city. To support a review of South Australia’s tree...
by Ishka Bless | Aug 29, 2022 | News, Students, ThincLab Waite, University of Adelaide
On August 11th, Australia’s biggest agricultural careers night was held at Adelaide Oval. Organised voluntarily by the Adelaide University Agriculture Students Association (AUASA), the AgTech themed ‘Growing the Future 2022’ attracted its largest crowd...
by Ishka Bless | Aug 24, 2022 | AWRI, News, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, WRI
Congratulations to staff from the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, and Waite Research Institute who were recently awarded an ARC Linkage Project. Professor Kerry Wilkinson and Associate Professor David Jeffery – Smoke taint mitigation in wine Working with...
