by Keryn | Apr 15, 2019 | Home page slider, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite, WRI
In the last 20 years, the global honey bee industry has faced massive losses due to ‘colony collapse disorder’. Concern for the insects’ plight surfaces regularly in the media, inspiring multiple documentaries and science-fiction narratives.But European honey bees,...
by Keryn | 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 Keryn | 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 Keryn | Oct 2, 2018 | News, University of Adelaide, Wine Innovation Cluster, WRI
Grapevine trunk disease is estimated to cost the Australian wine sector millions of dollars in lost production each year, but now grapegrowers have a new tool to better manage its impact. The University of Adelaide and Wine Australia have joined forces with the South...
by Keryn | 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 Keryn | Aug 16, 2018 | News, University of Adelaide, WRI
The team from ABC Catalyst visited the Waite back in April to film segments for an upcoming program on innovative food and agriculture to sustainably feed a growing population into the future. This two-part series Feeding Australia launched Catalyst’s new season in...
by Keryn | Apr 4, 2018 | ACPFG, Adelaide Glycomics, AGRF, AGT, Arris Pty Ltd, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, AWRI, CSIRO, Food Plus Research Centre, Food SA, News, Participation, Plant Cell Walls, Plant Energy Biology, SAFIC, SARDI, Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide, WheatHub, Wine Innovation Cluster, WRI
The Waite Research Precinct is full of inspiring women! They are everywhere – working across all disciplines and all the campus partner organisations. The concept of a Women of Waite (WoW) group or network has been floated on and off for some time, and the strong...
by Keryn | Dec 15, 2017 | News, University of Adelaide, WRI
As Dean of the Waite campus, Director of the Waite Research Institute and Head of the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Professor Mike Keller is a well known and much respected figure. As he retires at the end of this year, the Waite community would like to say...
by Keryn | Dec 15, 2017 | Food Plus Research Centre, News, University of Adelaide, WRI
The period of funding for the FOODplus Research Centre has come to an end and FOODplus will cease to exist as of the end of this year. The substantial achievements of the Centre over the last nine years were celebrated at a function at Urrbrae House on November 21....
by Keryn | Nov 2, 2017 | AWRI, CSIRO, News, Partners, Plant Cell Walls, Research stories, SARDI, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite, WRI
Who is GutWoman and what is her superpower? What determines how wine feels in your mouth? Do you really know where your food comes from? How can nerds with insect nets protect your food? What is genome editing and is it safe? Waite research is providing answers to...
