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  • WRI Seminar Series: Dr Kelly Houston, The James Hutton Institute: Dundee, Scotland

    Charles Hawker McLeod Lecture Theatre Waite Rd, Urrbrae, SA

    Kelly is a geneticist who has worked in barley genetics research since completing her PhD., much of her research has been on two main aspects of grain composition: the plant cell wall and micronutrient content. She is joining us from the James Hutton Institute, a globally recognized, interdisciplinary research organization based in Scotland focusing on agricultural innovation and environmental sustainability.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Prof Rachel Burton, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine – Adelaide University

    Auditorium, Plant Research Centre 2b Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia

    Join us for a talk from Rachel Burton. Her expertise is in the areas of plant molecular biology and plant functional genomics, particularly as it relates to cell wall biosynthesis, re-modeling and degradation and the impact these biological processes have on end use quality of cereals and biomass.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Professor Stuart Roy, SAFW, Adelaide University

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    This presentation will look at the different ways bread wheat and barley transport Na+ through plants. It will also cover the progress made to understanding the underlying mechanisms for tissue tolerance, and whether accumulation of Na+ in certain tissues is a viable approach to enhance yield in a low saline dryland environment.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Prof Jenny Mortimer, Deputy Director of the WRI; SAFW, Adelaide University

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Join us for an exciting seminar by Professor Jenny Mortimer, Deputy Director of the Waite Research Institute and a leader in plant synthetic biology. Jenny will explore how understanding and engineering plant complex glycans and cell walls can support sustainable technologies, biomanufacturing and even future space exploration.

  • APBA Networking Event: Cultivating Connections in Plant Breeding

    Auditorium, Plant Research Centre 2b Hartley Grove, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia

    The Australian Plant Breeding Academy (APBA) would like to invite you to their upcoming networking event, Cultivating Connections in Plant Breeding.
    This event is designed to connect members of the plant breeding community, including students, researchers, and professionals working across academia, government, and industry.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Professor Kerry Wilkinson, SAFW, Adelaide University

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Professor Kerry Wilkinson is an engaging wine educator and a world-renowned wine scientist. As an ARC Industry Fellow, she explores winemaking applications of membrane filtration, but she also leads insect-related research, concerning consumer acceptance of insects as food, feed and pet food. Her WRI seminar will present recent findings from these three key programs of research.

  • Research Seminar: Oilseed Breeding, Food Science and Product Development in Pakistan

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Join for a special seminar featuring three presentations providing snapshots of the research programs led by these scientists at AARI and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF). The presentations will cover a broad range of topics, from the genetics and breeding of oilseed crops to food additives, processing and product development in Pakistan.

  • Seminar: Eight Years in the Roots of Wheat: Long-Term Selection of Microbial Communities Driven by the Plant and Soil Water

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Dr. Timothy Paulitz is a Research Plant Pathologist with the USDA-ARS Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit in Pullman, Washington. He will present a summary of the 50 year journey that his research group has undertaken to understand the mechanisms of disease suppression in wheat crops.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Dr David G. Schmale III, Fulbright AUKUS Scholar; Professor and Director, Translational Plant Sciences Center Virginia Tech University

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    David Schmale III is the first Scholar to visit Australia through the new Fulbright AUKUS Scholarship program. A Professor and Director of the Translational Plant Sciences Center at Virginia Tech, David’s research focuses on agricultural biosecurity, biosurveillance systems, atmospheric incursions of plant pathogens, and sensing technologies that strengthen food security and agricultural resilience.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Prof Mark Tester, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Mark Tester is a Professor of Plant Science at KAUST, Chair of the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security and co-Founder of RedSea LLC (now iyris). Professor Tester leads a research program on salinity tolerance in plants. His aspiration is to unlock seawater by developing a new economically viable agricultural system where salt-tolerant crops are irrigated with partially desalinized seawater or brackish groundwater.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Dr Nari Williams, Forestry Centre of Excellence, Adelaide University

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Dr Williams is a forest pathologist with expertise in forest biosecurity, disease ecology, and forest health. Originally from Mt Gambier, she has built her career in WA and NZ where she has spent the last 14 years within what is now the New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science. During this time, Nari led high-impact research programs focused on understanding and managing plant pathogens in forest systems.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Professor Renyou Gan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2026 AU International Fellow Award Recipient

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Professor Gan has been listed in Stanford University “World Top 2% Scientists” in the field of Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. He will work with Adelaide University researchers to establish an integrated research platform between Adelaide University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to upcycle South Australian wine and food by-products (e.g., grape pomace and spent grains) into functional ingredients.

  • WRI Seminar Series: Dr Karen Massel, University of Queensland

    Plant Research Centre Auditorium South Australia, Australia

    Join us for a talk by Dr Karen Massel. Dr Massel is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, where she applies gene editing and plant biotechnology tools to improve cereal crops for food and feed security.

  • The Waite Research Symposium 2026

    National Wine Centre Hackney Rd & Botanic Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    It's time again for the annual WRI symposium! This year, it will be held on Monday, the 30th of November. Registration is NOW OPEN.

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