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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.
AUSA is coming to Waite with free crepes, coffee and crafty fun. They’ll be setting up on the McLeod Lawns with a crepe cart and craft station, serving free coffee from Lirra Lirra Café. Warm up with some free food and drink while you work on creating your own DIY bookmark, magnet or mug painting.
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.
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.
AUSA’s throwing a party at Lion Arts Factory and you’re invited. Your ticket includes free drinks ALL NIGHT LONG, plus dinners sorted with burger cult classics Gang Gang & Caro Club.
DJ, live sax & drums, plus some extra entertainment throughout the night.
Looking for a day out in the sunshine to learn about new reforestation methods? You’re in luck - we’re holding an open day at our Miyawaki Mini Forest!
Allye Sinclair (cello) and her trio “Inkling”, (Rob Wallace, Violin & Dylan Woolcock, Mandolin) have returned to perform a range of folk-inspired originals, featuring strong and lyrical melodies rooted in Celtic and Scandinavian folk traditions.
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.
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.
Join the SA Young Water Professionals for "Influencing Our Water Future Through Policy", a forum designed to demystify policy and empower the next generation of water professionals to engage confidently in the decisions shaping South Australia's water policy future.
Join up for a panel discussion on the topic 'The shifting agricultural input supply, price risk and logistics landscape: implications for crop production systems and research priorities'
n this webinar, three researchers will walk through why terrestrial and airborne LiDAR are becoming practical tools for adding that time dimension to Australian ecosystem monitoring.
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.
Please join our symposium on Food Security in a Challenging World, featuring the 2026 Sir John Crawford Memorial Address by the 2026 Crawford Fund Medallist, Derek Byerlee AO.
This facilitated discussion with Dr Ray Correll will bring together data analysts, statisticians, and agricultural scientists to examine better approaches to in-plot sampling.
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.
Join Young in Soil and Earth Sciences Society South Australia (YISES) and Soil Science Australia for a night of trivia, prizes, and good company, all in support of a great cause!
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most significant technological disruptors of our time, and it is reshaping how research and software development are done. Join Emi Tanaka, ANU Lead for AAGI, for her talk on re-imagining the field in this new age of AI.
Spring has arrived, and with it, the Waite Winery has seven new wines for you to try! Visit the winery this Friday for an exclusive first tasting, snacks, food, and a special discount for wines purchased.
Stress Less is coming to McLeod Lawns with cuddly animals, free massages, haircuts, henna, crafts and more. Stop by between classes, grab some fairy floss and spend a little time doing anything but studying.