Media Release: Getting to the Bottom of Dietary Fibre

July 29, 2014

Media Release Adelaide researchers are one step closer to developing ‘super spaghetti’, better quality pasta with improved health benefits. Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, together with colleagues in Italy, have been working since 2012 to develop better varieties of durum wheat, the main source of pasta. An update on the […]

PCWB2014 Conference commences

July 28, 2014
Filed under: Events,News — Tags: , , — dmathew @ 6:00 pm

  The 5th International Conference on Plant Cell Wall Biology (PCWB2014), hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls commenced this morning at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Palm Cove. The meeting has brought together 144 scientists from 21 countries. We are particularly thankful for the 101 international delegates for making the effort to attend.  With […]

AACC International Graduate Fellowship

Filed under: News — Emma Drew @ 4:12 pm

Congratulations to Bin Zhang, a PhD student from the University of Queensland node of the CoE who has been awarded an AACC International Graduate Fellowship. AACC International is a global, non-profit association of around 2500 scientists and food industry professionals. They award graduate fellowships to students shown to excel in studies associated with grain-based food […]

Powdery mildew resistance in barley

July 24, 2014
Filed under: Media,New Publications — Tags: , , , — Emma Drew @ 12:16 pm

University of Adelaide node researcher Dr Alan Little and PhD student Jamil Chowdhury have generated some media interest with soon to be published work on the underlying mechanisms of powdery mildew resistance in barley. The research has been undertaken in conjunction with Centre Partner Investigator Patrick Schweizer of the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and […]

Matthew Tucker: Future Fellow

July 23, 2014

The ARC today released the second round list of Future Fellowships for 2014 and we are delighted that Matt Tucker’s application was successful. Heartiest congratulations to Matt for a job well done on this fantastic achievement in an incredibly competitive field. The ARC further honoured Matt by asking him to speak on behalf of the […]