Victorian node researcher, Dr Kim Johnson, features in Episode 18 of “Eaves Drop on Experts” by the University of Melbourne’s publication, Pursuit. In the podcast, titled, “Making friends with fronds: understanding plants’ feelings“, Kim discusses how plants have contributed to scientific understanding of processes like RNA silencing and how the mechanisms that give plants their […]
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Podcast: Making friends with fronds TV series SCOPE features Centre work Pint of Science with Centre CI New animation of an illustrative model of the primary plant cell wall Centre CI named as a Supertar in STEM |
 Podcast: Making friends with fronds
November 7, 2017
TV series SCOPE features Centre work
August 21, 2017
In the story, Centre Research Fellow Dr Kim Johnson from the University of Melbourne presents elements of her work on characterising cell wall-sensing pathways that monitor the status of the cell walls during growth. They have identified a cell wall sensor that regulates the outer wall of the epidermis, or skin, of the plant. By […] Centre CI named as a Supertar in STEM
July 3, 2017
Professor Rachel Burton, Adelaide Node Leader, has been named as one of the first 30 Superstars of STEM. Along with the other female scientists and technologists, Rachel will receive training and development to use social media, TV, radio and public speaking opportunities to carve out a more diverse face for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and […] Inaugural Centre Director named in Queen’s Birthday Honours
June 19, 2017
Inaugural Centre Director and Emeritus Professor Geoff Fincher, has been named Officer of the Order of Australia in the General Division (AO). Professor Fincher was recognised for distinguished service to science, and to education, in the area of plant genomics, as an academic, researcher and administrator, through scientific advisory roles, and to international professional societies. […] UQ student success
May 22, 2017
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Centre PhD student Ghanendra Gartaula, from the UQ node, is one of six finalists in the 2017 9th Annual Best Student Research Paper Competition of the American Association of Cereal Chemists International (AACCI). The finalists were chosen from several student applicants based on their initial presentation slides and abstract. The first, second and third places at […] |
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