2017

Agriculture and Food Seminars for 2017

Seminars commence late Feb 2018, include new “Lightning talks” sessions

Thank you for a great year of seminars in 2017 - see you in 2018! Tuesdays

Integrated domains in plant NLRs provide novel insights into effector recognition and new perspectives for the engineering of immune receptors

Dr Thomas Kroj, INRA Montpellier Tuesday 5 Dec 2017

Testing photosynthetic regulatory paradigms using natural variations and massive field measurements

Prof David M. Kramer, Michigan State University, USA Friday 1st December 2017 @ 11:00 AEDT Black Mountain Discovery Theatre - Canberra Armidale; 10:00 AEST - Brisbane; 10:30 ACDT - Adelaide QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Modelling from incomplete knowledge: application to the cereal product quality and to the degradation of polysaccharide

Dr Kamal Kansou, INRA Biopolymères, Interactions, Assemblages, Monday 27 November 2017 @ 11:00 AEDT Black Mountain Discovery Theatre - Canberra Armidale Werribee; 10:00 AEST - Brisbane; 10:30 ACDT - Adelaide; 08:00 AWST - Perth / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Crop genome engineering and precise breeding with genome editing technologies

Professor Caixia Gao, IGDB, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing & Professor Yao-Guang Liu, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou China Monday 27 November 2017 @ 12:30 AEDT Black Mountain Discovery Theatre - Canberra Armidale Werribee; 11:30 AEST - Brisbane; 12:00 ACDT - Adelaide; 09:30 AWST - Perth / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Improving Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stress: Electrophysiological, Molecular, and Evolutionary Approaches

Associate Professor Zhong-Hua Chen, Western Sydney University Tuesday 14 November 2017 @ 12:30 AEDT - Canberra Armidale Werribee; 11:30 AEST - Brisbane; 12:00 ACDT - Adelaide; 09:30 AWST - Perth BlackMountain Discovery Theatre / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Navigating the CRISPR IP Landscape (An Internal CSIRO-only seminar)

Kerry Fluhr, CSIRO Tuesday 31 October 2017 @ 12:30 AEDT - Canberra Armidale Werribee; 11:30 AEST - Brisbane; 12:00 ACDT - Adelaide; 09:30 AWST - Perth BlackMountain Discovery Theatre / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Making “cents” of cell wall biosynthesis

Professor Shawn Mansfield Canada Research Chair in Wood and Fibre Quality, University of British Columbia Tuesday 10 October 2017 @ 12:30 AEDT - Canberra Armidale Werribee; 11:30 AEST - Brisbane; 12:00 ACDT - Adelaide; 09:30 AWST - Perth BlackMountain Discovery Theatre / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Regulation of Lipid Droplet Accumulation in Plant Tissues

Dr. Kent Chapman Regents Professor and Co-Director, Biodisovery Institute, University of North Texas. Friday 15 September 2017 11:45 (AEST - Canberra Brisbane Armidale Werribee); 11:15 (ACST - Adelaide); 9:45 (AWST - Perth) BlackMountain Stringybark Synergy Theatre / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room

Sweetening the deal for narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.): genomic research to manage quinolizidine alkaloid accumulation in the grain

Karen Frick CSIRO Agriculture and Food, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment Tuesday 12 September 2017 12:30 (AEST - Canberra Brisbane Armidale Werribee); 12:00 (ACST - Adelaide); 10:30 (AWST - Perth) BlackMountain DiscoveryTheatre / QBP 3.323 / Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101 SmallWICWest / Armidale B55 Small / Werribee Peacock Room