2017

Agriculture and Food Seminars for 2017

Prospects for Improving photosynthesis in food and fibre crops to mitigate future climates

Dr Robert Sharwood (Research Fellow) ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, The Australian National University. Tuesday 22 August 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

Transcriptomic response of Escherichia coli on meat

Dr Thea King (Research Scientist) CSIRO Agriculture and Food Tuesday 8 August 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

Canola: oil content and architecture

Zheng & Hu, China 24 July 2017 - 15:30 - 16:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Building 1 Lecture Theatre

Wheat Breeding in Southwestern China: Germplasm to Cultivars

Dr Ji-Rui Wang, China 19 July 2017 - 12:30 - 13:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre

Food and Nutrition Security Challenges in Humanitarian Situations

Prof. Dominique Bounie, University of Lille, France 3 July 2017 - 12:30 - 13:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre ONLY

Fungal diseases on crops, epidemics and adaptation: studies of transmission of the blackleg fungus on canola

Lydia Bousset, INRA France 30 May 2017 - 12:30 - 13:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre / St Lucia QBP 3.323 / CSIRO Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101-FG-R00-SmallWICWest

Mathematical models to understand plant disease epidemics and their control

Melen Leclerc, INRA 23 May 2017 - 12:30 - 13:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre / St Lucia QBP 3.323 / CSIRO Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101-FG-R00-SmallWICWest

Sustainable Food Systems: the contribution of research and innovation

Sustainable Food Systems: the contribution of research and innovation. Andrea Sonnino, Special Advisor AGDR – Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Italy 17 May 2017 - 10:30 - 11:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre

Martin Mascher (IPK Gatersleben, Germany): Barley diversity now and 6000 years ago: archaeogenetics, sequence assembly and genebank genomics.

Martin Mascher (IPK Gatersleben, Germany): Barley diversity now and 6000 years ago: archaeogenetics, sequence assembly and genebank genomics 16 May 2017 - 12:30 - 13:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre / St Lucia QBP 3.323 / CSIRO Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101-FG-R00-SmallWICWest

1. Strategies for combating Fusarium wilt and Sclerotinia stem rot: two destructive fungal diseases of break crops & 2. Building the base: widening the genetic & adaptive diversity of chickpea.

1. Dr Louise Thatcher; 2. Dr Jens Berger 2 May 2017 - 12:30 - 13:30 AEST CSIRO Black Mountain Discovery Lecture Theatre / St Lucia QBP 3.323 / CSIRO Floreat B1b Boardroom / Waite B101-FG-R00-BoardWICWest