Seminars

Agriculture and Food Seminars – A forum for innovative agricultural and plant science research

Exploring plant genomic and microbial variation for crop improvement

Prof Jeffrey Bennetzen (University of Georgia). Monday 26 March 2018

The Global Rust Reference Center in Denmark: Understanding wheat rust pathogens on a global scale

Dr Chris Sørensen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark. Tuesday 20 March 2018

Agricultural Applications for Engineering Species-Like Barriers to Sexual Reproduction

Dr Maciej Maselko, University of Minnesota Thursday, 8 March 2018

Comparative genomics and trait analyses in the grasses

Professor Katrien M. Devos, University of Georgia U.S. Tuesday 27 Feb 2018

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