It was a very busy National Science Week for the Centre! Researchers from the University of Tasmania were at the Beaker Street Festival as Roving Scientists and working with high school art students at CoLab. Researchers also gave demonstrations as part of the Young Tassie Scientists Road Trips, and invited attendees at the Festival of Bright Ideas to become Plant Detectives! At
PhD Students Caitlin Dudley, Kritika Sharma, Abhishek Soni and Chamilka Ratnayake ran an exhibit called Plant Detectives at the World Science Festival Brisbane on 22 and 23 March, 2025. Approximately 1,900 people visited the Queensland Museum Dinosaur Garden where the Plant Success display was. The exhibit gave attendees the opportunity to discover how plants have evolved with unique adaptions and
Plant Success participated in three exciting activities for National Science Week 2024! Our Centre members ran activities for the Festival of Bright Ideas, Richmond Primary School’s Science Expo, Beaker Street Festival, Young Tassie Scientists, and Holy Family School STEM Week. Festival of Bright Ideas (pictured above) PhD candidates Kritika Sharma, Katya Bandow, Shamsunnahar Mukta, Hahn Vo, Lily Bennet, Chantelle Beagley,
The Centre’s Outreach portfolio has undertaken some excellent work over the last few years and we also have some exciting projects underway! We would like to say a massive thank you to all our Outreach contributors who are doing a fantastic job connecting with the community and beyond. Below you can read a bit more about some of the highlights. National Science Week The National Science Quiz (NSQ) is a live
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success was pleased to be the convenors of the National Science Quiz for 2023. The National Science Quiz aims to celebrate science and inspire the next generation of Aussie scientists. The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) was the driving force behind the first National Science Quiz
Centre PhD Student Zuba Ahmed (Queensland University of Technology) worked with urban Indigenous artist Paula Mellios to create a shirt showcasing the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana, commonly known as benth. The design was inspired by Zuba’s research, where she works to identify which genes are responsible for successful anthocyanin production in the Australian native. Anthocyanins are pigments that are responsible
My research interest is in beneficial symbioses between plant roots and nutrient-acquiring microbes. The Centre for Plant Success is enabling me to connect this underground world to other aspects of plant success by collaborating with Centre members, including the role of symbioses in crops and water relations. Being part of the Centre, one of the things I am proud of
