Author: Professor Tim Brodribb, the University of Tasmania. Plant behaviour may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, who tirelessly feed the entire biosphere (including us), are full of exciting action. It just requires a little more effort to appreciate. One such behaviour is the dynamic opening and closing of

In 2024 the Centre partnered with Wageningen University and Research to deliver the third GxExM Symposium on 30 and 31 October. 159 people attended in the Netherlands and 511 people registered to attend online. Associate Investigator Fred van Eeuwijk led the organisation of the conference this year and Centre Members Christine Beveridge, Mark Cooper, Nicole Fortuna, Owen Powell, Melanie Wilkinson, Burhan Ud Din Abbasi, Christos Mitsanis, Shunichiro Tomura, Jason Brider, Greg

A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies. The University of Queensland’s $65 million Plant Futures Facility is fitted out with technology to finely control temperature, light intensity, light quality, humidity and CO2 concentration, allowing researchers to better predict plant responses to