Following a successful application developed by PhD candidate Kate Johnson, a group of researchers affiliated with the Centre for Plant Success including fellow PhD candidates Beatrice Harrison-Day, Vanessa Tonet, and Ibrahim Bourbia, along with Dr Chris Blackman and Prof. Tim Brodribb, travelled to the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne to access its high-resolution Imaging and Medical Beamline (IMBL). With support from
In a career which began before anyone had a computer and no plant gene had been isolated, I have graduated from, or been employed by, six universities and four research institutes on four continents, and have witnessed some truly staggering advances in plant science during that time. But I have never before encountered anything like the ARC Centre of Excellence for
Captivated by carnivorous plants from a young age, Francois Barbier never doubted that he would one day become a plant scientist. Years later, with a PhD on the role of sugars in triggering shoot branching in the rose, he had a chance encounter with Prof. Christine Beveridge in Paris, which led to him taking up a post-doctoral position in 2015
The next generation of agricultural crops that can withstand the effects of climate change and increase food security will be identified at a new major research centre to be based at The University of Queensland. The Federal Minister for Education Dan Tehan MP has announced $35 million in funding to establish the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for