Meet Sandiri 👋 Her research is helping to sow the seeds of change! UniSQ_SoAES l John Dearnaley 🌱

Pisolithus sp. near St George.

Yesterday’s tour of the great agriculture facilities at St George High School. Thanks to Caitlin Crowe and Thomas McKenna for showing us around.

Nice group of Pycnoporus fruiting bodies at Redwood Park this afternoon.

'Changing the Game' 🌾 Our researchers are taking the idea of 'try before you buy' straight to the bank to make it easier for farmers to utilise #AgTech! GRDC l SQNNSW Innovation Hub 💛

Open day at University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba campus is in full swing today. Great to see the interest at the #Agriculture & #Environment Flagship in the main quad as well as showcasing our research with our Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences colleagues.

Busy day at UniSQ Toowoomba Open Day today. Thanks to School staff who gave up their time to help out.

Flying duck orchid (Caleana major) at Crows Nest this morning.

Great field trip today for the Australian Biota at Ravensbourne and Crows Nest National Parks.

Congratulations to our Senior Lecturer Christina Birnbaum PhD🍃 who with colleagues led a successful workshop Ecological Society of Australia funded generously by Australian Academy of Science. Very important topic and great to see a good turn out! #ESAus2024

PhD candidate Frances Guard is presenting a poster on saprothrophic soil fungal diversity in Australia Ecological Society of Australia annual conference #ESAus2024 🍄

Pycnoporus sp. at Iron Range National Park

It was a pleasure to host last week biotech company MALDIID CEO and founder Dr Sofie De Meyer UniSQ_SoAES! Microbes can be harnessed in so many ways to benefit the environment and agriculture and we are exploring how to do this together! This is an exciting space… 🦠🧫🌾🌱

Our research team welcomed international students as part of the Northwest University Study Tour to Tosari Crop Research Centre to see the field research being undertaken across projects. GRDC SQNNSW Innovation Hub CRDC University of Southern Queensland UniSQ_SoAES #agtech #changingthegame

Ayla just completed her successful PhD fieldwork collecting samples of different epiphytic orchids in the wet tropics of Cairns region 🤩 Ayla will be studying the endophyte diversity in orchid roots. The project is generously supported by the Australian Orchid Foundation 🙏

Australian Mammal Society (The Australian Mammal Society) conference was held in Toowoomba this week chaired and organised by our wildlife lecturer Dr Meg Edwards. The conference was a huge success with attendees donning their coolest ecological fashion 🤩🦘🐨🐭

Ravensbourne field station is not only an active teaching space but also a site for important long-term global research 🧐 Today our group was out in the field sampling for a worldwide project that will reveal global soil biodiversity patterns - what a day to be outside!🦠🧬

Caladenia fuscata at Carnarvon National Park.

This retired doctor is our very own PhD student Fran Guard (supervised by John Dearnaley) - we are so proud! 🍄🍄 Retired doctor discovers fungi species in rainforests of NSW and Queensland abc.net.au/news/2025-08-2… via ABC Australia University of Southern Queensland UniSQ_SoAES

🚨 Early Career Researcher Travel Award! 🚨 Open to grad students & postdocs presenting at #ICOM2026 ICOM 2026 Apply now! All info 👉url-shortener.me/6QQF 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 📢Decisions: Jan 30, 2026