Reader, it’s true. Heluva Sunday, heluva 40th anniversary. But my pics are better, hang in for a thread.

A great paper!! GRL 2007

I want it, I got it 😏

Prof. Belinda Medlyn Graham Farquhar Great to see his sport interest included!! But it missed the Annual croquet match with the Ladies of the Canberra Croquet Club Inc. The result will remain on the pitch. Also he approved my weekly golf games with Ian Cowan and coming in at morning tea!!

an excellent paper

An excellent paper

I have never understood why anyone ever thinks the double question is a good approach. It’s a gold-embossed invitation to digress.

Fresh from the oven! Nature Plants paper by Centre RossMDeans Florian Busch Graham Farquhar and University of Tasmania Timothy Brodribb on how optimization can provide the fundamental link between leaf #photosynthesis, gas exchange and water relations nature.com/articles/s4147… Photo:C. Tambiah

A colourful addition to the Farquhar lab today, created by the talented Nina Roderick. RSB Plant Science

Brilliant new red light technique

The ARC has released new rules for ARC DP23 Funding. Section 3.4 blocks project leadership by scientists with less than 0.2 FTE. So generous senior scientists who work for nothing are being punished.

In this Nature Plants paper led by Chin Wong, we prove unsaturation in the air inside leaves conclusively and indicate a novel mechanism to control transpiration involving deeper biology. Meisha-Marika @LucasCernusak Graham Farquhar ANU Division of Plant Sciences nature.com/articles/s4147…

see the link between photorespiration and amino acid production x.com/FlorianABusch/…