APPF POSTGRADUATE INTERNSHIP AWARDS – get $10k access to Aust Plant Phenomics facilities, technologies and expertise in Canberra or Adelaide to address your #plantscience questions. Applications close 30 May. plantphenomics.org.au/education/#pia #NCRISimpact

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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Join the Adelaide team at the Plant Accelerator as a Field Operations Officer. You will oversee and organise field phenotyping operations for The Plant Accelerator node. Applications close Sunday 28th April 2024. Apply at:
careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5133…

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Join the APPF UQ Science as a Research Assistant (Data Analyst) and assist with data management practices for satellite, UAV and ground-based phenotyping platforms. Applications close April 17th 2024. Apply here: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcareer…

Wheat root rhizobox imaging is underway! Excited to quantify below-ground traits associated with abiotic stresses across a range of genotypes. Great collaboration with the ANU Aust Plant Phenomics node team.

Dr Tim Brown @ecovr3dis APPF's Lead for Digital Innovation presented at the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) National Machine Based Observation Infrastructure Workshop. This worked to co-design a new Planet Research Data Commons program to address machine observation data challenges. Read more👇

JOB OPPORTUNTITY: New AAPF node University of Sydney, Narrabri Campus, has an opportunity open for a Senior Technical Officer. If you're interested in working with drones, robots & sensors, then this role is for you! Applications close 21 April. Apply here: usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

GREAT NEWS - The International Conference on Research Infrastructures is coming to Australia this year 3-5 December, Brisbane! Register your interest and find out more 👇

As part of our new collaboration with the ourANU node of Aust Plant Phenomics we’re testing wheat root responses under a range of abiotic stresses using newly arrived APPF rhizoboxes.
Looking forward to characterising what’s happening below the surface! Agrifood Innovation Institute Esimu Joseph Aleku

The first barley shoots are up ourANU!
Excited to start experiments using the fantastic OzBarley panel: an ideal community resource brought together by Aust Plant Phenomics Uni of Adelaide & made available to the resesarch community via GRDC #NCRISimpact plantphenomics.org.au/apply-to-acces…

Penny & Frederike Stock did their first Agro-infiltrations of N. benthamiana for the AEA project, which aims to non-invasively detect recombinant proteins in plants using hyperspec imaging. Thanks Carl McCombe 🌿 & Helana Trantino (Simon Williams lab) for training us ANU Division of Plant Sciences

Reflecting on our inaugural APPF Annual Forum in Adelaide last week. We shared ideas for delivering our new network of controlled environment phenotyping facilities, mobile phenotyping units and field phenotyping sites. Watch this space for updates! #NCRISImpact

The APPF-ANU team is working with the Bentley Lab to unload & then test 50 new large (50x120x2 cm) and 50 new small (50x60x2 cm) rhizoboxes. These facilitate high-res imaging & collection of exudates from individual root systems up to 120cm deep in a controlled environment.

Am pleased to see the Gerard GroundCover article out that highlights ANU Division of Plant Sciences and Agrifood Innovation Institute collaboration with InterGrain, Sydney Uni Media, Uni of New England and UWA. Onoriode Coast, William Salter , Nicolas Taylor Harvey Millar Aust Plant Phenomics
groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announcem…

APPF would like to congratulate Belinda Cay, APPF’s Head of Communication, on receiving the 2024 GRDC Seed of Light Award, recognising her contribution to the grains industry. We are privileged & delighted on a daily basis to have the services of Bel & the AgCommunicators team.

The AAF team was delighted to meet recently with organisations in Adelaide including the Aust Plant Phenomics (APPF), ANFF-SA (ANFF), the Uni of Adelaide, and more. Find out more: aaf.edu.au/project/aaf-ad…

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY. Join APPF at The Plant Accelerator® as a Senior Technical Officer, Horticulture. Grow and phenotype crops in a world-leading environment, to advance agriculture and your career. Learn more at careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/5134…

The great unboxing of the rhizoboxes begins!!
Really excited to be using new Aust Plant Phenomics capabilities ourANU to explore how we can improve cereal crop roots for changing climates & production conditions Yeorgia Argirou Agrifood Innovation Institute ANU Division of Plant Sciences

An opportunity to learn about FLIM-FRET, correlation approaches and applications for biological problems from excellent researchers and experts - Register for the 14 Feb symposium: bit.ly/42b1xYJ

Great to have a visit from Damien Scanlan Rebel Seeds today to discuss the latest opportunities for innovation in plant breeding & beyond 🌾
Thanks to Frederike Stott for the tour of the impressive range of phenotyping facilities ourANU ANU Division of Plant Sciences as part of Aust Plant Phenomics