Waite Watch

• Registrations now open for I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out of Here! (Australia)
  If only scientists could better communicate their work. If only students could better understand the processes of science, and could see the diversity of science careers. Sound familiar? Last year, our Australian pilot of I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of...
• Iraqi students say good bye and thank you to South Australia
  Iraqi students studying their masters in water agriculture in Adelaide are now heading home with a new set of skills to help in the rebuilding of Iraq. AusAID sponsored 100 Iraqi students in a $16 million dollar education programme, 60 students have st...
• Dan’s Barossa wine appreciation
  Waite graduate, Dan Swincer won the ’2011 Wine Society Young Winemaker of the Year’. This is now two years in a row that a graduates from the University of Adelaide has won. To read further about Dan and his award to go Barossa & Light Herald’s article...
• 15th Australian Barley Technical Symposium
  The 15th Australian Barley Technical Symposium (ABTS) was recently held in Adelaide 18-21 September. The conference was well attended with over 170 delegates and offered a valuable opportunity for delegates to hear the latest advances in barley genetic...
• Best Poster – Wan Mohd Aizat
  Wan Mohd Aizat (Supervisor: Dr Amanda Able) was awarded the Best Poster at the recent ‘Horticulture for the Future’ Conference – a joint conference of the Australasian Postharvest Horticulture Committee (APHC), the Australian Society for Horticultural ...
• School of Agriculture, Food & Wine promoting careers in agriculture at the Royal Adelaide Show
  The Golden Grains pavilion at the the Royal Adelaide Show is hosting the “Ground 2 Grub” (G2G) exhibit. This exhibit showcases the South Australia’s award winning grains plus contains interactive science-based displays focusing on plant breeding for qu...
• Marschner’s Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, 3rd Edition
  Congratulations to Associate Professor Petra Marschner, who has seen the third edition of Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants through to publication! Flyer From the Elsevier website: “Respected and known worldwide in the field for his research in plant ...
• Plant Cell Wall CoE in media
  Improved nutrition for billions of people around the world and the development of clean, green biofuels are two key aims of the new ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, a $32 million biotechnology centre based at the University of Adelaide’s W...
• Celebration of the first organic and carbon-neutral winery in Australia
  David Bruer of Temple Bruer Wines (and former Roseworthy Ag College Academic) would like to invite interested people to an event on  Tuesday 26th July at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide. This event is announcing and celebrating his aim of becoming t...
• Advisory Board of Agriculture – Services To Primary Production Award 2011
  The Advisory Board of Agriculture (ABA) is calling for nominations for the Service to Primary Production Award. Nominees need not be Bureau members and the award is not restricted to farmers. Nominations are welcome for people from any area involved wi...