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Helli Meinecke
Business Manager
The Plant Accelerator
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia
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Telephone: +61 8 8313 0808
Facsimile: +61 8 8313 0828

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News / Events

2011, November Pilot Project Report: Ros Gleadow (2011) Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Sorghum
2011, November 6-12 Meet us at eResearch Australasia 2011: Bogdan Masznicz will present a talk on data management, storage and analysis at The Plant Accelerator during the BoF session at eResearch Australasia 2011 inMelbourne. If you wish to arrange a time to meet, please contact Bogdan via email or by phone on 08 8313 0824.
2011, November Case Study: Mark Crowe, Bettina Berger, Mark Tester (2011) Comparison of manual, semi-automated and automated phenotyping techniques for mapping quantitative trait loci for boron/germanium tolerance in barley.
2011, October The Plant Accelerator was a major sponsor of PhenoDays 2011. Mark Crowe's presentation Use of The Plant Accelerator for high-throughput phenotyping.
2011, October Case Study: Mark Crowe, Bettina Berger, Mark Tester (2011) Use of The Plant Accelerator to analyse salinity tolerance responses of transgenic barley expressing AtAVP1
2011, July 23-30Meet us at IBC2011: The Plant Accelerator will be an exhibitor at the 2011 International Botanical Congress (IBC2011) in Melbourne. We look forward to meeting you at IBC2011 to discuss the ways in which The Plant Accelerator® can enhance your research and/or accelerate your commercial objective. If you wish to arrange a time to meet, please contact Dr Mark Crowe via email or by phone on 0434 331 588.
2011, June 26The Plant Accelerator is featured on Landline, ABC Television
2011, JuneLinkage Grant Success - An ARC Linkage Grant will support research into image-based technology which promises a major boost to the breeding of improved cereal varieties for the harsher environmental conditions expected under climate change. Read more
December 2010

NEW Growth Rooms available from January 2011 click here. Bookings can be made now. Please contact us on 08 8313 0808.

November 2010
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) delegates visit The Plant Accelerator. Photo
2010, November 6Professor Mark Tester, Invited Speaker @ TEDx Adelaide
2010, OctoberPlants in Action Free textbook available online now!
2010, Sept 26 - Oct 1OzBio2010, Melbourne
2010, September 23-24Metabolic Efficiency Satellite Symposium of OzBio 2010, Melbourne
2010, September 19-24International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Adelaide
2010, August 5ABC Television Catalyst View website Watch video
2010, July 2Plant Accelerator receives Keith Neighbour Award for Commercial Architecture and Commendation Acknowledging Excellence in Sustainable Architecture at the Institute of Architects South Australian Awards Ceremony. PLACE article, Award Certificates
2010, May/June

Super greenhouse upgrade to "go green" on energy UoA Press Release, Eastern Courier

2010, FebruaryAPPF Pilot Project Invitation
2010, January 28The Plant Accelerator featured in IBM Smart Planet scheme
2010, January 28Official Opening of The Plant Accelerator
2009, DecemberCompletion of building construction
2009, November 12

The Plant Accelerator is expected to open its doors in January 2010.

2009, 19 NovemberAustralian Plant Phenomics Facility Introductory Workshop, Adelaide
"How CAN The Plant Accelerator address biological problems?"
2009, 16-18 NovemberACPFG Genomics Symposium - The Genomics of Salinity, Adelaide
2009, 21 SeptemberAPPF National Roadshow - Perth,
UWA, School of Plant Biology, Agriculture Lecture Theatre
2009, 17 SeptemberNational new biology initiative offers potential for 'remarkable and far-reaching benefits'
A report released today by the National Research Council calls on the United States to launch a new multiagency, multiyear, and multidisciplinary initiative to capitalize on the extraordinary advances recently made in biology and to accelerate new breakthroughs that could solve some of society's most pressing problems -- particularly in the areas of food, environment, energy, and health.
2009, 7 September APPF National Roadshow - Melbourne,
University of Melbourne, Department of Botany
2009, 21 AugustAPPF National Roadshow - Hobart,
University of Tasmania, Liefe Sciences Bldg, Lecture Theatre 2
2009, 17 AugustAPPF National Roadshow - Melbourne,
DPI, Victorian Agri Biosciences Centre (VABC)
2009, 10 AugustAPPF National Roadshow - Adelaide,
University of Adelaide, Charles Hawker Conference Centre, Waite Campus
2009, 6 AugustAPPF National Roadshow - Newcastle,
University of Newcastle, School of Environmental & Life Sciences
2009, 6-7 JulyAPPF National Roadshow - Brisbane, University of Queensland
2009 JulyScience Magazine News "With ‘Phenomics’ Plant Scientists Hope to Shift Breeding Into Overdrive"
2009, 20 MayCommonwealth Government announces $10m funding to enhance plant phenomics infrastructure (a contribution to APPF under the Education Investment Fund).

2009, 21-24 April

1st International Plant Phenomics Symposium: from Gene to Form and Function, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra HRPPC Report

2009, 11 MayMedia Release: Word-class $25m super greenhouse underway at Waite
2008, 28 JulyMedia Release: Adelaide becomes home to super greenhouse
2006, 27 NovemberMedia Release: SA Government adds $10m to biotech facility
2006, 27 NovemberMedia Release: $15m for world-class biotech facility