Further Enquiries Helli Meinecke Business Manager The Plant Accelerator The University of Adelaide SA 5005 Australia Email Telephone: +61 8 8313 0808 Facsimile: +61 8 8313 0828
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News & Events| Dates | Events |
| 2010, February |
APPF Pilot Project Invitation |
| 2010, January 28 |
The Plant Accelerator featured in IBM Smart Planet scheme |
| 2010, January 28 |
Official Opening of The Plant Accelerator |
| 2009, December | Completion of building construction |
| 2009, November 12 |
The Plant Accelerator is expected to open its doors in January 2010. |
| 2009, 19 November | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility Introductory Workshop, Adelaide "How CAN The Plant Accelerator address biological problems?" | | 2009, 16-18 November | ACPFG Genomics Symposium - The Genomics of Salinity, Adelaide |
| 2009, 21 September |
APPF National Roadshow - Perth,
UWA, School of Plant Biology, Agriculture Lecture Theatre |
| 2009, 17 September |
National 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 August | APPF National Roadshow - Hobart, University of Tasmania, Liefe Sciences Bldg, Lecture Theatre 2 | | 2009, 17 August | APPF National Roadshow - Melbourne, DPI, Victorian Agri Biosciences Centre (VABC) | | 2009, 10 August | APPF National Roadshow - Adelaide, University of Adelaide, Charles Hawker Conference Centre, Waite Campus | | 2009, 6 August | APPF National Roadshow - Newcastle, University of Newcastle, School of Environmental & Life Sciences | | 2009, 6-7 July | APPF National Roadshow - Brisbane, University of Queensland | | 2009 July | Science Magazine News "With ‘Phenomics’ Plant Scientists Hope to Shift Breeding Into Overdrive" | | 2009, 20 May | Commonwealth 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 May | Media Release: Word-class $25m super greenhouse underway at Waite | | 2008, 28 July | Media Release: Adelaide becomes home to super greenhouse | | 2006, 27 November | Media Release: SA Government adds $10m to biotech facility | | 2006, 27 November | Media Release: $15m for world-class biotech facility |
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