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 | 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 23-30 | Meet 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 26 | The Plant Accelerator is featured on Landline, ABC Television | | 2011, June | Linkage 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 6 | Professor Mark Tester, Invited Speaker @ TEDx Adelaide | | 2010, October | Plants in Action Free textbook available online now! | | 2010, Sept 26 - Oct 1 | OzBio2010, Melbourne | | 2010, September 23-24 | Metabolic Efficiency Satellite Symposium of OzBio 2010, Melbourne | | 2010, September 19-24 | International Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology, Adelaide | | 2010, August 5 | ABC Television Catalyst View website Watch video | | 2010, July 2 | Plant 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, 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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