Governance

The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF) is a cross-institutional facility involving two quite different, but highly complementary research centres; The Plant Accelerator^® in Adelaide (APPF Headquarter) and the High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre in Canberra.

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) provides advice to the Executive Management Committee (EMC) in a number of operational, strategic and scientific areas to assist the effective operation of the Facility. The SAB is comprised of:

• Tony Bacic, Director, Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, and Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic
• Ros Gleadow, Cyanogenesis Group, Monash University, Melbourne Vic
• Graeme Hammer, School of Land, Crop & Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld
• Hans Lambers, Head, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth WA
• Robert Loughman, Director, Genetic & Product Innovation, Dept of Agriculture & Food Western Australia (DAFWA), Perth WA
• John Manners (SAB Chair), Deputy Chief, CSIRO Plant industry, Brisbane Qld
• Barry Osmond, IBS Review Committee Representative, Canberra ACT
• Uli Schurr, Head, Institute Phytosphere, Research Centre Jülich Germany

The Executive Management Committee (EMC) sets the strategic direction of the APPF. The EMC, which involves key management personnel of the APPF and the chair of the SAB, is responsible for ensuring the successful and integrated design and operation of the facility, its effective management, governance and community research service outcomes, and for setting then achieving milestones, and appropriate fiscal management of the facility.

The APPF User Group provides user feedback to support the continuous improvement of the APPF's capabilities. The annual User Group Workshop discusses scientific projects undertaken at the facility, scientific and technological developments and future directions, infrastructure needs, networking and funding opportunities.

 Please contact us for futher inofrmation about our governance structure.