Australian Society of Plant Scientists

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Yesterday was a blast! 🌱🚀 I had a great chat with @DrShaneRRR and Dr Ray on @3RRRFM’s #EinsteinaGoGo, sharing my work on @plants4space, developing a payload to send and grow seeds on the Moon. Catch the interview here: rrr.org.au/shared/broadca… #ArtemisIII #ScienceCommunication

Review by @Ale_Raza6 et al. @rajvarshney @uwanews @MU_CCFI_Biotech @PlantBiotechJ @SEBiology @AABiologists #Genomics-assisted #breeding for designing #salinity-smart future #crops onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb… @CropGlobal @sci_plant @Hassaan_Shehu @CeResLab_IAS @RSB_PlantSci

Discover the wildlife that call eucalypt hollows home in this stunning poster series by Paula Peeters! 🌳 Now featuring 4 ecosystems, incl. the new WA Wheatbelt Woodland. Explore + order here: paperbarkwriter.com/12967-2 #LoveAGum #TreeHollowThursday

📢 New publication 'Toward a general framework for #AI-enabled prediction in #crop improvement' by Carlos Messina et al. in Theoretical and Applied Genetics 🌾 doi.org/10.1007/s00122…

Plant SynBio Australia - ANU is looking for multiple long-term positions. Join us with your SynBio talent!: 3 x Technical Coordinator (ANUO7): jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/technical… 3 x Technical Officer (ANUO4/5): jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/technical… @asps_ozplants @SynBioAusAsia @CropLifeOZ

#PaperAlert Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever? Members of GPC board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages👍 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb… #plantscience #science

📰 June 2025 Phytogen is online! Conference updates, travel awards, student journey from Belgium to ANU, and climate-resilient crop research. asps.org.au/archives/57774 #AusPlantSci #PlantScience #ASPS2025 @asps_ozplants

📢 New publication 'Substantial capacitance found in the roots of 2 contrasting #conifer species' by Christopher McCarthy, Ibrahim Bourbia and Timothy Brodribb in @PlantPhys. doi.org/10.1093/plphys… @Brodribb_Lab

🌱🧬Our expert view "Advances in seed 'omics" is out and available as advance access article in @JXBot. Covers how omics tech is revolutionising seed research - single-cell and multi-omics integration towards climate-resilient crops. @SABE_latrobe @ZJU_China @latrobe @lewseylab

Happy to share a joint effort with @AurouxLucas @lewseylab @whelan_lab on our expert review published in the Journal of Experimental Botany. We explore how omics technologies are transforming our understanding of seed dormancy and germination.

Article by Li et al. @hongweiliu10 @ManuDelBaq @wang_juntao @Prof_Braj_Singh @westsyduhie @westernsydneyu @cellhostmicrobe #Drought-induced plant #microbiome and #metabolic enrichments improve drought resistance cell.com/cell-host-micr… @sci_plant @MiCRop_research @PSMISB

Our first gene-edited barley field trial! Huge thanks to PhD student Richard Dixon for coordinating this with Stuart Roy’s team at Uni of Adelaide. Special thanks to Karen Massel, Yasmine Lam, Zachary Aldiss, Ian Godwin at UQ and Michael Djordjevic at ANU

Dynamic and spatial control of cellular activity during seed germination sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @lewseylab

Review by @Prof_Braj_Singh et al. @HangweiHu @S01LS @Dr_ChaoXiong @cellhostmicrobe @westsyduhie @CropGlobal @westernsydneyu #Microbiome-facilitated plant #nutrient #acquisition cell.com/cell-host-micr… @SoilScienceAust @ILSI_Global @ykuzyakov @MiCRop_research @PMB_Berkeley

📢 New publication 'Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait-based #ecology' by Francesco de Bello et al. in Ecological Monographs 🧪 doi.org/10.1002/ecm.70… #biodiversity

You are invited to join us if you have an interest in soil health !

Thank you @PlantTeaching / @plantae_org 4 featuring our review "#Genomics🧬and #breeding🧫tools to design #salinity-smart food #crops🌾" in #PlantScience Research Weekly that was published in @PlantBiotechJ🆒🤩🔥 @rajvarshney 🖇️plantae.org/plant-science-… 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…

I’m incredibly honoured and humbled to be elected as a Fellow of the @Science_Academy. Thank you, AAS, for recognizing our contributions in genomics and molecular breeding, a research field that continues to be vital in enhancing crop productivity and food security. I have long…

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