News and Events


Current and past HRPPC news stories, see also: Publications by members

 

Date News/Event
18-May-12 The HRPPC will be celebrating Fascination of Plants Day with a lecture on 3D Plant Imaging, see the Facebook page for more details
12-Mar-12 The members of the European Plant Phenomics Network met in Canberra
7-Mar-12 EU Commissioner for Research Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, see the Facebook album
17-Jan-12 Richard Poire's talk "Phenotyping the Shoot and Root Diversity of Brachypodium distachyon to Accelerate Plant Biofuel Breeding" was presented at PAG XX
8-Dec-11 Xavier Sirault presents "High-throughput Phenotyping Technologies in Australia" at the Corn & Sorghum and Soybean Seed Research Conference 2011
19-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank discusses HRPPC technology in The Canberra Times
14-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank discusses global food challenges in Eco Periodicals
14-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank discusses global food challenges in The News
13-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank discusses global food challenges in the Khaleej Times
12-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank discusses global food challenges in the Tehran Times
11-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank discusses global food challenges in the Jerusalem Post
10-Jun-11 Dr Bob Furbank talks to David Fogarty in the reuters special report "Scientists Race to Avoid Climate Change Harvest"
19-May-11 The PlantScan is officially launched at the HRPPC
01-May-11 Neo Vista Systems Integra and the HRPPC have been made finalists in the PACE Zenith Awards in the May 2011 edition of Pace Magazine.
19-Apr-11 The APPF appears in Connections, the Bioplatforms Australia Newsletter
15-Mar-11 The visit by the Chinese Academy of Science to the HRPPC appears on WIN News, ABC radio and ABC's website
12-Jan-11 Erica Seccombe's work produced at the HRPPC is discussed on the the website for the Chief Scientist of Australia
01-Dec-10 The HRPPC appears in the Canberra Times
30-Nov-10 The HRPPC hosts an Open Day highlighting new technology like the Phenomobile and the Blimp, and launching the art exhibition by inaugural artist Erica Seccombe and the Plant Phenomics Teacher Resource
30-Nov-10 The Phenomobile is discussed on 2CC radio
29-Nov-10 The Phenomobile is on Facebook have a look at the video of the Phenomobile in operation
29-Oct-10 The Scientists at the HRPPC are growings Mos for Movember. Donate to the Plant PheMonics team today
01-Oct-10 The Phenomobile appears in Australian Horticulture
27-Sep-10 APPF, booth 59 at the OzBio2010 Conference and Exhibition, download the CSIRO Times
24-Sep-10 Erica Seccombe announced as the successful artist for the "Plants under the microscope" artist in residence.
2-Sep-10 ‘Phenomobile’ driving high-tech crop research
2-Sep-10 Cutting Edge Crop Research
26-Aug-10 CSIRO’s new Phenomobile
18-Aug-10 The Phenomobile appears in the Weekly Times CSIRO Golf cart for crops
13-Aug-10 The Phenomobile appears in the Canberra Times
11-Aug-10 The Phenomobile appears in the Newcastle Herald
26-Jun-10 The Architects for the HRPPC building receive a Heritage Architecture Commendation in the Australian Institute of Architects Awards - ACT chapter
01-May-10 The next green revolution
29-Apr-10 Twice the rice for the same price
01-Apr-10 Phenonet: big brother in the back paddock
17-Mar-10 Brachypodium the small plant making a big impact
25-Feb-10 A $50m fillip for the plant breeder game
25-Feb-10 Plants dealing with salt - let me count the ways
29-Sep-09 $18m high resolution plant phenomic centre
25-Sep-09 New high-tech tool for plant breeding opened
18-Sep-09 Food hotel opens
18-Sep-09 $18m plant hotel opens in Canberra
18-Sep-09 Scientists seek ways to grow super food
18-Sep-09 Plants' secrets
17-Sep-09 Canberra opens state-of-the-art 'plant hotel'
17-Sep-09 New 'plant hotel' opens in Canberra
17-Sep-09 High-tech crop research centre opens, the HRPPC appears on the ABC news
17-Sep-09 Major research program for crops tailored to Australian climate, the HRPPC appears on NSW, Vic and ACT state news
17-Sep-09 New 'plant-hotel' opens in Canberra, the HRPPC appears on Win news
01-Sep-09 Miniature grass offers potential key to wheat genes
28-Jul-09 Biofuel and crop research grows by A$1.6 million
28-Jul-09 CSIRO leads biofuel research
24-Jul-09 With 'phenomics', plant scientists hope to shift breeding into overdrive
24-Jul-09 Aus$1.6m grant for USDA/CSIRO biofuels research
24-Jul-09 Biofuel and crop research grows by $1.6 million
24-Jul-09 CSIRO and US Department of Agriculture researchers awarded A$1.6 million grant