John Evans speaking at the opening of the LT Evans Plant Growth Facility at the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines, 21 January 2016 (left). The opening took place during IRRI Science Week and John, Murray Badger, Spencer Whitney, Paul Quick and Florence Danila contributed talks to the IRRI-Australia symposium.

The $10M facility was a gift from Australia to IRRI (right). It was named after John’s father Lloyd who served on the IRRI board and whose efforts led to the first phytotron donated to IRRI around 2000. Inside the facility, rice seed handling and storage will occur on the left hand side and greenhouses, growth cabinets and laboratories for non transgenic research occurs on the right hand side. The building is engineered to withstand typhoons that frequently affect the area.

Behind the scenes, Spencer Whitney was planning a takeover of yet more office and lab space with his favourite colour scheme (right). His long face reflects his concern that one student talk had failed to mention Rubisco during the IRRI-Australia symposium.

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Hello ASPS members,

Our annual dinner is being held during ComBio in Brisbane on Wednesday October 5 at 7pm. I would like to encourage all our ASPS members attending ComBio to come along and for those of you near Brisbane that may not be attending ComBio, you are invited as well. My Linh Hoang has arranged this year’s event and it will be slightly different because it comes with sponsorship! The dinner will cost $50 for members and students will be subsidised, so the cost for them is just $20, but there is a catch – the venue has only enough space for 10 tables with 8 people at each so you need to let My Linh lt.hoang@qut.edu.au know if you are interested by 25 September. Payment and ticket issue will happen at the ComBio registration desk from Tuesday lunchtime onwards (4 Oct). The dinner will be two courses with wine/soft drink/tea/coffee and be held in the panoramic Gibson room on the 10^th floor of QUT, just across the river from the convention centre. For those of you who have come in previous years, you will know that it is a great event that brings our society together and catch up or get to know new members. Normally it is organised by our student representatives, but the sponsorship offer from  QUT-IFE https://www.qut.edu.au/institute-for-future-environments this year seemed a great opportunity.

I hope to see you there.

John

Professor John R Evans FAA President, Australian Society of Plant Scientists

E: john.evans@anu.edu.au

http://www.asps.org.au/

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ComBio2016: 3 – 7 October 2016, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

ComBio2016 is a combined conference with the ASBMB, ASPS and ANZSCDB

We are pleased to advise that the final program is now available for perusal.

You can view the program at: http://www.asbmb.org.au/combio2016/program.html

There are four separate files which consist of:

The one page program timetable.

The full program timetable (9 pages).

The full program (including plenary, symposium and colloquium presentations).

The poster program.

All abstracts can also now be viewed at: http://www.asbmb.org.au/combio2016/abstracts.html

There are five separate files which consist of:

Plenary Abstracts

Symposium Abstracts

Colloquium Abstracts

Poster Abstracts

Author Index

The conference app will be available a few days prior to the conference.  The app will include the full program including posters, all abstracts, all companies exhibiting and a list of registrants (less those that have requested privacy).  We will send you a further email when the app is accessible.

Please note that registrations are still welcome and also “on site” poster abstract submissions are still welcome up until, and including, Monday 26 September. On site presentations will not be included in the hard copy of the program, on the website or on the conference app, but will be included on the conference program revisions board. On site poster abstracts can be submitted at: https://www.asbmb.org.au/Register/combio2016-abstract-form.cgi

and registrations can be made at: https://www.asbmb.org.au/Register/combio2016-registration-form.cgi

If you have difficulty accessing these pages, you should refresh your browser.

Kind regards

Sally

Sally Jay

ComBio2016 Secretariat

Email:  combio@asbmb.org.au

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Dear Members of ASPS,

Please be advised that the 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Australian Society of

Plant Scientists will be held 18:15 – 19:15 on Thursday, 6 October, Plaza P2, Brisbane

Convention Centre, Brisbane, Qld. As usual, the ASPS Annual General Meeting has been

scheduled during the COMBIO conference week.

Attached, please find the Preliminary Agenda. If you would like to add any items to the

Agenda, please e-mail these to the Honorary Secretary Martha Ludwig

(martha.ludwig@uwa.edu.au or secretary@asps.org.au), by Wednesday, 15 September

2016.

Sincerely,

John Evans

(President of ASPS)

Dear ASPS / ANZSCDB Past and Present Members

ComBio2016: 3 – 7 October 2016 – Brisbane Convention Centre
ComBio2016 is a combined conference of the ASBMB, ASPS and ANZSCDB

A reminder that the extension of the early registration deadline finishes on Monday, 1 August.

The deadline for late poster abstracts is Monday, 15 August (details will be published in the conference program, online and conference App but will be included in “Late Posters” and will not be programmed within themes. So – you can still register on Monday, 1 August (so you pay the early rate) and then submit your abstract by the 15 August deadline for your poster presentation to be published in the program, online and in the conference App. After 15 August, you can still register and submit a poster abstract up until Monday, 26 September but it will be an “On Site” poster presentation – so details will appear on the Program Revisions board and not be published in conference publications.

The program timetable can be downloaded from: http://www.asbmb.org.au/combio2016/timetable.html
and the symposium program from http://www.asbmb.org.au/combio2016/symposia.html
The photographs and bio-sketches of the exciting list of overseas and society plenary lecturers can be downloaded from:
http://www.asbmb.org.au/combio2016/plenary.html

Further Information:
Sally Jay: combio@asbmb.org.au

Do not miss “Addressing Global Challenges in Plant Science: the importance of co-operation beyond national boundaries” by @GlobalPlantGPC @ ‪#‎combio2016‬ https://www.asbmb.org.au/…/ComBio2016%20-%20Provisional%20S…

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Dear ASPS members,

I would like to encourage you to add your support to this petition by Nobel Laureates.

Thanks

John Evans, President ASPS

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ON THE PULSE – RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2016

2016 marks the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s International Year of Pulses – a celebration of the importance of these legumes.

On Tuesday 12 July, the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment at the University of Sydney will host the 2016 Research Symposium, On the Pulse.

On the Pulse brings together domestic and international researchers to discuss strategies and advances that are future proofing pulse agriculture, focusing on three themes: pulse diversity, pulse benefits to agronomy and genetic pulse sustainability.

Download the Symposium program (PDF, 1.37MB)

Event details

Tuesday 12 July 2016
8.15am – 6.00pm
Veterinary Science Conference Centre
University of Sydney

Free Registration

For more information

Liz Kenna

+61 2 9351 5697

liz.kenna@sydney.edu.au sydney.edu.au/agriculture/outreach/symposium