Dear ASPS members,

An inquiry has been launched by the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources.

We think that this topic is of particular interest to members of ASPS and as such we are preparing a submission collectively. This will be led by Dr Tracey Cuin (UTAS) and Dr Mike Haydon (UoM).

The link information for the inquiry can be found here and submissions close on Monday the 14^th of October. (https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House/Standing_Committee_on_Agriculture_and_Water_Resources/Agriculturegrowth)

Please respond to the ASPS secretary Vanessa Melino (vanessa.melino@unimelb.edu.au) with your suggestions of key priorities for plant/agricultural sciences in relation to the terms of reference: “The Committee will inquire into and report on, the opportunities and impediments to the primary production sectors realising their ambition to achieve a combined $100 billion value of production by 2030.”

Please send your comments by Monday 30^th of September.

Kind Regards,

Professor Kathleen Soole

President – Australian Society of Plant Scientists (www.asps.org.au)

Hello ASPS members,

Your last reminder the deadline for ASPS2019 early bird registration and abstract submission is in three days (July 31st).

You can register for ASPS2019 here.

You can submit an abstract here.

There are also many employment opportunities posted through the ASPS here.

Hello ASPS members,

The July edition of Phytogen has been published. You can access the latest edition here.

The July GPC e-bulletin can be accessed here.

The deadline for ASPS2019 early bird registration and abstract submission is in nine days (July 31st).

You can register for ASPS2019 here.

You can submit an abstract here.

Hello ASPS members,

The deadline for ASPS2019 early bird registration and abstract submission has been extended to July 31st.

You can register for ASPS2019 here.

You can submit an abstract here.

Hello ASPS members,

The deadline for ASPS2019 early bird registration, abstract submission and student travel grant applications are the end of this week.

You can register for ASPS2019 here.

You can submit an abstract here.

If you are a student or supervisor of a student who has been meaning to apply there is still time. Application here.

Hello all ASPS members,

Just a friendly reminder that ASPS2019 student travel grant applications are due today!

The student and the supervisor need to be financial members of ASPS and the student must present at ASPS2019 (poster or talk). For more details see https://www.asps.org.au/awards/combio-travel-awards

Best of luck.

While you are preparing your applications for the Jan Anderson award 2019, below are some words from Dr Eloise Foo, awarded inaugural Jan Anderson Award 2018. She writes about achieving balance in life and there are parallels to her research area of how plants and microbes navigate their dual existence, to read more: Strigolactones in Plant Interactions with Beneficial and Detrimental Organisms: The Yin and Yang, Juan A. López-Ráez, Ken Shirasu, Eloise Foo, Trends in Plant Science, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2017.03.011

Applications for Jan Anderson Award 2019 close Thursday 28th February. Follow the link for more details.

Dr Eloise Foo, ARC Future Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania

My research examines how plants form intimate relationships with soil microbes that give them access to essential nutrients. These relationships are ancient, widespread and often essential for plants to thrive in challenging conditions. I am fascinated with how plants and microbes communicate through chemical signals to negotiate these interactions. I absolutely love working in research, the intellectual freedom to observe, pose questions and then seek to answer them is such a creative and satisfying endeavour. I was so honoured to receive the inaugural Jan Anderson Award in 2018. Delivering the lecture at Combio 2018 to such a warm and supportive community was a true highlight and enabled me to reflect on the fantastic mentors and colleagues I have had. I feel real change is afoot to enable people to balance a research career with all the other great things in life (family, leisure time, community). This is not just to support women to navigate the challenging but rewarding path to a research career but also opens up a different way for everyone to lead successful and balanced lives.

Hello ASPS members,

Jan Anderson award application still open

Just a reminder applications for the Jan Anderson award are open until the end of the month. Know of someone who should apply? then let them know. More information on our ASPS web site which you can see here.

Logo competition

And the International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology (ICPMB) is holding a competition to design the 2021 meeting logo. See the Phytogen story here or the e-mail attachment. Please print a copy of the IPMB poster for your department notice board.

Global Plant Council E-Bulletin January 2019|

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January 2019Welcome to another month (and year!) of plant science!

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If you have news you would like us to share on our website, please contact isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

This month 31 new breaking news stories were posted on the GPC website including…

Inactivating genes can boost crop genetic diversity
Researchers recently showed that inactivating a gene, RECQ4, leads to a three-fold increase in recombination in crops such as rice, pea and tomato. The gene inhibits the exchange of genetic material via recombination (crossover) during the sexual reproduction process in crops. This discovery could speed up plant breeding and development of varieties better suited to specific environmental conditions (disease resistance, adaptation to climate change).

The African Orphan Crops Consortium bears its first fruits: the release of the first five orphan crop genomes
New research published describes and releases the first 5 orphan crop genomes from an international project to boost the productivity of traditional African food supplies.

Research finds ethical sourcing of seeds required for global restoration
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wild seeds are needed to restore plant ecosystems globally but overharvesting risks their depletion unless ethical seed-sourcing regulations are developed, research has found.

New Phytologist Trust
People and plants: Working together for the planet
Plants, People, Planet, a cross-disciplinary Open Access journal by the New Phytologist Trust, launches its first issue, that will publish peer-reviewed articles, opinion and review that focuses on the connections between plant science and society.

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International Plant & Animal Genome XXVII
12–16 January 2019. San Diego, USA.

International graduate course Ecophysiology of the rhizosphere
14–20 January 2019. Parque Katalapi, Chile.

Indian Plant Science Congress 2019
23–25 January 2019. Kattankulathur, India.

EMPHASIS on the International Year of Plant Health
12 February 2019. Torino, Italy.

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Lots of new reports, and an archive of useful documents from the last few years, are available on our website. Head to the Resources page and click ‘Reports’.

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