Hello ASPS members,

National Science Week is coming up and we’d like to encourage everyone interested to get involved.  ASPS member Kim Johnson is involved in this great initiative for National Science Week:

The National Science Week events ‘Taste Tomorrow: what will you be eating in 2050’ is now open for registration (www.tastetomorrow.edu.au/events) and will feature a panel of experts, including plant scientists.

The ON24 events will be hosted by John Brumby and Wade Kelly. When people register they will be delivered a box of mystery ‘future foods’ to spark conversation and people can also engage with the website (www.tastetomorrow.edu.au) to find fact files, blogs, experiments (for home or school) and recipes related to the sustainability and nutrition of the foods.

Taste Tomorrow will also post videos by chefs and sports personalities creating new recipes with our future foods (Insta taste_tomorrow, Twitter @taste_tomorrow, #tastetomorrow).

Thank-you for your support!

For more information contact:

Dr Kim Johnson

Senior Research Fellow

La Trobe Institute for Agriculture & Food (LIAF)

Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science

k.johnson@latrobe.edu.au

Dear ASPS members,

Announcing the 2020 ASPS award winners;

Peter Goldacre Award – Alex Wu.

Jan Anderson Award (joint winners)- Kristine Crous and Crystal Sweetman.

ASPS Teaching Award – Hank Greenway, David Turner, Jane Gibbs and Brian Atwell.

Congratulations!

Announcing Peter Ryan as our ASPS President Elect.

The July Global Plan Council e-Bulletin can be accessed HERE.

Hello ASPS members,

As we adjust to different ways of living and working in this changing world alternative opportunities also arise.  This year you can attend Plant Biology 2020 World Summit without having to travel to the northern hemisphere!

Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit

July 27-31

Virtual event with talks, workshops, posters, networking events and virtual exhibit hall

https://plantbiology.aspb.org/

All talks will be recorded for access on demand by registered participants, and virtual posters will be available for viewing shortly before, during, and after the meeting.

#PlantBio20

Note also that there are group rates that bring the cost down significantly

We also have two new PhD opportunities have been posted on our job board and can be viewed here.

Finally a member of the public has ask for help identifying a tree they saw on a trip to the west coast of Tasmania. Responses can be e-mailed to admin@asps.org.au , FB ASPSozplants or Twitter @asps_ozplants.