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2020 CRC Research Showcase round-up

December 15, 2020   /   Featured, Forums, News, Participants, Projects

On 2 December 2020, the CRC hosted its first online Research Showcase, highlighting projects approved, in progress and completed under our three Research Programs (RPs) over the CRC’s first full year of operation.

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Meet Gal Winter: microbial ecology expert

December 11, 2020   /   News, Profiles

For Dr Gal Winter, lecturer and microbiologist at northern NSW’s University of New England, studying the ecology of microbe colonies – most recently, those surrounding tomato plant roots – has been a cross-continental endeavour.

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2019/2020 Annual Report

November 30, 2020   /   News, Publications

The Future Food Systems CRC 2019/2020 Annual Report provides an overview of project achievements, financials, the CRC inception process and highlights of the first half year of operation.

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Meet Chris Lehnert: automation and robotics expert

November 26, 2020   /   News, Profiles, Projects

QUT-based robotics engineer Dr Chris Lehnert specialises in solving commercial automation challenges, developing novel solutions for an array of real-world applications. Right now, he’s developing components for high-tech vertical farm modules in a CRC collaboration with Greenbio.

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Greenbio teams up with QUT experts to address vertical farming challenges

November 25, 2020   /   News, Participants, Projects

Agri-biotech firm Greenbio Group has teamed up with automation experts at Queensland University of Technology’s Centre for Robotics to develop novel next-gen growing systems for vertically grown crops.

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Gehan Abdelghany: exploring uses for native crops from the Nile to Northern Australia

November 24, 2020   /   News, Profiles, Projects

Appointed to the ‘Commercialising native rice project’ early in 2020, CRC PhD student and beneficial indigenous-species expert Gehan Abdelghany is working on the theoretical component of her doctorate from Egypt while she waits for travel bans to lift.

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Meet Priti Krishna: sustainable cropping expert

October 27, 2020   /   News, Participants, Profiles

For Priti Krishna, Foundation Chair of Sustainable Agriculture at Western Sydney University and lead researcher on the CRC’s Blueberry nutritional optimisation project, it’s not just about growing better crops; it’s about growing crops better.

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Phil Thomas: Seeking the microbial edge in hydroponic tomatoes

October 26, 2020   /   News, Profiles, Projects

For this IT-pro-turned-UNE-microbiology post-grad, the chance to study the root microbiome of greenhouse-grown tomatoes with Costa Group under the CRC was one too good to refuse.

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FoodSwitch Connect: enabling healthy food procurement for businesses and food-service providers across Sydney’s south-west

September 28, 2020   /   News, Participants, Projects

With support from Liverpool City Council, The George Institute for Global Health will extend its successful FoodSwitch platform to include food-service providers from the Liverpool area south-west of Sydney, helping event organisers make healthier food choices.

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Meet Dr Elaine Holmes: Microbiome-diet expert

September 24, 2020   /   News, Participants, Profiles

This brilliant scientist was the first in her family to attend university. But for Elaine Holmes, world-leading metabolic scientist, WA Premier’s Research Fellow and recent recipient of a prestigious Australian Laureate ARC Fellowship, academia proved a natural fit.

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