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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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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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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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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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Meet Sagadevan Mundree: tropical pulses expert

August 26, 2020   /   News, Participants, Profiles

Queensland University of Technology Professor Sagadevan Mundree is an expert in the fields of biochemistry and cell biology, agricultural and industrial biotechnology, and tropical crops – notably pulses. He also loves to hike.

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Meet Sami Kara: advanced manufacturing expert

July 29, 2020   /   News, Participants, Profiles

For UNSW’s Professor Sami Kara, sustainable manufacturing is a key to future prosperity and a cleaner, greener planet. Scientica Education Fellow and Director of Vertically Integrated Projects in the University of New South Wales’ Faculty of Engineering, Sami isn’t one to silo […]

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Greenbio Group: developing high-tech growing systems for high-value functional foods and medicinal products

February 6, 2020   /   Participants, Profiles

As an agri-biotech company, Greenbio Group looks forward to working with automation experts in the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision at Queensland University of Technology to develop high-tech automated facilities in which to grow food and medicinal plants for use in high-value […]

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The future of farming in Western Sydney – fresh thinking

December 5, 2019   /   Profiles

As a food grower, you might think I’m part of a dying breed of people. Climate change, scarcity of arable land and price pressures are enough to add worry lines to the most weathered farmer’s face. And while I worry […]

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