Phytogen Blog

ASPS publishes a society newsletter, Phytogen, in order to reach our own members plus general readers with an interest in developments in Australian plant science. Phytogen is thus a vehicle for communicating new ideas, recent professional experiences, and forthcoming events. Routine items include: invitations to submit applications for Society awards that identify outstanding researchers, nominations for election of Corresponding members overseas, nominations for RN Robertson and JG Wood lectures, advance notice of plant science meetings and of course, reminders to renew subscriptions! Phytogen is published in electronic format as a blog, and is also summarised 2-3 times per year in a PDF and email newsletter format.  For content submissions contact Dr Janet Wheeler Janet.Wheeler@latrobe.edu.au

 

Past Phytogen Editors: Dr Paul Kriedmann (1995-2001), Professor Helen Irving (2001-2013),  , Dr Gonzalo Estavillo, Adjunct Professor Tina Offler, Dr Christopher Cazzonelli (2013-2019), Georgia Koerber (2019-2023).

 

Count down to 60 years of ASPS – reflections

You can access the Phytogen blog here. Some reflections on the Australian Society of Plant Scientists (nee Physiologists) to mark the 60th anniversary. John R Evans   I am probably in a unique position from which to write this as I was born in the year that the society was founde
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Count down to 60 years of ASPS

Count down to 60 years of ASPS We are in the process of writing a history of the Society planned for publication in 2019. This blog is a taste of the Society’s beginnings, but we are aware of gaps in our narrative.  Should anyone have other relevant information that you would be willi
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Count down to 60 years of ASPS – Growing up within ASPS

Some reflections on the Australian Society of Plant Scientists (nee Physiologists) to mark the 60th anniversary. John R Evans   I am probably in a unique position from which to write this as I was born in the year that the society was founded and my father was one of those at the
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Count down to 60 years of ASPS – Rewarding excellence

Count down to 60 years of ASPS We are in the process of writing a history of the Society planned for publication in 2019. This blog is a taste of the Society’s beginnings, but we are aware of gaps in our narrative.  Should anyone have other relevant information that you would be willi
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Countdown to 60 years of ASPS – Thoughts from some of our leaders.

Countdown to 60 years of ASPS – Thoughts from some of our leaders 19 August 2018 ASPS 60 Professor Sergey Shabala had his first exposure to the Australian plant science community nearly 23 years ago, while attending Combio in Sydney in 1995. Being raised under strict academic rules in
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Count down to 60 years of ASPS

ASPS 60 Count down to 60 years of ASPS Dear ASPS members, With about 6 weeks until ComBio 2018, make sure you check the website for a new post to Phytogen each Monday. This beginning post has been emailed to start you off and can be viewed at the ASPS website (https://www.asps.org.au/
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Countdown to 60 years of ASPS – Thoughts from some of our leaders

Professor Sergey Shabala had his first exposure to the Australian plant science community nearly 23 years ago, while attending Combio in Sydney in 1995. Being raised under strict academic rules in the former USSR, I was probably the only person wearing a suit and a tie at that meeting
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Count down to 60 years of ASPS – The beginning

Count down to 60 years of ASPS Dear ASPS members, with about 6 weeks until ComBio 2018, make sure you check the website for a new post to Phytogen each Monday. This beginning post has been emailed to start you off and will be on our website after that (https://www.asps.org.au/) The po
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More inspirational ComBio 2017 students

ComBio 2017 was the first conference I attended during my PhD studies and it was so unforgettable, as I saw the outline of the future of agriculture in this conference. I presented my poster about QTL identified on controlling photosynthetic traits in Barley, talked about the genetic
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