Mike gives radio interview on plastic eating bacteria
Mike Ogden did a radio interview on Nov 25th on plastic pollution and how to potentially mitigate it: link is here: https://www.3cr.org.au/radioblue
Persson lab
How plants produce their biomass
Staffan on Clarivate/Thomson Reuters highly cited researcher list 2018
For the third year in a row, Staffan is included as a highly cited researcher in the Clarivate’s (Thomson Reuter) list of top 1% cited researchers in the world.
Edwin receives William Stone grant
Edwin received the prestigious William Stone Foundation grant of 30,000 for his work on pollen and thunderstorm asthma. Congrats!!
Staffan on the editorial board for International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Staffan is now on the editorial board for International Journal of Molecular Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/sectioneditors/botany)
Ghaz and Felix successful with seed funding grants
Ghaz and Felix were successful with their seed funding applications to the School of Biosciences’ cross-disciplinary scheme. Congrats!
ARC success
Staffan and Heather were successful in securing an ARC Discovery grant of $ 531,000. Yay!
Paper accepted in Nucleic Acid Res
Our collaborative paper on tRNA modifications with Dr Chen Peng was just accepted in Nucleic Acids Research
Ghaz receives an ECR grant
Ghaz was just awarded an Early Career Research grant from University of Melbourne. Total amount was $30,000. Congrats!!
Heather accepts faculty position at University of Toronto!
Heather has accepted a position as a tenure-track Assistant Prof in the Dept of Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Toronto, starting in July 2019. Congratulations!! Contact Heather if you are interested in graduate studies in Canada.
Pursuit article on our Nature Plants paper
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/engineering-plants-for-a-sustainable-future
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