WRI Research Seminar Series

This seminar series showcases the excellent research our members, affiliates and collaborators are undertaking across the agriculture, food and wine sectors. Expand your network and find new collaborators!

The seminar series

Upcoming seminars

Bringing together research and ideas from across the Waite campus and beyond. Stay tuned for our fortnightly schedule of industry leaders and speakers on a wide range of topics.

  • August 2025
    • 01.08 - Prof Ayman Habib, Purdue University, Indiana, USA, Joint APPN/WRI seminar
      • Title: The use of near proximal and proximal sensing for high throughput phenotyping
    • 14.08 - Sarah Ewers and Guisella Yarasca, SARDI Food Technology Program
      • Title: Food technology at SARDI: capabilities and recent projects
    • 28.08 - Dr James Cowley and Bill Hirt, University of Adelaide SAFW
      • Title: Adelaide University Food Product Development Program – Overview of food research and Chef in Residence program

  • July 2025
    • 03.07 - David Peck, SARDI
      • Title: Seed dormancy and seed priming of annual pasture legumes species
    • 31.07 - Dr Therese McBeath and Dr Stephen Davies, CSIRO Agriculture and Food Systems Program
      • Title: Transforming the agriculture productivity of agricultural sandy landscapes in southern and western Australia

  • June 2025
    • 05.06 - A/Prof David Jeffery, University of Adelaide, SAFW
      • Title: What can modelling with A-TEEM data tell us about grape and wine traits?
    • 26.06 - Prof Chris Preston, University of Adelaide, SAFW
      • Title: Reimagining weed management in the grains industry: The GRDC Weed Management Initiative

    • May 2025
      • 22.05 - Dr Jens Blotevogel, CSIRO
        • Title: PFAS characterisation and treatment: A global grand challenge

    • April 2025
      • 10.04 - Dr Darren Wong, Australian National University, Division of Ecology and Evolution
        • Title: Plant adaptation through specialized metabolism: Insights from Australia's plant biodiversity and major horticultural crops

    • March 2025
      • 20.03 - Dr Scott Boden, University of Adelaide, SAFW
        • Title: Spatial transcriptomics in cereal crops: Advancing insights into plant development, flowering time, and grain yield.
      • 27.03 - Prof Matthew Tucker, WRI Interim Director, University of Adelaide
        • Title: The Waite Research Institute - a modern catalyst for research, innovation and partnership
      • 28.03 - Dr Daisuke Ogawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation, Tsukuba, Japan
        • Title: Insight on time-series phenotyping of rice in the field using UAVs

    • February 2025
      • 13.02 - Dr Gianpiero Marconi, University of Perugia, Italy
        • Title: Grapes, tomatoes, and epigenetics: A recipe for flavour and complexity
      • 27.02 - Dr Yusuf Genc, SARDI
        • Title: Quantifying wheat spike traits with X-ray computed tomography

    Please visit the WRI seminar series page, or the Waite events calendar for listings of upcoming seminars.

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