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

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.

Upcoming speakers

  • October 2025
    • 09.10 – Prof. Tara Pukala, University of Adelaide; School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
      • Title: Advancing structural mass spectrometry for complex biomolecules
    • 23.10 – Dr. Nicole Thompson, SARDI, Program Leader, Plant Health & Diagnostics
      • Title: SARDI’s Plant Health and Diagnostics Program

  • November 2025
    • 13.11 – Dr. Phil Pardey, University of Minnesota, College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences 
      • Title: Rethinking Investments in Agri-Food Innovation

Past speakers

  • September 2025
    • 25.09 - Prof. Bronwyn Gillanders, University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences
      • Title: Estimating movements and connectivity patterns of fish across a changing seascape
    • 26.09 - Dr. Raymond M. Wheeler, NASA, Emeritus senior scientist
      • Title: Plants for bioregenerative life support systems in space

  • August 2025
    • 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

  • Jan - 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

     

    • 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

     

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

     

    • 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

     

    • 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

     

    • 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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