Australia being ‘left behind’ as federal research and development funding sinks to 30-year low Technology experts sound the alarm as authorities try to encourage private investment

Do all the reviews you want, but the bottom line has been obvious for 10+ years.

"We urgently need publicly funded scientists doing essential research for overall public benefit & a nice social media strategy doesn’t make that happen – funding does."

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Plant molecular biologists - come to #IPMB2024 Cairns, Australia! Abstracts close 16 February! Earlybird registration open until 21 March. ECR travel grants available: ipmb2024.org/abstracts
Please circulate.

Program — IPMB 2024

Come to Cairns Australia 24-28 June 2024! With 156 confirmed speakers in 72 sessions spread across 11 diverse themes, the #IPMB2024 provisional program is now live! ipmb2024.org/program Registration and abstract submission open ipmb2024.org/registration Please spread the word!

First post! Thanks to @janelangdale.bsky.social for introducing this slow-coach to the BlueSky network! @jamespblloyd.bsky.social I see you too :-)