📸 ASPS2025 Conference photos now available!
4 days of science in Adelaide captured by our volunteer photographers
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🎤 ASPS2025 Best Presentation Awards:
🥇 Best Student Talk: Louise Walker (La Trobe) 🥈 Student Runner-up: Qinqin Yang (USyd)
🔬 Best ECR Talk: Stephanie Kerr (QUT)
Exceptional presentations showcasing the future of Australian plant science! 🌱
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🏆 Congratulations to our ASPS2025 Poster Award Winners!
Session 1: Daniel Wallis & Szczepan Glewicz
Session 2: Guilherme Ventura Yoshikawa & Jasmine Divinagracia
Outstanding science on display! 📊
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🎉 ASPS 2025 by the numbers:
255 registrants (130+ students!) 4 days of exceptional science in Adelaide Quality talks & posters across all sessions Unforgettable social events at McLaren Vale, Mt Lofty & Waite Campus
Such a success! 🌱
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🎬 Relive the highlights from #ASPS2025 in Adelaide - incredible science, networking, and collaboration across four amazing days! 🌱
See you at ComBio 2026 in Sydney! 👋
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🏆 Congratulations to our #ASPS2025 Award Winners!
Best Posters:
Session 1: Daniel Wallis & Szczepan Glewicz
Session 2: Guilherme Ventura Yoshikawa & Jasmine Divinagracia
Best Presentations:
🎓 Student: Louise Walker (Winner), Qinqin Yang (Runner-up)
🔬 ECR: Stephanie Kerr
🎉 #ASPS2025 Day 4 Wrap-Up - Thursday 27 November
What a fantastic final day! 🌱
Morning Sessions:🔬 Plant Biotic & Abiotic Stress Signaling 📚 Teaching, Outreach & Indigenous
Afternoon:🧬 Frontiers in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
See you next year!
Yin Liu smiles at us while standing in a greenhouse in front of grapevines. She wears round frame glasses, a striped top and has black hair.
Raise a glass to science excellence 🍇
Yin Liu is the recipient of the @asps-oz.bsky.social and Functional Plant Biology Best Paper Award for an Early Career Scientist!
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☀️ #ASPS2025 Day 3 - Wed 26 November Afternoon
Session 7: Fields of Opportunity Chair: Michael Eyres
Industry-focused session featuring: 🎤 Keynote: Chris Davey (Next Level Agronomy), Industry perspectives from Field Systems, Mallee Sustainable Farming, Omnia, Panel Q&A
☀️ #ASPS2025 Day 3 - Wed 26 November
Session 6: Beneficial Plant–Microbe Interactions Chairs: Ronan Broad (La Trobe) & Eloise Foo (UTAS)
🦠🌱 Exploring symbiotic relationships with: 🎤 Invited speaker Dr. April Hastwell (UQ) 📊 Talks from Ronan Broad, Jiacan Sun & Zhe Zhang 🎯
☀️ #ASPS2025 Day 3 kicks off!
Session 5: New Technologies & AI in Plant Science
Chairs: David Kainer (UQ) & Lucas Auroux (La Trobe)
🤖 Exploring cutting-edge applications of AI and new tech in plant research with talks from:
Great start of the day! 🌱
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#ASPS2025 Tuesday Morning Wrap-Up
Great sessions this morning! 🌱
Session 4: Plant Nutrition & Development featured: 🎤 Invited speaker Prof. Brent Kaiser (UoS)
🏆 Peter Goldacre Award Talk: Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Watts-Fawkes (Wageningen University).
🍽️ #ASPS2025 Tuesday 25th November Schedule
11:45-13:15: Lunch & Poster Session (The Hub)
📊 Odd-numbered posters presenting
13:15-17:30: Social Afternoon Activities
🎟️ Ticketed events around Adelaide - bus departure from Flinders Uni.
Enjoy networking and exploring! 🌱
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Excited to present my poster at #ASPS2025 in this afternoon’s session!
Come find me at poster #99 to chat about cyanogenic glucosides, regulation of dhurrin biosynthesis, and links to nitrogen !
⏰ Starting very soon at #ASPS2025!
🏆 Peter Goldacre Award Talk
📅 Tuesday 11:00am | Chair: Brent Kaiser (UoS)
🎤 Dr. Stephanie Watts-Fawkes (Wageningen University, Netherlands)
One of our most prestigious awards - don't miss it!
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🎤 ASPS2025 Session Spotlight: Annals of Botany Travelling Speaker.
📅 Wednesday 11:00am | Chair: Eloise Foo (UTAS)
🌍 Featuring Dr. Lena Müller from the Salk Institute (USA)
Don't miss this special international perspective at #ASPS2025!
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🌱 ASPS2025 Session 4: Plant Nutrition & Development
Chairs: Megan Shelden (AU) & Ghazanfar Khan (Deakin)
🎤 Featuring invited speaker Prof. Brent Kaiser (UoS) plus presentations from:
Poonam Bala (AU)
Melissa Bain (CSIRO)
Yinglong Chen (UWA)
📊 + Poster teasers
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Day 1 wrapped! So many amazing sessions, but the real highlight was the student-led discussions, such sharp ideas and energy!
Capped off the evening with a great welcome mixer. Excited for the rest of the conference! 🧬 #ConferenceLife #ASPS2025
Last session of day 1 - Great session on SynBio & Green Bio-Manufacturing.
The future of sustainable production is looking bright. 🌿🧪 #Biomanufacturing #SynBio #ASPS2025
Just wrapped up Plant Organelle & Energy Biology! Chloroplasts, mitochondria, and how they make green life go. Mind blown! #BiologySession #PlantCell
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📰 November Phytogen out now!
Final countdown to #ASPS2025!
This edition spotlights our award winners and includes last-minute conference updates.
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See you in Adelaide next week! 🌱
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And be sure to check out Pat’s workshop at #ASPS2025:
"The Publishing Industry and Challenges in Plant Science"
📅 8am, Wednesday 26 Nov
We look forward to seeing you there!
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The logo for the Australian Society of Plant Scientists conference, with stylistic art of an iconic red-and-black Sturt's Desert Pea flower. Text reads: "ASPS 2025. Adelaide, 24-27th Nov 2025."
We'll be at #ASPS2025 conference next week in Adelaide! 🌱
Drop by our stand to say hi and chat with Journal Manager Pat Hannah (@pattedplants.bsky.social) about our #PlantScience journals, open access and getting published.
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ASPS 2025 conference participants: keep an eye on your emails!
Practical information has been sent to all participants for our upcoming conference in Adelaide!
See you in two weeks in Adelaide!
PS: Beware of scams. We only send emails from ASPS or .edu domains.
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🏨 Reminder: Conference at Bedford Park campus - don't go to wrong Flinders campus! Special accommodation deals available.
Check: www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-conference
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☕ Women in Plant Science Breakfast - Nov 25, 8-9am! Join Alison Gill & Alison Bentley. Free event with presentations, Q&A & networking. Thanks to Yitpi Foundation, Plants for Space, Waite & CSIRO. Register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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🌿 Social activities Nov 25: Choose Mt Lofty Gardens ($10), Waite Campus tour ($10), or McLaren Vale wineries (~$70). Transport included, limited capacity.
Book now! #ASPS2025 #Networking
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📢 ASPS 2025 registration extended to November 7th!
Final chance to secure your spot at Adelaide's premier plant science gathering, Nov 24-27.
Register now: www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-conference
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