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PPB Technology with Tricycle Developments and Xentronics at the Tricycle office in Melbourne.L to R: Felix Weihs (Science & Operations Lead, PPB Technology), Luke Martin (Head of Innovation and Strategy Tricycle Developments Pty. Ltd.), Scott Williams (Founder, Lead Hardware Engineer, Xentronics), Stephen Trowell (Founder, PPB Tech), Alana Dang (Product Design
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Last week, Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley, released a paper highlighting the opportunity to create tens of thousands of jobs in Australia’s emerging technology industries in the coming decade. To fully exploit this opportunity, Dr Foley says Australia will need to develop a workforce that combines knowledge of STEM
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We are in a global water crisis. That's the worrying assessment of water policy and law expert Professor Robert Glennon, who recently presented a public lecture at ANU titled 'Our Future in a Warming, Water-Stressed, COVID World'. In his address, Professor Glennon said that currently, 1.1 billion people across the
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The CEAT Innovation Hub is expanding, and we are looking for agri-tech businesses to join the growing number of success stories who have called the Hub home. We have office, lab and hot desk spaces available for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to more established operations. This is a
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ANU researchers Annamaria De Rosa, Caitlin Byrt and Samantha McGaughey are part of the project team A team of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO has been awarded more than $1 million to develop technology that harvests valuable resources from our wastewater. The technology is inspired by
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Wheat is a staple in the diet of 2.5 billion people globally, and, in many countries in the global south and developing world, it is people’s number one source of nutrition. Supply constraints resulting from conflict in the Ukraine have exposed vulnerabilities in our agricultural system and pose real and
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The annual Crawford Fund Conference is an important event each year, bringing focus to Australia’s role in ensuring global food and nutrition security. This year’s event, of which CEAT was a sponsor, marked 35 years since the Crawford Fund was established, and the 40 year anniversary of the Australian Centre
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During August, I was proud to host one of CEAT’s Fellows, Dr Alison Bentley, during her stay in Canberra. In her role as Director of the Global Wheat Program at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Alison spoke at the Crawford Fund Conference at Australian Parliament House. Alison
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What if seeds were vaccines? This was the question raised by Alison Bentley, Director of the Global Wheat Program at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and CEAT Fellow, and explored at a select workshop hosted by CEAT on Monday 22 August. The workshop was an initial exploration to