April 2019. Congratulations to Jakob Butler awarded the D.G. Catcheside Prize. The D.G. Catcheside Prize is awarded annually by the Genetic Society of AustralAsia. It recognizes the achievements of the top Australasian doctoral student in the field of Genetics. The prize will be awarded to one individual on an annual basis.
Former UTAS employee Jules Freeman (now working for Scion, New Zealand), talks about genetic variation for susceptibility to myrtle rust in eucalypts in this podcast for RadioNZ’s science show ‘Our Changing World’
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2018667955/myrtle-rust-research
16-20th April 2018. Rebecca Jones and Conservation Volunteers Australia set up an experimental restoration planting of the critically endangered Eucalyptus morrisbyi
19th-23rd March 2018. In the leadup to National Eucalypt Day on Friday 23rd March, the Life Sciences foyer is filled with all-things-Eucalyptus from scientific posters, historical documents, wood products and weird gum nuts to food, beverages and medicinal products. At the Morris Miller library, historical specimens from the Herbarium are displayed alongside rarely seen illustrations from the University’s Rare Books Collection.
On Friday 23rd March at 11am there will be tastings of eucalypt-smoked cheese and an exotic eucalypt liqueur from a Roman monastery. There will also be a demonstration of ecodyeing with Tasmanian eucalypts.
At 12:30pm there will be a tour of notable eucalypts growing in the gardens of the UTAS campus, guided by Eucaflip authors Professor Brad Potts and Dr Rob Wiltshire. Meet at the Eucalyptus globulus var. “compacta” outside the tea room, near the picnic tables on the Herbarium roof.
17th January 2018. Tanya Bailey presented a talk “Establishing resilient ecological restoration in the face of future climate uncertainty” at the Australian Native Plants Society Biennial Conference, Wrest Point Casino Hobart 2018
8th December 2017. Eucalypt taxonomist Dr Dean Nicolle visited the group.
5-6th December 2017. Jules Freeman presented a talk, at the Myrtle Rust Environmental Impacts Workshop in Canberra, titled ‘Eucalypts: susceptibility and resistance’.
28th – 30th November 2017. Brad Potts, René Vaillancourt and PhD students Henry Nicholas and Manuel Rocha attended the technical meeting of the Southern Tree Breeding Association in Melbourne. Brad, Henry and Manuel gave talks.
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