Congratulations to Dr Richard Poiré, who has succeeded Professor Dani Way as Node Director of APPN at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Read more: https://t.co/V8z9O4egTW
@BiologyANU#NCRISimpact
Genetically engineered chestnut tree, grown in Syracuse, moves one step closer to release 🧬🌳 | If approved, Darling-54 -a fungus resistant event- would be the first genetically engineered tree made for large-scale reforestation, and could save the American chestnut from the brink of extinction. https://t.co/Vqk0GWA3E0
@pete_crisp will be presenting his talk "The DNA hypomethylome: unlocking crop epigenomics to uncover and engineer hidden diversity" as the 2024 Goldacre Award winner at the ASPS conference. Peter is also featured in the November edition of Phytogen out
It’s Waffle-y fun Friday @ANUAgrifood 🧇
Delicious Tritordeum waffles & some high quality wheat-based trivia. Thanks to Tom & Alex for organising!
Honoured to receive a Science and Innovation Award from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry @MurrayWatt and Forest & Wood Products Australia Kevin Peachey. Exciting research, support and connections in Australian agriculture at #ABARESOutlook with @DAFFgov
Come along on Friday to our showcase! We have five fantastic ECR speakers, as well as posters and food!
There is still time to submit poster abstracts, so get in quick...
We will see you there!
NEWS - Barley plants fine-tune their root microbial communities through sugary secretions
In a new study which appears in @PLOS Biology, Dr Jacob Malone’s group takes a closer look at the relationship between a plant’s genetics and its root microbes
https://t.co/dWdVfO97rg
📣 New speaker announcement! 📣
Corey Tutt—@DeadlyScience CEO—will join our final #IndigenousKnowledges public speaker event for 2023 featuring both in-person & remote panellists
⏰ 5.30pm-7pm AEDT
📆 Tues 12 Dec
💲 $15 in person
🏛️ @ShineDome or online
🎟️ https://t.co/sRQrm1NP9Z
“It’s not just that I went out to pizza with this person,” EFF’s @jenuhhveev told the @NYTimes. “It’s a pattern of who you live with, interact with and do business with, and how it changes over time.” https://t.co/GwN5xEgbZm
I am recruiting a PhD student for 3 years to work on comparative genomics of Australian mammals @mqnatsci under an @arc_gov_au grant (details below). Please share/RT and apply. Deadline for expressions of interest 12th May 2023. Must start by Oct 2023. #phdpositions
Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 🧵
1/22
From New York to Tokyo, Melbourne to Venice – honeybee hives have revealed the unique genetic signatures of cities, even providing insights into human health.
🐝 @TheBeesearcher (@MonashUni) shares findings of a new study on city hives:
https://t.co/ehWWOuz1Pe
Using #chatgpt, I made a cookbook app in 40 min that gives you a dish and a recipe based on the ingredients you have at home. It's in google sheets, try it:
https://t.co/8pNi3UELrh
I gave GPT-4 a budget of $100 and told it to make as much money as possible.
I'm acting as its human liaison, buying anything it says to.
Do you think it'll be able to make smart investments and build an online business?
Follow along 👀
A professor at Wharton REQUIRES his students to use AI and ChatGPT in his courses.
In one assignment, he asks explicitly asks students to *cheat*.
"AI is an emerging skill."
Here are the rules everyone gets on Day 1:
@ian_g_brennan Have they tried imageJ for the initial sort. Low tech sort by colour or size etc. Once you have an idea of who's who they can train one of the ML platforms to do the final go.
“Universities are for learning, not credentialing; we should not simply teach for tests. Students are not customers in an academic supermarket.”
@UniofOxford Chancellor Lord Patten: https://t.co/PJgEO4ixlQ