Student spotlight🌾 Kai Bagley is a PhD student developing multivariate spatial models for on-farm experiments using multilayer sensor data. His work will help growers make more reliable, data-driven agronomic decisions. 🧠📊 #theGRDC #CurtinUni #foodagility

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 7th Nov, come hear from CCDM’s Toby Newman as he investigates Exploring cross-kingdom RNA interference at the Sclerotinia–host interface 🧬

Student spotlight🌾 Isobel Screaigh was an Honours student at CCDM whose research on fungal transcription factors just led to a published paper - doi.org/10.1099/acmi... She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 31st Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Huyen Phan as she explores Transposon-associated adaptation of the Australian Parastagonospora nodorum population 🌾

🧪 Fungicide resistance: how it develops, how we fight it 🌾 Hear from CCDM’s Nola D’Souza on the GRDC podcast 🎙️ as she shares how resistance is tracked in the lab, the role of AFREN & how growers can slow its spread. 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3WFUEMY 💻 AFREN: afren.com.au #theGRDC #CurtinUni

WHY USE #YEAST AS A TOOL WHEN YOU'VE GOT STAGO?😁 Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, our collab @theccdm.bsky.social led by @labkatz.bsky.social and Fran Lopez-Ruiz developed Parastagonospora nodorum as a tool to study #fungicideresistance genes. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our @theccdm.bsky.social @CurtinEand #advancedscience student @CarliaHerbst turn to present her research on protein-protein interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum 😎. @callumverdonk.bsky.social

Our @CurtinEandA @theccdm.bsky.social #advancedscience student 👨‍🎓Keshara Thanthrige (right) presenting his research assessment on the development of selectable marker recycling♻️ in a fungal pathogen. Well done mate! 👏 @ShotaMorikawa69 @callumverdonk.bsky.social

Do we need to reassess how disease resistance ratings on crops are determined? 🤔 Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint revealed co-infection of wheat by P. nodorum & P. tritici-repentis breaks down resistance BUT there is a CAVEAT www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 24th Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Research Students as they introduce themselves and provide snapshots on their research 🧪🔬

🎉 Huge congrats to Dr Fatima Naim on winning a Young Tall Poppy Science Award! 🌱 Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬 #theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 17th Oct, come hear from APPN's, Dr Hammad Khan & A/Prof Nic Taylor as they explore Phenotyping of Crops using Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN) Facilities 🌱

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 10 Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Arundhati Singh as she explores From seed to leaf: mapping fluxapyroxad dynamics 🍃

🌾 WA growers – how’s the season going for you? In our latest CCDM Spotlight, David Lane & Mark Gibberd discuss the season, early fungicide application and future planning 👀 🦠 📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/uspzo3h

Big reveal today! After uncovering the #sclerotinia in canola trial at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social for the first time in a week, we see exceptionally good and seemingly consistent infections! @theccdm.bsky.social @tobyenewman.bsky.social

🌾 Central NSW growers – how’s the season going for you? In our latest CCDM Spotlight, Emma Ayliffe & Mark Gibberd discuss the low foliar disease pressure and how for dryland croppers eyes are turning to crown rot 👀 🦠 📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/UYxx6Nt

🌏 Spotlight Seasonal Update 🌏 The 2025 season has begun; some early crops are on their way and some are just emerging now. We got 4 local updates from around Australia earlier this month on how it’s starting out. 📰 Read more: buff.ly/uspzo3h

🌾 Canola field trials in action at @CurtinUni! 🌾 We're testing 9 varieties across 660 plants to better understand resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. Covered plots + red rice inoculation = ideal conditions for disease development. 🍚🦠 #theGRDC #CurtinUni @mcderbyshire.bsky.social

Our fungicide resistance team joined the Stirlings to Coast Farmers field day last week sharing insights and collecting disease samples. Leon Hodgson & Nola D’Souza gave some great updates on fungicide testing, resistance mapping & AFREN 🌿 📷: #Stirlings2Coast #theGRDC #CurtinUni

Our @theccdm.bsky.social postdoc @callumverdonk.bsky.social came up with the goods @cbsmwa.bsky.social!!! Congrats on the New Investigator Award! 🏆💪 #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

Dr. @jamespblloyd.bsky.social and @theccdm.bsky.social Dr. Liz Czislowski wrapping up the Biodiversity session at @cbsmwa.bsky.social with synthetic gene circuits for plants in space and novel nucleic acid based nanoparticle fungicides

Having fun at @cbsmwa.bsky.social presenting work on "The Entity", a circular genetic element we keep finding in unrelated fungal plant pathogens. #cbsmwa @theccdm.bsky.social

Big thank you to @cbsmwa.bsky.social for letting me waffle on about my work on Pf2 and it's role in effector regulation! #effectors #CBSMWA #CBSM @theccdm.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 26 September, come hear from CCDMs Ancy Tony as she explores Developing Genetic Resistance in Wheat to Powdery Mildew 🌾

🌱 It’s been a brilliant week at #IFLRC2025 & #APC2025 in Perth! 🔬 CCDM kicked things off with the welcome reception and we had great talks from @larskamphuis.bsky.social & Bernadette Henares, plus posters from CCDM staff. 🎉Congrats to all that worked hard to run this conference. #theGRDC #CurtinUni

Come see Peter at #CBSMWA on Friday and at @theccdm.bsky.social on Thursday :-)

📢💥Team work pays off!!! Looks @theccdm.bsky.social lads found a new epistasis-regulated (probable) necrotrophic effector from Stago nodorum @callumverdonk.bsky.social @ShotaMorikawa69

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Tues 23 Sept, come hear from RICA Seed Center’s Joseph Moughan as he explores Driving Conservation Agriculture Principles in the Seed Sector of Rwanda and Lessons for East-Central Africa.

1,2,3...The @theccdm.bsky.social lads teamed up for an effector bioassay experiment 😁 @callumverdonk.bsky.social

Make sure to add this week's CCDM seminar talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on @CurtinUni campus Thursday 18 September, come hear from Australian National University’s Peter Solomon as he explores What is happening in the Solomon Lab? 🧪🔬

🎤 Big congrats to Nimllash Thangam for making it to the #FameLab Australia National Final! 🌱 Catch his talk on pathogens in lentil crops & how molecular tools are fast-tracking crop protection 🌾🧬 📅 Sept 18 📍 @wamuseum.bsky.social 🎟️ visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/... #CurtinUni #theGRDC

🌱 Less than a week to go until the 8th International Food Legume Research Conference and the 5th Australian Pulse Conference! 🌿 📅 15–19 Sept | 📍 Pan Pacific Perth 🌍 Dive into legume science, sustainability & global markets! 🔗 Register: www.iflrc-apc2025.com/registration/

🧠 Can AI help us understand how fungal pathogens infect plants? A new review says yes. AI tools show promise in modelling effector–plant protein interactions to fight crop disease🌾 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.cs... #GRDC #CurtinUni @callumverdonk.bsky.social @kgagalova.bsky.social @mcderbyshire.bsky.social

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 12 Sept, come hear from CCDM's Erin Elstermann and Melanie Dixon as they explore How can we support the adoption of best practice research data management in the grains industry? 👩‍💻

It's been a bright sunny day down at Newdegate Machinery Field Day ☀️ Our researchers have had a great time chatting to plenty of locals about all things crop disease! 🌾 We will be around in the GRDC tent for the rest of today and tomorrow, so come down to say hi 👋 #theGRDC #CurtinUni

We’re packing up the microscopes and heading to Newdegate Field Day next week🌾🔬 You’ll find the CCDM team in #theGRDC tent at Oval Site 77, ready to chat about crop disease research, share what we’re working on, and answer your questions.

Still a bit of time left for Day 2 of Dowerin Field Day! 🌾 We have plenty of staff down who are ready to chat all about their research and answer your crop disease and ag data questions 🦠 👩‍💻 Come down to the GRDC tent on the oval to grab a coffee with us ☕ #theGRDC #CurtinUni

Come grab a coffee with us at Dowerin Field Day ☕ We are in the GRDC tent on the oval chatting all things crop disease, agriculture data analytics and more! 🌾 💻 Plus there are plenty of others with us so make sure to check it out! #theGRDC #CurtinUni #GGA_WA #AEGIC #SoilsWest

Student spotlight🌾 Ancy Tony is a PhD student working on a studentship partnership with #InterGrain to focus on developing genetic resistance in wheat to powdery mildew, caused by the fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. 🧬🌱 #theGRDC #CurtinUni @karchuntan.bsky.social

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 29 August, come hear from CCDM's Viet-Cuong Han as he explores Unlocking the Microbiome Secrets of Soils Suppressive to Sclerotinia Stem Rot 🌾🦠

🎉 Huge congrats to our 2025 CCDM Award winners! 🌾 👏Elizabeth Czislowski, @larskamphuis.bsky.social, Joel Haywood, Lincoln Harper, Rose Megirian, Em Thackwray & Mohitul Hossain — we are proud to shine a light on your contributions in research, leadership, innovation & support! 🌱 #theGRDC #CurtinUni

🌾 Come say hi to us at Dowerin Field Day next week! You’ll find the CCDM team in the #theGRDC tent on Oval 83 and 97, where our researchers will be ready to chat about crop disease, share insights from the lab, and answer your questions. ☕ Join us for a coffee and a chat!

🧬 A triple mutant of net form net blotch (NFNB) has been found in WA, SA & VIC — showing resistance to all 3 major fungicide groups 🌾 Fungicides still matter, and growers play a key role 💪 📍 Read the CCDM Spotlight: buff.ly/IGy4Efm #theGRDC #CurtinUni

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on @CurtinUni campus Friday 22 August, come hear from CCDM's Leon Lenzo as he explores Fair Weather Friends: Unequal partnerships in polymicrobial wheat disease🌾🦠

Student spotlight🌾 Nimllash Thangam is a PhD student working to develop durable resistance in lentil to Ascochyta lentis, using breeding and molecular tools like effector protein analysis 🧬🌱 Catch him at the #FameLab Australia Finals visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/... #theGRDC #CurtinUni

PhD thesis submission time! 📗🔬 🥳🍾Big congrats to @theccdm.bsky.social @ShotaMorikawa69 for putting together a fine thesis on fungal effector regulation! 💪🤯

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 8 August, come hear from CCDM's Grace Foley as she explores effector discovery in Parastagonospora avenae and their roles in Septoria avenae blotch of oat🌾🦠

Its that time of the year when wheat spot blotch pops out.🌾 @theccdm.bsky.social Leon Lenzo is out to collect samples to test our lesion morphology imaging and Parastagonospora nodorum/Py tritici-repentis co-infection bioassay in collab with @agtbreeding

🌾 Tackling Sclerotinia stem rot in canola — with red rice! 🍚 CCDM researchers have developed a reliable field method to screen for SSR resistance using red rice inoculum. 🌱💡With promising lines identified for breeding. 📖 doi.org/10.1094/PDIS... #theGRDC #CurtinUni

🚜 How does the resilience of your farming business affect its viability? 🌾 Michael McDonald is researching organisational capabilities that support farming business resilience and needs your input! 🗣️ 📍 Read the CCDM Spotlight buff.ly/HpLYFjY #CurtinUni #FoodAgility