PHSN Update

Hello PHSN members,

Thank you for all those who attended our last PHSN meeting on the 12th March!

We kicked off the meeting hearing from two of the PHSN committee members, Zali and Alyssa, who both introduced their research backgrounds.

We then had a wonderful chat with Dr. Jessi Henneken from Agriculture Victoria about her journey in Plant Health. If you didn’t get a chance to attend the meeting, we are working on uploading a recording to the PHSN website to make this available to you.

Now, we want to hear from you …

In the last meeting we let you know that we wanted to hear from more of the member of the PHSN.

As research students ourselves, or recent graduates, we understand that presenting can be a daunting task. We also know that it is an essential skill for a career in science.

We want to provide a friendly, and judgement free space to give you the opportunity to present your research to other members of the PHSN at our next meeting on 12th June.

Submit your details using the EOI form below and we will get back to regarding a presentation

If you told us of your interest in the last meeting, we haven’t forgotten about you! We will also be in touch to confirm your interest in presenting.

An exciting PhD opportunity in Sydney

For our Australian members considering a PhD, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a CSIRO Industry PhD Program

Completing The Puzzle: Integrating Automated Spore Counts into Real-time Crop Disease Management

This Project aims to integrate novel automated disease surveillance technology into real-time management of crop diseases for improved yield and sustainability outcomes. The expected outcome is grower recommendations for crop diseases informed by real-time automated disease surveillance. The potential benefit is improved productivity and sustainability through reduced crop losses and chemical inputs.

The successful candidate will be located at CSIRO Black Mountain(ACT) with industry engagement and internship to be located at BiosScout Pty Ltd in Marrickville NSW as well as access and supervision at The University of New England (UNE).

The supervision team includes Dr Toni Petronaitis - The University of New England (UNE), Susan Sprague - CSIRO Agriculture and Food Business Unit, Michelle Demers - BioScout Pty Ltd

ICYMI - We have a website!

In case you missed it in the last newsletter update, the Plant Health Student Network now has it’s own home! The PHSN webpage is a central hub of everything you need to know about the PHSN!

You can check it out here:

Thank you for being part of our growing network. We will be in touch soon with more details about the upcoming meeting in June.

Until next time,

Your PHSN committee - Alyssa, Zali, Michael, and Rabia