Science Exchange Opening Plenary: Dr Jo Luck

OPENING PLENARY

Science Exchange Overview

Jo Luck

biosecurity built on science

Science Exchange OverviewJo Luck

PBCRC Research Director

Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre


PhD Student Workshop (Sunday-Tuesday)

Main SX Program (Tuesday-Friday)

Looking Ahead

Science Exchange Overview


Congratulations to four students who have submitted their thesis since we last met.

Education and Training Update

Natalie Banks - CSIRO/Murdoch

Owen Webb - QUT

Isabel Arevalo-Vigne - UWA

Wanporn Khemmuk (Bim)- UQ


Thesis Bootcamp – Dr Liam Connell/Margo Lockhart

1. Thinking2. Writing - rip the bandaid off and just write3. Editing4. Polishing

Find a strong voice, express ideas confidently and with authority!

What are you contributing to your discipline? Intros, chapters, M&Ms, results, manuscripts (5,000

words). Time (and energy) Management

- Doing relevant things efficiently based on personality type


Thesis Bootcamp – Active breaks


The Education and Training program has funds to support another 15 placements and we are looking for suitable hosts

Duration of the internship is 2-20 days and is arranged on a case-by-case basis preferably negotiated between the student and the host

The concept is to help the student explore career options in biosecurity with industry, policy and government agriculture agencies

Naomi Thomson - contact

PhD Industry Internships


Tuesday1. Strengthening Border Biosecurity

Wednesday2. Diagnostics3. Fast Science4. Grains pests and diseases management for market access5. Improved Incursion response6. Enhanced Surveillance tools

Thursday7. Horticulture pest and disease management for market access8. Fast Science9. Project team meetings 10. Social and Environmental Biosecurity11. Wrap-up and Smart Biosecurity Science

Main SX Program


CRC aims to create research impact for end-users Change in knowledge, skills or operations We are actively evaluating this impact which will be used to raise the

profile of our research- qualitatively (case studies and narrative) - quantitatively (economic impact)

These presentations will lead each session with a story on how the CRC research outputs will be adopted by the end user or next user

Research Impact Presentations


1. What R&D activity do you think will result in the most beneficial change or impact to Plant Biosecurity (consider both short and long term)? Why?

2. What do you think are the future R&D priorities to strengthen Biosecurity in this theme?

Science Exchange Feedback


More CRC symposia and workshops both at an impact theme level and project level- DAWR symposium (Dec 2015, Canberra) and Horticulture symposium (May

2016 Melbourne) - Relevant researchers attendance and presentations at SPHD and SNPHS

(October, 2016) Canberra meeting, Fruit fly workshop (Auckland Sept 2016 ) Myrtle Rust (Wellington, NZ, Dec 2016 )

- DAWR projects - Tramp Ants symposium (Brisbane, Nov 2016), National Surveillance Symposium (TBC)

Looking ahead


Call for ABSTRACTSnow open


Looking ahead


For more information, please email [insert presenter’s email address]

Enjoy SX and‘on with the show’