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Come along and check out this extra Milestone 1 CCDM Seminar talk📆 If you're on @CurtinUni campus Mon Mar 23, hear from CCDM's Pavel Misiun as he explores harnessing structural bioinformatics and AI to study crop disease mechanisms 👩‍💻

Fungal diseases are costing Australian grain growers and traditional fungicides are losing effectiveness. 🌾 Watch Elizabeth Czislowski's Grains Updates talk on DNA origami nanoparticles as a new way to fight fungal pathogens. 🎥 buff.ly/Oq4YmdG @theGRDC @CurtinUni

Getting more value from fungicides means understanding how they move and persist inside crops — and where protection falls short. 🌾 Missed Jordi Muria‑Gonzalez at GRDC Grains Updates 2026? Watch his talk here 🎥 buff.ly/SIE15Y2 @theGRDC @CurtinUni @GRDCWest

Co-infection in canola with blackleg and Sclerotinia. When plants are inoculated with blackleg first what happens? Are the diseases synergistic or antagonistic? Watch this space… @theCCDM @COGGO_WA @karchuntan @Ashmita_Lam @LeonLenzo

Our new effector discovery tool EffectorFisher, a GWAS-alternative which combines pangenome-mined protein-isoform profiles and disease phenotyping, tested on P. nodorum and Z. tritici nature.com/articles/s4159… @theCCDM

🌏 Harmony Week is a time to celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. At CCDM, our strength comes from the different cultures, backgrounds and perspectives that shape our work and drive innovation in science. 🧡 Everyone belongs. @theGRDC @CurtinUni

🎤 CCDM speaker at SPAA Precision Ag Expo 2026 Associate Professor Julia Easton will present Mapping variability: Data, decisions and the shift toward automation, exploring how spatial data is shaping smarter, more automated farming systems. 🌾📊 @theGRDC @CurtinUni

🎉 GRDC Perth updates are live! Papers & recordings from the 2026 GRDC Grains Research Update are now online. Proud to see CCDM research supporting Australian growers 🌾🔬 🎥 buff.ly/oeD5i6I @theGRDC @CurtinUni

What does precision weed control really cost and return? Join this GRDC Farm Business Update online to explore the economics of optical spot spray tech (OSST). 🗓 12 Mar 2026 ⏰ 1-2pm AEDT 💻 Online | Free Register: bit.ly/4uaTuIY #GRDC #FarmBusinessUpdate #WeedManagement

Check out this video featuring GRDC Research Fellow Dr Elizabeth Czislowski (CCDM), whose work is exploring emerging technologies and blue‑sky ideas to protect crops and strengthen farming systems into the future. 🌾🔬 @theGRDC @CurtinUni

💻 Student Spotlight 💻 Meet PhD student Naomi Gray, whose research at CCDM uses advanced bioinformatics to uncover how fungal pathogens specialise to infect crops—supporting smarter disease diagnosis and surveillance for growers. @theGRDC @CurtinUni

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on @CurtinUni campus Friday 13 Mar, come hear from UWA’s Adil Khan as he explores Synthetic Gene Circuits for Programming Plants 🧬

Apply now for a 2027 Nuffield Scholarship in the grains industry! What's included? • 15-weeks of purposeful learning and international travel with a $40,000 bursary • Research a topic that will add value to your business, community and industry • Travel overseas to see innovative businesses and identify new best practices • Join a global network of alumni – over 500 scholars in Australia and 2,000 worldwide Apply now: nuffield.com.au @nuffieldaust

🌏 International Women’s Day Today we celebrate the incredible women at CCDM driving innovation in Science Agriculture. We’re highlighting Grace Fang, Research Associate in the wheat powdery mildew team. @theGRDC @CurtinUni

All your grains research resources. One personalised hub. MyGRDC brings information together into one easy-to-use platform. Find relevant information quickly. Save content to revisit later. Share research directly with grower clients. Stay connected to the insights that matter to your region and business. Learn more: bit.ly/492XN0K #GRDC #MyGRDC #GrainsResearch #Agronomy

Meet Technical Operations Coordinator Ketesse Hansen. Her career has spanned physics, outreach, safety, medical equipment repair — and now crop disease research. This #IWD2026, we’re celebrating incredible and inspiring women like Ketesse at CCDM. 💜🔬 @theGRDC @CurtinUni

Fungicide resistance is rising—so researchers are looking beyond chemistry. GRDC Research Fellow Dr Elizabeth Czislowski is exploring DNA nanoparticles to disrupt fungal pathogens, starting with septoria nodorum blotch. Read here 🔗 buff.ly/yBqtZT1 @theGRDC @CurtinUni

As we lead up to #IWD2026, we’re celebrating Hediyeh Tahghighi, Research Assistant at CCDM, whose work on lentil & chickpea Ascochyta blight is strengthening crop resilience. @theGRDC @CurtinUni

🎉 Congratulations to CCDM’s Johannes Debler on being a recipient of the 2026 Regional and Remote Science Meets Parliament Scholarship. A well‑deserved recognition highlighting the importance of regional and remote science 👏 @theGRDC @CurtinUni

🙌 The moment you've been waiting for has arrived! Check out the video recordings of ALL sessions from the #GRDCUpdate in Perth on 16 & 17 Feb ▶️ bit.ly/4rdcofM Update papers also available ▶️ bit.ly/4l3QAlc #GRDCEvents #ResearchUpdates #GrainsResearch