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2007 BIO International Convention
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Australia: Growing the Australian Biobased Economy Through Science and Innovation (Food and Agriculture)
Track : International Seminars - Food and Agriculture
Program Code: ISF010
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Time: 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM  
Location: 253 C
CHAIR :
Mikael Hirsch, PhD, Biotechnology Strategy Coordinator, CSIRO
SPEAKER (S):
Prof. James Dale, PhD, Director, Science Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Michael Gilbert, Esq, General Manager, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics
Bill Taylor
Chris Prideaux, PhD, Deputy Chief, CSIRO
Description
This session will highlight leading-edge progress of Australian agribio science around phenomics and RNAi in plants, animal genomics and new bioenergy infrastructure that together play a key role in shaping the future biobased economy of Australia.



Objectives:
  • Learn of new breakthroughs in plant phenomics and RNAi mediated gene-silencing.

  • Highlight Australian leadership in genomics for animal science.

  • Showcase Australian bioscience underpinning a bioenergy pipeline.

    • Streaming Audio with
    PowerPoint Slides
    (Code: ISF010)
      
    This session is a part of:
    International Seminars - Food and Agriculture - 2-DAY TRACK
    International Seminars Track Full Package
    Complete Set of BIO Online / CD-ROM - All 23 Tracks.