2015 Annual Report

Here is the 2015 Annual Report for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis

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2019 Annual Report

Read all the Centre activities for 2019 including research highlights, media engagement, education activities, publications and more!

Annual Reports, News 1st April 2020

New model uncovers carbon’s mysterious paths inside the cell

Centre scientists have improved a mathematical model that describes how carbon moves inside the leaf during photosynthesis. The new model is better at predicting carbon’s behaviour on any level, including studying photosynthesis and respiration on the global scale.

News 18th March 2020

Research to turbocharge rice given major funding boost

Research that could transform global rice production by increasing yields from the world’s number one food crop has been boosted by five more years of funding.

News 2nd December 2019

Centre researcher Alex Wu wins best paper award at ASPS 2019

Centre researcher Dr Alex Wu, have been awarded the 2019 Functional Plant Biology Best paper award at the Australian Society of Plant Scientists Conference 2019 (ASPS2019)

News 28th November 2019

Too much sugar doesn’t put the brakes on turbocharged crops

Recent research into highly productive turbocharged crops such as maize and sorghum, show the secret to their productivity could lie in their sugar sensing responses which regulate photosynthesis inside their leaves.

News 11th November 2019

Photosynthesis olympics: can the best wheat varieties be even better?

Centre scientists have put elite wheat varieties through a sort of “Photosynthesis Olympics” to find which varieties have the best performing photosynthesis. This could ultimately help grain growers to get more yield for less inputs in the farm.

News 17th October 2019