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Visitors to ACPFG Name Assistant Professor Mary Tierney Associate Professor Chris Cobbett Associate Professor Yoshihiko Hirai Dr Alan McKay Dr Andrew Southcott MP Dr Brian Smith Dr Celeste Linde Dr Cynthia Bottema Dr David Poulsen Dr Duncan McFetridge Dr Giles Oldroyd Dr Greg Rebetzke Dr Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad Dr Michael Francki Dr Narayana Upadhyaya Dr Rana Munns Dr Rob Bramley Dr Simon Robinson Dr Steven Thomas Dr Sunita Gupta Dr TJ Higgins Dr. Sibylle Rösel Emeritus Professor David Catcheside His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce Hon Iain Evans Iowa delegation Manitoban delegation Mr Martyn Evans Mr Avi Menashe Mr Bill Porter Mr Bruno Julien Mr Dirk Vanderhirtz Mr Matthias Eberius Mr Michael Gallagher Mr Peter Carr Mr Tom Kenyon MP Mr Tony Kent Ms Corinne Turner Ms Heike Wolff Ms Iben Sorensen Ms Katja Geipel Ms Miriam Frey Ms Suzanne Matschi Ms Vera Sprothen Professor Alan Cooper Professor Bob Gibson Professor Chris Lamb Professor Christine Foyer Professor David Adelson Professor Dirk Inze Professor Grant Cramer Professor Gustavo Slafer Professor Marilyn Ball Professor Peter Sharp Professor Robert Henry Professor Robert Waugh Professor Roberto Tuberosa Professor Steven Smith Professor Tim Flowers Professor William Lucas Organisation Department of Plant Biology, University of Vermont, USA Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne Okayama University, Japan South Australian Research and Development Institute Federal Member for Boothby The Walter and Elisa Hall Institute of Medical Research School of Botany and Zoology, ANU Animal and Agricultural Science, University of Adelaide Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Liberal Member for Morphett Department of Disease and Stress Biology, John Innes Centre, UK CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway Molecular Plant Breeding CRC, Perth CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra CSIRO Land and Water, Canberra CSIRO Plant Industry, Adelaide NSW Department of Primary Industries Postdoctorate visitor, India CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra Lifeprint, Germany School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University Governor of South Australia SA Member for Davenport Iowa Economic Development Board, USA Canada Former South Australian politician Avi Menashe Consulting Engineers, Israel BioChambers, Canada European Union Ambassador Lemnatec, Germany Lemnatec, Germany Group of Eight universities Carr Consulting and Services Member for Newland, South Australia LongReach Plant Breeders, Australia CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences Wolff and Partners, Germany Department of Biology, Copenhagen University, Denmark Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany Student, Germany Student, Germany Correspondent for WirtschaftsWoche business news magazine, Germany Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, Adelaide Nutrition and Functional Food Science, University of Adelaide John Innes Centre, UK School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle University, UK Bioinformatics, University of Adelaide Department of Plant Systems Biology, University of Ghent, Belgium Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, USA Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University Lleida, Spain Research School of Biological Sciences, ANU Plant Breeding Institute, University of Sydney Australian DNA Plant Bank, Southern Cross University, Lismore Scottish Crop Research Institute, UK University of Bologna, Italy Plant Energy Biology, University of WA Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, UK Plasmodesmata laboratory, UC Davis, USA 12 2007 ACPFG ANNUAL REPORT
IP and Patents Stephanie Agius Dr Stephanie Agius is ACPFG’s Intellectual Property Manager. She has a Masters degree in Science and Technology Commercialisation from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in Plant Physiology from Lund University, Sweden. Her expertise covers intellectual property management and strategy, commercial assessment of technologies, commercialisation strategy, product development, research and development plans, developing business cases, risk management, and communication. Stephanie teaches intellectual property management and technology commercialisation at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University, and is on the SA Committee of Ausbiotech. 2007 has been an exciting year for ACPFG inventors with new discoveries made in the areas of boron, gene promoters, plant cell walls and grain quality. Presently we have 15 patents in the areas of frost and salinity tolerance, grain quality, gene promoters, micronutrient transporters, transcription factors in addition to various research and development tools and methods. In the ACPFG patent portfolio there are four patent applications in national Phase, eight in PCT phase and three provisional patent applications. Freezing tolerance Ice recrystallisation inhibition protein or antifreeze proteins from deschampia, lolium and festuca species of grass WO 2005/049835A1, national phase Description: »» Genes encoding ice recrystallisation inhibition proteins (IRIPs). »» IRIPs inhibit the growth of ice crystals. Applications: »» Improve plant frost tolerance. »» Medical applications (cryosurgery). »» Food technology (frozen food industry). Gene promoters Plant egg cell transcriptional control sequences WO 2007/092992 A1, PCT Description: Plant egg cell specific promoter. Applications: »» Induce female sterility in plants. »» Produce hybrid cereals increasing yield up to 20%. »» Engineer the apomixis trait. Plant seed active transcriptional control sequences provisional Description: Endosperm and aleurone specific promoter in a plant seed. Applications: »» Increase grain yield. »» Manipulate grain quality. »» Manipulate grain size. Specific expression using transcriptional control sequences in plants WO 2007048207A1, PCT Description: Endosperm specific cell promoter in a plant seed. Applications: »» Increase grain yield. »» Manipulate grain quality. »» Manipulate grain size. Transcriptional control sequences PCT Description: Plant egg cell and pollen specific promoter. Applications: »» Engineer male reproductive sterility. »» Induce female sterility in plants. »» Produce hybrid cereals increasing yield up to 20%. »» Engineer the apomixis trait. 2007 ACPFG ANNUAL REPORT 13
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