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2023 award recipients

Congratulations to Nathan Cleasby from Living Water Aquaculture who was awarded the ultimate honour with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Award for his project - Developing novel hatchery technology for the Australian Freshwater Crayfish industry.

RecipientSponsorProject title
Nathan CleasbyAgriFutures AustraliaDeveloping novel hatchery technology for the Australian Freshwater Crayfish Industry
Stephen ConnaughtonAustralian Meat Processor CorporationUsing machine learning with DXA as a technique to detect bones and virtually dissect lamb carcasses at chain speed
Zenon CzenzeWine AustraliaDetermining the Economic Value of Insect Control by Bats in Vineyards
Caitlin EvansCSIROPreparing for a disease incursion: what threat do feral ungulates pose to the persistence of livestock diseases in Australia?
Tristan GuilleminFisheries Research and Development CorporationEvaluating the effect of secondary predation when characterising the diet of large pelagic fishes
Ashley JonesForest & Wood Products AustraliaIdentifying the dynamic plant RNA modifications needed to combat myrtle rust
Taylor PiniAustralian Wool InnovationThe sperm-cervix interaction: A molecular investigation to improve cervical artificial insemination outcomes in sheep
James PrestonAustralian Wool InnovationIncreasing the rate of genetic gain in clean fleece weight of sheep using corrected skin density measurements for allometric growth
Laura RoodAustralian Pork LimitedThe effects of pH on the shelf-life of vacuum-packed pork products
Georgie StephanHort InnovationDeciphering molecular interactions between banana and fungal leaf pathogens using PacBio sequencing, AlphaFold and DeepFRI protein structure and function prediction
Cong VuCotton Research and Development CorporationBoosting Drought Stress Tolerance in Cotton using Nanoparticle Technology
Salome WilsonGrains Research and Development CorporationRapid validation of novel genes involved in plant disease

Find out more about the 2023 winners and their projects.

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Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (PDF 2.0 MB)

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2023 Science Awards partners

  • AgriFutures Australia
  • Australian Eggs
  • Australian Meat Processor Corporation
  • Australian Pork Limited
  • Australian Wool Innovation
  • Cotton Research and Development Corporation
  • CSIRO Biosecurity digital innovation
  • Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
  • Forest & Wood Products Australia
  • Grains Research and Development Corporation
  • Hort Innovation
  • Wine Australia
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