Rose Zhang

PhD Candidate, ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development

PhD Candidate, Research School of Biology


Rose Zhang

The Training Centre has supported Rose to complete her Honours project. During her studies, she’s been working on characterising aquaporins in legumes and using a mix of literature and assays to work out what they do.

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GENETIC & FIELD TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE CROPS

The ARC Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crops Development is funded by the Australian Research Council under its Industrial Transformation Training Hubs Program to run from 2022 to 2027.

It is a collaboration of universities, government research agencies and the Australian grains sector’s key stakeholders in training, R&D, social engagement, responsible innovation, breeding, marketing and delivery.

It also has international partners in gene-editing, SynBio, crop breeding, and, other partnerships for co-developing deep technologies to transform the agriculture industry and global food security.