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Caitlin Byrt
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Tests and engineers membrane proteins for crop improvement and separation technology applications. Bioengineering Professor.
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ANU tech to recover trillions in critical resources | Canberra Daily share.google/uL4smVpH8iWX...
ANU tech to recover trillions in critical resources | Canberra Daily
ANU scientists have developed a technology to recover valuable metals from mining wastewater while turning it into clean water.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Critical resource sustainability tech innovation www.anu.edu.au/news/all-new...
Nature inspires ANU tech to help recover trillions of dollars in critical resources
An advanced filtration system inspired by nature that can recover untapped critical resources such as copper and lithium from mining waste is being developed by scientists from The Australian National...
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October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Cicada x Tech23 talks are up! youtu.be/vXbfEjVGry0?...
Redesigning Resources From The Cell Membrane Up | Caitlin Byrt (MTE)
YouTube video by Cicada Innovations
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October 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Agricultural science and biotech!!! theconversation.com/new-report-r...
New report reveals glaring gaps between Australia’s future needs and science capabilities
We have gaps – in workforce, infrastructure and coordination – that will cripple our ability to secure a bright future for the next generation, unless we act now.
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September 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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1. Planet
2. Society
3. Economy

What is the Orbital Perspective? | Ron Garan share.google/eZFEojsMQQ6I...
What is the Orbital Perspective? | Ron Garan
The Orbital Perspective is a way of looking at things that inspires collaboration and connection with others.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Rare Earth Elements are increasingly in the news and at the centre of global tensions.
We reviewed their roles and interactions with living organisms, and biotech opportunities for their management @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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ANU academic making waves in water innovation share.google/eITbzPkxf8bT...
ANU academic making waves in water innovation
Plant molecular biologist Dr Samantha McGaughey has been announced as the 2025 ACT Scientist of the Year.
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August 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Super lucky to have the opportunity to meet Katrina tomorrow! www.anu.edu.au/events/in-co...
In conversation with the 2025 Young Australian of the Year – Scientist, Dr Katrina Wruck
The Australian National University, in partnership with the National Australia Day Committee, brings you an opportunity to meet and hear from winner of the Young Australian of the Year.The Australian ...
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August 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Wastewater innovation expert named ACT Scientist of the Year - Our Canberra share.google/kcOfpKFU5nEK...
Wastewater innovation expert named ACT Scientist of the Year
Wastewater innovation expert named ACT Scientist of the Year
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August 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Looking forward to discussing the biotechnologies shaping future food systems and catching up with friends and colleagues at Made & Grown: The Future of Food | Agrifood Innovation Institute
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Made & Grown: The Future of Food | Agrifood Innovation Institute
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July 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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World’s highest court issues groundbreaking ruling for climate action. Here’s what it means for Australia share.google/FtqAsRAs2gTX...
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World’s highest court issues groundbreaking ruling for climate action. Here’s what it means for Australia
The landmark ruling means Australia must reduce emissions in line with the best science, and regulate the fossil fuel industry to prevent further harm.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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📝 A rare plant with a taste for toxic soil is getting help from unexpected allies with green fingers 🧵
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Czech gardeners helped protect an endangered flower from extinction using their backyards. The simple trick could aid plant conservation worldwide.

#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 (1/10)
A compact, dome-shaped plant with dense green foliage and numerous small white flowers, each with five petals, growing directly from harsh, rocky terrain. The surrounding soil appears mineral-rich and pale, scattered with limestone or serpentine rock fragments. The plant forms a tight cushion growth pattern typical of alpine or specialized soil plants, demonstrating remarkable adaptation to harsh growing conditions.
July 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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23 Australian Deep Tech Startups to Watch in 2025 share.google/lHk2FYCMicIC...
23 Australian deep tech startups to watch in 2025
From biology to the built world, these 23 homegrown deep tech startups are innovating their way to the future.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Countries must protect human right to a stable climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Countries must protect human right to a stable climate, court rules
Costa Rica-based inter-American court of human rights says states have obligation to respond to climate change
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July 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Plants = Earth's life support system
Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why
The answer confirms scientists’ suspicion that when our planet’s climate crosses certain ‘tipping points’, truly catastrophic ecological collapse can follow.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Characterisation of dynamic switches for maintaining water and ion homeostasis under diverse environmental conditions!
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#droughtadaptation #plantbiology
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Post-translational modification acts as a digital like switch influencing AtPIP2;1 water and cation permeability - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Post-translational modification acts as a digital like switch influencing AtPIP2;1 water and cation permeability
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July 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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The highest-leverage ROI opportunity of the century!
~$157.5 trillion of Global GDP, in AUD (International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook, World Bank Global Economic Prospects).
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June 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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So much gratitude for Earth's irreplaceable soil, rain, and atmospheric resources!

Imagine being charged with supplying Meals on Mars www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Food in space! 02 | Meals on Mars - ABC listen
In episode two of our series on food in space, we're travelling beyond the exosphere to discover how we might feed ourselves during voyages into deep space and how that technology could change what we...
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June 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Membrane Transporter Engineers (MTE) are excited to share that we are one of the 2025 Tech23 Teams joining Cicada x Tech23, Australia's biggest deep tech celebration of radical tech innovation!
Tickets available until sold out via: events.humanitix.com/cicada-x-tec...
June 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Climate science and the case of the missing moisture - Nature Water
Expected air moisture is missing over drier areas worldwide, possibly because climate models undervalue the effects of plants and other life. This finding could be a fingerprint of human-caused land d...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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🌟 We are hiring! Seeking a postdoc to use molecular dynamics and AI to understand how ion channels are regulated by membrane lipids 🌟

Join us at #scienceanu with amazing collaborators and great working conditions!

Email me (karri.anu.edu.au) or apply here (tiny.cc/corry). Please share & repost!
June 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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The Australian scientists on a mission to grow plants on the moon
While some people find it hard enough to keep their garden alive at home, an Australian team plans to send plants to the moon in the hope they will grow on the lunar surface.
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June 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Aquaporins❤️ HKTs❤️ Salt tolerance❤️
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Root remodeling mechanisms and salt tolerance trade-offs: The roles of HKT1, TMAC2, and TIP2;2 in Arabidopsis
Author summary Plants face significant challenges when growing in saline soils, requiring them to balance sodium (Na⁺) exclusion with maintaining root growth. While High-Affinity Potassium Transporter...
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June 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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June 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Yep, we're in hot water! globalplantcouncil.org/feeding-the-...
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Feeding the Bloom: The Role of CO₂, Nutrients, and Heat in Algal Proliferation - The Global Plant Council
Incidences of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are becoming more frequent, their scale is growing and so are their impacts on food and water security. HABs are being fed by increases in water temperature, ...
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June 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM