Nirodha Weeraratne
@nirodhaweeraratne.bsky.social
PostDoc 👩🏾🔬 🔬🦠 🧫 🍄🍄🟫 🌾
Plant-soil-microbial interactions & tertiary education in agriculture.
#fungi #bacteria #microbiomes #biofilms
#bioinoculants #biocontrol #biopesticides
🇱🇰 🇦🇺 1stGen 👩🏾🌾👩👦💃 multicultural foodie, language nerd, movie buff, thalassophile.
Plant-soil-microbial interactions & tertiary education in agriculture.
#fungi #bacteria #microbiomes #biofilms
#bioinoculants #biocontrol #biopesticides
🇱🇰 🇦🇺 1stGen 👩🏾🌾👩👦💃 multicultural foodie, language nerd, movie buff, thalassophile.
😃 Super excited to kickstart a conversation on #BioSolutions tomorrow.
🌏 At #DAS25 we'll explore the current landscape of #biological #AgInnovations in Australia & discuss sector limitations, gaps, opportunities, pathways & priorities for R&D & extension.
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social @csu.edu.au
🌏 At #DAS25 we'll explore the current landscape of #biological #AgInnovations in Australia & discuss sector limitations, gaps, opportunities, pathways & priorities for R&D & extension.
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social @csu.edu.au
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
😃 Super excited to kickstart a conversation on #BioSolutions tomorrow.
🌏 At #DAS25 we'll explore the current landscape of #biological #AgInnovations in Australia & discuss sector limitations, gaps, opportunities, pathways & priorities for R&D & extension.
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social @csu.edu.au
🌏 At #DAS25 we'll explore the current landscape of #biological #AgInnovations in Australia & discuss sector limitations, gaps, opportunities, pathways & priorities for R&D & extension.
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social @csu.edu.au
👩🏾🔬 I am excited to expand my engagement with #microbes to the next level as the Science Lead for Charles Sturt Uni AgriPark - Elders #BioSolutions Innovations and Knowledge Hub.
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Looking forward to mediating uni & industry #R&D collaborations on plant- microbe- soil- animal- seaweed- interactions.
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Looking forward to mediating uni & industry #R&D collaborations on plant- microbe- soil- animal- seaweed- interactions.
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
👩🏾🔬 I am excited to expand my engagement with #microbes to the next level as the Science Lead for Charles Sturt Uni AgriPark - Elders #BioSolutions Innovations and Knowledge Hub.
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Looking forward to mediating uni & industry #R&D collaborations on plant- microbe- soil- animal- seaweed- interactions.
🫱🏻🫲🏾 Looking forward to mediating uni & industry #R&D collaborations on plant- microbe- soil- animal- seaweed- interactions.
Just as we thought the little baby 🐣 Welcome Swallows (Hirundo neoxena) 🐦⬛ have left the nest, they're back to shelter from the storms! ⛈️
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Just as we thought the little baby 🐣 Welcome Swallows (Hirundo neoxena) 🐦⬛ have left the nest, they're back to shelter from the storms! ⛈️
It was a race against the storm ⛈️ yesterday in Pira 🇦🇺 recording weeds in wheat, but we managed to cover >600 sampling points in 2 days! 💪🏽
That brings an end to this season's weed mapping 🛰 blitz that ran over the last 8 weeks.
So proud of my team's dedication to gathering the most accurate data. 👩🏾💻
That brings an end to this season's weed mapping 🛰 blitz that ran over the last 8 weeks.
So proud of my team's dedication to gathering the most accurate data. 👩🏾💻
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
It was a race against the storm ⛈️ yesterday in Pira 🇦🇺 recording weeds in wheat, but we managed to cover >600 sampling points in 2 days! 💪🏽
That brings an end to this season's weed mapping 🛰 blitz that ran over the last 8 weeks.
So proud of my team's dedication to gathering the most accurate data. 👩🏾💻
That brings an end to this season's weed mapping 🛰 blitz that ran over the last 8 weeks.
So proud of my team's dedication to gathering the most accurate data. 👩🏾💻
Picked this from the dark side. Donald VIC 🇦🇺 and the surrounding is a prime agricultural production region and has millions of ag R & D dollars invested there.
I can't fathom how much damage this rare earth mineral mining will cause to food & water security, environment, and biodiversity assets.
I can't fathom how much damage this rare earth mineral mining will cause to food & water security, environment, and biodiversity assets.
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Picked this from the dark side. Donald VIC 🇦🇺 and the surrounding is a prime agricultural production region and has millions of ag R & D dollars invested there.
I can't fathom how much damage this rare earth mineral mining will cause to food & water security, environment, and biodiversity assets.
I can't fathom how much damage this rare earth mineral mining will cause to food & water security, environment, and biodiversity assets.
It's gnomes galore at Commonwealth Park, but only 10 very special 'sciency gnomes' 🧙♂️ to find! 🔎
Thanks for this great 🌷 display themed 'Science & Nature', #Floriade2025 Canberra.
Thanks for this great 🌷 display themed 'Science & Nature', #Floriade2025 Canberra.
October 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It's gnomes galore at Commonwealth Park, but only 10 very special 'sciency gnomes' 🧙♂️ to find! 🔎
Thanks for this great 🌷 display themed 'Science & Nature', #Floriade2025 Canberra.
Thanks for this great 🌷 display themed 'Science & Nature', #Floriade2025 Canberra.
In the bubble for a little while
October 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In the bubble for a little while
🌾Cereal #agronomy and #pathology field day jointly organised by NSW DPIRD (formerly NSW DPI) Agronomy & Pathology team with @csu.edu.au cereal #phenology and #physiology researchers.
September 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🌾Cereal #agronomy and #pathology field day jointly organised by NSW DPIRD (formerly NSW DPI) Agronomy & Pathology team with @csu.edu.au cereal #phenology and #physiology researchers.
Fab day to be out at Henty Field Days! 🚜 👩🏾🌾
Come meet us at Block N sites 564 - 566 to see & hear about all the amazing #AgInnovations & #AgEducation we do at Charles Sturt University @csu.edu.au, @gulbali-institute.bsky.social & CSU AgriPark!
#AgChatOz #AgSky
Come meet us at Block N sites 564 - 566 to see & hear about all the amazing #AgInnovations & #AgEducation we do at Charles Sturt University @csu.edu.au, @gulbali-institute.bsky.social & CSU AgriPark!
#AgChatOz #AgSky
September 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fab day to be out at Henty Field Days! 🚜 👩🏾🌾
Come meet us at Block N sites 564 - 566 to see & hear about all the amazing #AgInnovations & #AgEducation we do at Charles Sturt University @csu.edu.au, @gulbali-institute.bsky.social & CSU AgriPark!
#AgChatOz #AgSky
Come meet us at Block N sites 564 - 566 to see & hear about all the amazing #AgInnovations & #AgEducation we do at Charles Sturt University @csu.edu.au, @gulbali-institute.bsky.social & CSU AgriPark!
#AgChatOz #AgSky
You see canola & think of #bollywood movies 🥰
I see canola & think of collecting data 😅
#MappingWeeds #NextGenAnalytics #CharlesSturtResearch
💛💛💛
#RangDeBasanti #DDLJ #WhereIsMyRahul
I see canola & think of collecting data 😅
#MappingWeeds #NextGenAnalytics #CharlesSturtResearch
💛💛💛
#RangDeBasanti #DDLJ #WhereIsMyRahul
September 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
You see canola & think of #bollywood movies 🥰
I see canola & think of collecting data 😅
#MappingWeeds #NextGenAnalytics #CharlesSturtResearch
💛💛💛
#RangDeBasanti #DDLJ #WhereIsMyRahul
I see canola & think of collecting data 😅
#MappingWeeds #NextGenAnalytics #CharlesSturtResearch
💛💛💛
#RangDeBasanti #DDLJ #WhereIsMyRahul
OK, Mycobrains, what's this?
Found on a wet 🪵 at a garden in SE 🇦🇺. The little Mr. who found it says it should be called 'beef of the wood' ! 😂
My best guess is Chondrostereum sp.
#FungalFriday
#Mycology
#Mushrooms
Found on a wet 🪵 at a garden in SE 🇦🇺. The little Mr. who found it says it should be called 'beef of the wood' ! 😂
My best guess is Chondrostereum sp.
#FungalFriday
#Mycology
#Mushrooms
August 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
OK, Mycobrains, what's this?
Found on a wet 🪵 at a garden in SE 🇦🇺. The little Mr. who found it says it should be called 'beef of the wood' ! 😂
My best guess is Chondrostereum sp.
#FungalFriday
#Mycology
#Mushrooms
Found on a wet 🪵 at a garden in SE 🇦🇺. The little Mr. who found it says it should be called 'beef of the wood' ! 😂
My best guess is Chondrostereum sp.
#FungalFriday
#Mycology
#Mushrooms
It took only 4+ years of canvassing and quoting Virginia Wolfe, i.e. "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." - A Room of One's Own (1929).
July 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It took only 4+ years of canvassing and quoting Virginia Wolfe, i.e. "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." - A Room of One's Own (1929).
Checking out the local limestone caves
📍Yarrangobilly caves 🇦🇺
📍Yarrangobilly caves 🇦🇺
July 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Checking out the local limestone caves
📍Yarrangobilly caves 🇦🇺
📍Yarrangobilly caves 🇦🇺
🌱 It's frustrating to see that some plants that are well-known weeds or have been identified to be potentially invasive, being sold, propagated, and planted as ornamentals.
🤔 What would work best to deter this?
📰 More awareness campaigns or legislative changes?
#WeedsWednesday
🤔 What would work best to deter this?
📰 More awareness campaigns or legislative changes?
#WeedsWednesday
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌱 It's frustrating to see that some plants that are well-known weeds or have been identified to be potentially invasive, being sold, propagated, and planted as ornamentals.
🤔 What would work best to deter this?
📰 More awareness campaigns or legislative changes?
#WeedsWednesday
🤔 What would work best to deter this?
📰 More awareness campaigns or legislative changes?
#WeedsWednesday
😔 Not a good ##FungalFriday because our grant application for resolving #taxonomy of #Australia's biggest collection of #Entomopathogenic #fungi #Metarhizium was unsuccessful.
🪲 Please bear with me while I try to recover in my hideout just like a sick beetle would do.
🪲 Please bear with me while I try to recover in my hideout just like a sick beetle would do.
June 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
😔 Not a good ##FungalFriday because our grant application for resolving #taxonomy of #Australia's biggest collection of #Entomopathogenic #fungi #Metarhizium was unsuccessful.
🪲 Please bear with me while I try to recover in my hideout just like a sick beetle would do.
🪲 Please bear with me while I try to recover in my hideout just like a sick beetle would do.
🍄 This #FungalFriday all I want is the 🇦🇺 media to let go of their ridiculous obsession with the #MushroomLady !
🍄🟫 If you're keen to know more about #fungi and their chemicals, here's a nice resource from the @mycobiomics.bsky.social:
share.google/Tx9SJ0K9LLCr...
👇🏽 A collage of mushrooms from SE 🇦🇺
🍄🟫 If you're keen to know more about #fungi and their chemicals, here's a nice resource from the @mycobiomics.bsky.social:
share.google/Tx9SJ0K9LLCr...
👇🏽 A collage of mushrooms from SE 🇦🇺
June 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🍄 This #FungalFriday all I want is the 🇦🇺 media to let go of their ridiculous obsession with the #MushroomLady !
🍄🟫 If you're keen to know more about #fungi and their chemicals, here's a nice resource from the @mycobiomics.bsky.social:
share.google/Tx9SJ0K9LLCr...
👇🏽 A collage of mushrooms from SE 🇦🇺
🍄🟫 If you're keen to know more about #fungi and their chemicals, here's a nice resource from the @mycobiomics.bsky.social:
share.google/Tx9SJ0K9LLCr...
👇🏽 A collage of mushrooms from SE 🇦🇺
💮 Epiphyllum hookeri
🌙 Queen of night
✨️ කඩුපුල්
📸 My 68-yr-old mom stayed up late, so she could send this photo to me. 🥰
🌙 Queen of night
✨️ කඩුපුල්
📸 My 68-yr-old mom stayed up late, so she could send this photo to me. 🥰
June 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
💮 Epiphyllum hookeri
🌙 Queen of night
✨️ කඩුපුල්
📸 My 68-yr-old mom stayed up late, so she could send this photo to me. 🥰
🌙 Queen of night
✨️ කඩුපුල්
📸 My 68-yr-old mom stayed up late, so she could send this photo to me. 🥰
Apparently not, according to this savoury headline 🙄
June 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Apparently not, according to this savoury headline 🙄
🌱 The #Weeds team @gulbali-institute.bsky.social is searching for a #PhD candidate to tackle challenges in applying novel weed control tech in Australian cropping systems.
👉 research.csu.edu.au/graduate-res...
📧 Prof Mike Walsh - michwalsh@csu.edu.au
#agronomy #weedscience #farmingsystems #AgSky
👉 research.csu.edu.au/graduate-res...
📧 Prof Mike Walsh - michwalsh@csu.edu.au
#agronomy #weedscience #farmingsystems #AgSky
May 29, 2025 at 4:51 AM
🌱 The #Weeds team @gulbali-institute.bsky.social is searching for a #PhD candidate to tackle challenges in applying novel weed control tech in Australian cropping systems.
👉 research.csu.edu.au/graduate-res...
📧 Prof Mike Walsh - michwalsh@csu.edu.au
#agronomy #weedscience #farmingsystems #AgSky
👉 research.csu.edu.au/graduate-res...
📧 Prof Mike Walsh - michwalsh@csu.edu.au
#agronomy #weedscience #farmingsystems #AgSky
Hello 👋 #PlantPathSky!
How are you doing at #APPS25?
I'm missing hanging out with old friends & making new. 😕
What's the goss? Spill the T
@plant-pathogens.bsky.social
How are you doing at #APPS25?
I'm missing hanging out with old friends & making new. 😕
What's the goss? Spill the T
@plant-pathogens.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hello 👋 #PlantPathSky!
How are you doing at #APPS25?
I'm missing hanging out with old friends & making new. 😕
What's the goss? Spill the T
@plant-pathogens.bsky.social
How are you doing at #APPS25?
I'm missing hanging out with old friends & making new. 😕
What's the goss? Spill the T
@plant-pathogens.bsky.social
🧬 How much do you trust #ITS primers to ID #fungi?
😅 I just added ITS1&4 into PCR mastermix instead of the prescribed ITS primer pair for green #seaweed, & it picked #marine fungus Asteromyces cruciatus from a mush of Caulerpa sp.
#FungiFriday #PhycologyFriday
😅 I just added ITS1&4 into PCR mastermix instead of the prescribed ITS primer pair for green #seaweed, & it picked #marine fungus Asteromyces cruciatus from a mush of Caulerpa sp.
#FungiFriday #PhycologyFriday
May 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🧬 How much do you trust #ITS primers to ID #fungi?
😅 I just added ITS1&4 into PCR mastermix instead of the prescribed ITS primer pair for green #seaweed, & it picked #marine fungus Asteromyces cruciatus from a mush of Caulerpa sp.
#FungiFriday #PhycologyFriday
😅 I just added ITS1&4 into PCR mastermix instead of the prescribed ITS primer pair for green #seaweed, & it picked #marine fungus Asteromyces cruciatus from a mush of Caulerpa sp.
#FungiFriday #PhycologyFriday
Fieldwork invites the most unorthodox work supervisors.
The Pelicans of Woy Woy have zero chill & are judgemental than Reviewer#3 ! 😂
The Pelicans of Woy Woy have zero chill & are judgemental than Reviewer#3 ! 😂
May 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Fieldwork invites the most unorthodox work supervisors.
The Pelicans of Woy Woy have zero chill & are judgemental than Reviewer#3 ! 😂
The Pelicans of Woy Woy have zero chill & are judgemental than Reviewer#3 ! 😂
🍂 Reflecting the changes in weather, there are fewer greens & reds at the moment, dominated by browns, all in all less diverse community, but interesting nevertheless.
💙 Check out the new iridescent blue Rhodomenia we found today! 👇🏽
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social
#SeaweedSky
💙 Check out the new iridescent blue Rhodomenia we found today! 👇🏽
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social
#SeaweedSky
May 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
🍂 Reflecting the changes in weather, there are fewer greens & reds at the moment, dominated by browns, all in all less diverse community, but interesting nevertheless.
💙 Check out the new iridescent blue Rhodomenia we found today! 👇🏽
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social
#SeaweedSky
💙 Check out the new iridescent blue Rhodomenia we found today! 👇🏽
@gulbali-institute.bsky.social
#SeaweedSky