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Get ready for our NOVEMBER SRDC seminar- presented by Dr Stevens Brumbley

SRDC Seminar

A growing future for bio-plastics from sugarcane

Dr Stevens Brumbley

To help reduce our carbon foot-print, research scientists have spent the past decade focussed on ways to add more value to sugarcane to produce more food, fibre, energy, fuel and products.

At the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Dr Stevens Brumbley is involved with a number of research projects associated with metabolic engineering of sugarcane.

Dr Brumbley’s research has discovered the sugarcane plant to be an ideal host for the production and manufacturing of bio-polymers such as PHA bio-plastics.

SRDC is delighted to invite Dr Stevens Brumbley to present his valuable research findings and to explain how organic material derived from renewable sugarcane provides an effective base for bio-plastic production.

Bio-plastics produced from sugarcane offer a sustainable option for growers and consumers of plastic materials. Bio-plastics are produced from organic material derived from renewable plant matter and sugarcane is a major feedstock for bio-plastic production.

With plant resins like sugarcane requiring 33% less fossil fuel resources and 42% less greenhouse gas emissions, it is no wonder SRDC is investing in greener, more sustainable alternatives to the regular production of plastics.

To register to attend Dr Brumbley’s seminar on Friday 19^th November contact Kara Billsborough at SRDC on ph: (07) 3210 0495 or kbillsborough@srdc.gov.au

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The SRDC Team
Executive Director: Annette Sugden
Investment Managers: Bianca Cairns, Diana Saunders and Ben Baldwin
Communications Manager: Carolyn Martin
Executive Assistant and Board Secretary: Christine Ipson
Project Administration Officer: Kathy Mitchell
Project Assistant: Kara Billsborough

Pictured from left: Carolyn Martin, Kara Billsborough, Bianca  Cairns, Diana Saunders, Annette Sugden and Ben Baldwin.

SRDC presents guest speaker Dr Robert Magarey

Dr Robert Magarey is a Principal Research Scientist in Plant Pathology for BSES. He has been recognised for his outstanding contribution to sugarcane smut research. Dr Magarey’s expertise in sugarcane disease management has helped transform the way Australian growers and researchers view the spread, severity and cost of the smut disease outbreak.

Dr Magarey's full audio and powerpoint presentation can be viewed below.

SRDC seminar- Smut Epidemiology

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