AUSTRALIA—GERMANY WORKSHOP ON BIODIVERSITY
Monday 13 March 2006
Welcome and opening remarks
Dr Jim Peacock
President, Australian Academy of Science
Response
Dr Christian Stienen
Head of Division, Asia and Oceania, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Remarks
His Excellency Mr Martin Lutz
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Australia Plenary session
The German Research Landscape and Science System
Dr Christian Stienen
Head of Division, Asia and Oceania, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Outlook towards the 7th EU-Framework Program
Dr Matthias Hack and Dr Gerold Heinrichs
International Bureau BMBF
Australia’s science and research framework – setting the scene for collaboration
Ms Jessie Borthwick
Group Manager, Science Group, Department of Education, Science and Training
Biodiversity data for environmental policy
Mr Peter Cochrane
Director of National Parks, Department of Environment and Heritage (DEH)
Tuesday 14 March 2006
Joint biodiversity and plant imaging workshop
Diversity of plant function in fluctuating environmental conditions – imaging of functional diversity of growth and transport as a basis for optimised resource use efficiency in plants
Prof Dr Ulrich Schurr
Institute Phytosphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Imaging functional biodiversity: a distinctive opportunity for AUS-DE bilateral collaboration in research
Professor Barry Osmond
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University
Towards genomics-based strategies for the utilisation of genetic resources
Prof Dr Andreas Graner
Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpfkanzenforschung
Capturing and conserving the diversity of plant genomes
Professor Robert Henry
Centre for Plant Conservation Genetics, Southern Cross University
Biodiversity workshop
Latitudinal biodiversity gradients in deepwater around Australia
Dr Michael Türkay
Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt
Deep sea biodiversity research in Australia
Dr Alan Williams
Research Support Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Dampier Archipelago – down under 'Down Under'
Dr Diana S Jones
Acting Executive Director, Collection and Content Development, Western Australia Museum
Marine taxonomy in Australia – 2006
Dr Gary C B Poore
Senior Curator, Museum Victoria
Terrestrial vertebrate biodiversity
Professor John Long
Head Sciences Department, Museum Victoria
Novel trends in systematics and collection development
Professor John La Salle
Head, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology
Mapping of knowledge in biodiversity and other domains
Dr Karl-Heinz Lampe
Head of Biodiversity Informatics, Curator Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK)
Integrating ecological and genetic approaches to studying plant population viability in degraded landscapes
Dr Andrew Young
Principal Research Scientist, Program Leader Biodiversity and Sustainable Production, CSIRO Plant Industry
Biodiversity informatics: building the global information infrastructure for biodiversity research
Prof Dr Walter G Berendsohn
Freie Universität Berlin, Director and Professor, ZE Botanischer Garten and Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem (BGBM)
Ecosystem processes and the maintenance of diversity in tropical landscapes
Dr David Westcott
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and Rainforest CRC
Sustainable land use and biodiversity conservation: Research challenges and opportunities for cooperation
Dr Klaus Henle
Head, Department of Conservation Biology and Natural Resources Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig-Halle
Diversification and evolution of perennial Glycine (Leguminosae), Australian wild relatives of soybean
Dr Anthony Brown
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, CSIRO Plant Industry
Evolution within the Brassicaceae
Prof Dr Herbert Hurka
Department of Systematic Botany and Botanical Garden, University of Osnabrueck
Crop pollination: an ecosystem service provided by insects
Dr Saul Cunningham
Research Scientist, CSIRO Entomology
Response of marine ecosystems to changing climate and
biogeochemistry: clues from the geological record
Dr Will Howard
Palaeo-oceanographer, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Plant imaging workshop
The Australian National Plant Phenomics Initiative: opportunities
for interactions with Germany
Dr Bob Furbank
Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry
Ecophysiological imaging of plant responses to temperature stress
Professor Marilyn Ball
Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University
Grain yield of wheat – can we increase it with smarter breeding
Dr Richard Richards
Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry
What do plant roots see? Answers and applications from imaging technologies at CSIRO, Australia and Jülich, Germany
Dr Michelle Watt
Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry
The Australian National Plant Phenomics Initiative: A powerful tool for improving crop performance under stress
Dr Rana Munns
Chief Research Scietist, CSIRO Plant Industry
A spectrum of image analysis activities in CSIRO: bioinformatics for agribusiness and biotech imaging CSIRO mathematical and information sciences
Dr David Lovell and Dr Pascal Vallotton
CSIRO Mathematical and Information Services
Activation tagging in barley and wheat
Dr Mick Ayliffe
CSIRO Plant Industry
Rice Gene Machine as resource for functional genomics – An overview and challenges of genotyping and phenotyping
Dr Narayana Upadhyaya
CSIRO Plant Industry
Functional genomics of environmental stress
Associate Professor Barry Pogson
ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Australian National University
Imaging and identification of root flavonoids
Dr Ulrike Mathesius
ARC Research Fellow, School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University
Seeing into plant cells and tissues – from organelles to organisms
Dr Rosemary White
Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry
Biodiversity informatics: lessons from International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses database (ICTVdB) on the web since 1993
Professor Barry Osmond
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Australian National University
Wednesday 15 March 2006 Reports and wrap up session of Biodiversity and Plant Imaging workshops
Chair: Professor Barry Osmond
1. Biodiversity informatics
Prof Dr Walter Berendsohn
Jim Croft
2. Deep sea biodiversity
Dr Michael Türkay
Dr Alan Williams
3. Landscape
Dr David Westcott
Dr Klaus Henle
Dr David Westcott
4a. Functional diversity and imaging
Prof Dr Ulrich Schurr
Professor Murray Badger
Prof Dr Ulrich Schurr
4b. Functional diversity and imaging
Prof Dr Andreas Graner
Closing plenary session
Professor Barry Osmond Closing remarks on Biodiversity workshop
Professor Barry Osmond
1. Biodiversity informatics
Prof Dr Walter Berendsohn
Jim Croft
2. Deep sea biodiversity
Dr Michael Türkay
Dr Alan Williams
3. Landscape
Professor Barry Osmond
4. Functional development and imaging
Prof Dr Ulrich Schurr
Professor Murray Badger
Prof Dr Ulrich Schurr
Ms Sara Cowan
Branch Manager, International Science Branch, Department of Education, Science and Training Dr Christian Stienen
Head of Division, Asia and Oceania, BMBF
