News & Events
UAF team welcomes Native Oz Bushfoods team to the Elkhorn labs!
It was an exciting day of yarning, lab demonstrations, sharing knowledge and shared visions for both Native Oz Bushfoods and the Uniquely Australian Foods (UAF) teams on Wednesday 16th March. Tracey and Doug Goebel (Bundjalung..
Documenting ancient Indigenous languages
Under the direction of First Nations people, Professor Felicity Meakins is piecing together ancient Indigenous languages that have been at risk of being silenced since Australian colonisation began more than two hundred years ago. Access..
Global Dialogue discusses traditional foods as our future superfoods
Uniquely Australian Foods Director Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa, and our First Nations Advisory Chairperson, Hon Professor Henrietta Marrie, AM joined other international experts to discuss the future of food. Hosted by the Technical University of Munich..
‘Science is my community’ – reflection by Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa in Frontiers Science News
Uniquely Australian Foods Centre Director Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa speaks to Frontiers Science News. In this interview, Yasmina reflects on her background and research journey spanning her motherland Sri Lanka and adoptive country, Australia. She speaks..
ARC Centre staff and students learn to be entrepreneurs
Last Thursday, ARC staff and students learnt about how to take native botanical products to market in an all day workshop supported by University of Queensland’s Ventures Centre. The day opened with a special..
Michel Beya is an Ambassador for the Red Meat Industry!
A huge congratulations to Michel Beya, who was recently selected by the Meat and Livestock Australia’s Ambassadors for the Red Meat Industry Program. The Red Meat Ambassadors program was developed in consultation with industry to..
Dr Saleha Akter, winner of the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Degree by Research Thesis!
Our very own lovely, humble Dr Saleha Akter was selected by the Dean, UQ Graduate School, as a recipient of the 2020 Deans Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses. Fewer than 10% of..
Indigenous Plants for Health field day
It was a balmy 4 degrees in the morning of Saturday 13th November, with gale force winds, when around 40 people gathered for the Indigenous Plants for Health Association’s Field day, organised by IPHA President..
Field Trip to ‘Yina’
On a glorious September day, an enthusiastic group of students and researchers from the ARC Uniquely Australian Food training centre travelled to Mt Cotton to learn more about Indigenous Australian plants. Sophie Ader and her..
Uniquely Australian Foods at Birkdale South State School
Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa, Jaqueline Moura Nadolny, Sukirtha Srivarathan, Oladipupo Adiamo, Gabi Netzel, Gengning Chen, Clare Wijngaarden and Michael Netzel from the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Uniquely Australian Foods (ARC ITTC UAF) organised a..