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Whether you are just curious about them; starting to experiment with them; or you’ve been eating native foods for as long as you can remember – we want to know! Click here to complete our..

Congratulations to centre PhD student, Sera Susan Jacob, who is a Queensland semi-finalist in the FameLab 2021 competition. FameLab Australia supports early to mid career researchers by facilitating networking opportunities, science-communication skill growth and providing..

What a treat of a day out for the Uniquely Australian team. Commencing with a meet and greet, whilst enjoying lemon myrtle scented cordial (delicious, by the way!!), Madonna and Ezekiel introduced themselves and invited..

Indigenous rights activist and expert in Indigenous intellectual and cultural property and heritage, Professor Henrietta Marrie AM has joined the ARC Uniquely Australian Foods (UAF) Training Centre, based at The University of Queensland.  Link to full..

Click here to read Saski Urlass’ blog from her recent trip to Huskisson, NSW, to visit centre partner Venus Shell Systems.

Click here to read Sera Susan Jacob’s blog from her recent trip to Alice Springs. Sera Susan Jacob is currently working with Australian native wattle seeds. Wattle seeds are a nutrient powerhouse full of iron,..

Centre Director Prof Yasmina Sultanbawa shares her own story on the latest Illuminata Podcast. Originally from Sri Lanka, Prof Sultanbawa is a food scientist focusing on the agribusiness development framework, specifically in the area of..

Social Enterprise Summit for Northern Australia 2020 was a virtual event, packed with incredible stories and lessons from leading entrepreneurs working in Northern Australia. To access full presentations see: SESNA 2020  

The value add of sensing technologies to agro-food systems By 2050, the global population is estimated to be in excess of 9 billion people. This will impose an increase stress on the current food production..

The impact of changes to the Qld Biodiscovery law on scientific research Queensland became one of the first jurisdictions in the world to regulate the collection, circulation and use of biological resources (e.g. plants, animals,..