PBRI Symposium, Melbourne State Library, 12 & 13 May 2026 – Save the date!

It's that time again, we are busy planning for the next PBRI Symposium to be held in Melbourne on 12 &13 May 2026. This will coincide with the UN declared International Day of Plant Health. This biannual Symposium highlights PBRI’s…

ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre Launch

  The official launch of the ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity coincided with the International Day of Plant Health on the 12 May. This $10 million, five-year initiative, funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC), aims…

2025 B3 Conference, Wellington NZ 15 & 16 July

B3 Conference – Celebrating 20 years of B3 Kia Ora - Nau Mai Haere Mai! This year’s B3 conference brings the biosecurity research community together from the 15 to 16 July 2025 to celebrate 20 years of B3 research and to share the…

EUPHRESCO III General Assembly, Madrid

PBRI is a partner on the EU Horizons EUPHRESCO III project,  an international network of organisations that develop phytosanitary research programmes. The EUPHRESCO III team members include ACIAR, APAARI, CABI, CFIA, CIHEAM-Bari, EUPHRESCO,…

2025 Plant Health TV Contest – Expressions of Interest

In recognition of the UN International Day of Plant Health on Friday 12 May, EUPHRESCO III, the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies of Bari (CIHEAM Bari), the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) and CABI have…

2024 Ritman Scholars announced

The four new Ritman Scholars were announced at the 2024 PBRI Symposium in Cairns. Alyssa Martino (University of Sydney), Rabia Ali (Macquarie University), Michael Edwards (La Trobe University) and Zali Mahoney (University Of Queensland)…

Back together again! – 2024 PBRI Symposium

8 - 9 May, Cairns 2024 PBRI Symposium The third biannual symposium was held in Cairns, celebrating International Day of Plant Health with a focus on biosecurity collaboration. This event provided an opportunity to hear about the impacts…

PBRI Partners with EUPHRESCO III

PBRI is a partner on the new EUPHRESCO III project and participated in the kick off meeting 21-23 March 2024 in Paris. The meeting established the project team which will builds on the activities of organisations with a long history of coordinating…

Fall armyworm fights back – R&D Symposium, Brisbane

The 2024 records of fall armyworm infestations have been the most severe to date in areas across Queensland and northern New South Wales. The National Fall Armyworm Research, Development, and Extension (RD&E) Symposium was held at the…

2024 Nudgeathon – Nudging for better biosecurity

The PBRI was delighted to be sponsoring the Nudgeathon 2024 on 2-4 April 2024 held at Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus Brisbane. The Nudgeathon is a behavioural change competition, in which teams develop solutions…
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