News: School of Agriculture Food and Wine
Fighting wine fraud with fluorescence fingerprinting
![Wine fraud news story Ruchira Ranaweera, David Jeffery](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-11/news-wine-fraud-ranaweera-jeffery.jpg?h=19b81cd0&itok=3sU8Izzz)
Researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine – a potential solution against the estimated billions of dollars’ worth of wine fraud globally.
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Scientists in the news this week: October 2020
![Associate Professor and Head Winemaker Paul Grbin and Scholarly Teaching Fellow and Assistant Winemaker Jill Bauer.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-11/winery-paul-jill-citymag.jpg?h=a1123756&itok=HtsFS_A0)
‘What even is the economy?’ Citymag has published a three-part series on ‘how SA makes money and stuff’ featuring several University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates.
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'Ingenious' scientists feature at key research-industry showcase
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Scientists will feature at Ingenuity 2020 – a showcase of student projects exploring real-life applications across all disciplines of STEM.
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Potential new tool for frost screening in crops
![Barley frost trials - Loxton](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/able_barley_loxton_frost_trials.jpg?h=c4dd2c7b&itok=Gh3M465x)
Agricultural scientists and engineers identify potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost damage.
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Scientists set to track Kangaroo Island’s post-bushfire ecosystem recovery
![Pat Hodgens of Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife sets a camera trap to monitor the recovery of the endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart (credit: Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife)](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-10/TERN-KI-PatHodgens.jpg?h=8471d322&itok=2I130R55)
Post-fire recovery rates and ecosystem resilience of Kangaroo Island’s bushfire affected areas will be monitored when scientists return to the island this month.
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Scientists in the news this week: September 2020
![Archie Saunders, Fred Pickett, Jasmin Packer, and Geraldine Turner are determined to save the "precious" Whibley wattle from extinction](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-09/news-whibley-wattle-jasmin-packer.jpg?h=985df06f&itok=SyG49GZN)
Here are the stories of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Research shows potential of gene editing in barley
![School of Agriculture, Food and Wine researcher Associate Professor Matthew Tucker.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/2018-11/news-beer-scientist-matthew-tucker-lg.jpg?h=4e8d6f4c&itok=Ut-4TQ6R)
Plant scientists show potential to rapidly improve barley grain quality through CRISPR genetic tool.
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Food scientist is advisor on plant-based meat
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Internationally recognised food scientist joins Australian plant-based meat startup v2food as its new chief scientific advisor.
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Which winegrape varieties are grown where?
![Book cover - Which Winegrape Varieties are Grown Where?](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-09/news-winegrape-cover.jpg?h=b9b43764&itok=asLRKSn9)
New published book will help winegrape growers better navigate future global markets and the impacts of climate change.
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Uncovering the science of Indigenous fermentation
![Collecting sap from Tasmanian Cider gums](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-09/news-cidergum-collecting-sap.jpg?h=8268fcbc&itok=MgZmiv-V)
Wine scientists discover the complex microbial communities associated with the natural fermentation of sap from the iconic Tasmanian cider gum
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