Welcome to Sleep Talk snapshots where we aim to bring you the latest updates in sleep as they occur.
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The stories behind the folks who represent the American people.
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A podcast on adventures worldwide! Seeing the world through one snapshot at a time.
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AHRI Snapshots is a podcast that provides information on what we do at the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative, as well as finding out what other researchers in weed science are up to around the country and the world. AHRI's researchers work out of the University of Western Australia, right next to the beautiful Swan River in WA's capital, Perth.
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Europe is the best continent on the planet to explore. Join Brian Unger as he crisscrosses dozens of destinations giving context and perspective on what makes Europe incandescent. Each episode will encapsulate the history, culture, cuisine and attractions of a different European region in order to help enrich your travel experience. Viva l'Europe!
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Welcome to Snapshots of Lexington, a podcast where we feature the stories and insights of the innovative and dynamic business owners in Lexington, Kentucky. From established businesses to startups, we’ll be diving into the challenges, triumphs, and unique perspectives that make these entrepreneurs and their businesses stand out. Whether you’re a fellow business owner, a Lexington resident, or just curious about the local business scene, join us as we explore the diverse and thriving landscap ...
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No matter which way you lean, the fact is we have had and will continue to have American Presidents. Learn more about them all past, present, and future with your host, Phil Treacy, as he takes you on a detailed and educational tour of each. Find out more of their Early Years, Young Adulthoods, Political and Professional Careers and the Legacies of the men who have been elected President. Find all this and more via The Presidential Bio Podcast on The 2GuysTalking Podcast Network.
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Air Force One (1997) – A Perspective Review
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How many of you LIKE our current President of the United States? Whether you’re a fan or not, the fact is that feature films galore […]Von Phil Treacy
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Kris Castle Discusses Insurance Tips and Common Pitfalls
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Ashley Lowe sits down with Kris Castle, the dynamic owner of Castle Insurance, a woman-owned insurance agency serving central Kentucky. With a friendly and relatable approach, Kris provides valuable insights into insurance pitfalls, bundling benefits, and the significance of tailored consultations.Von Ashley Lowe, Kris Castle
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Women Entrepreneurs and the Power of Financial Empowerment
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Get to know the Small Business Bestie, Michelle Smock of Cultivate Accounting. From recovering after losing her own businesses during the pandemic to elevating small business owners with innovative accounting solutions, Michelle's journey is both inspiring and informative.Von Ashley Lowe, Michelle Smock
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Streamlining Success: Simplifying Business with On The Ball Consulting
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Amanda Riley helps small business owners "get on the ball" by streamlining their processes, freeing up valuable time and mental space for what truly matters—growing their business. From organizing customer info to recommending the best CRM software, Amanda's systems boost efficiency and sustainability. Don't miss this episode if you're ready to sca…
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Winchester's Custom Embroidery Haven: The Story of Hamilton Brooks Design
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Today's guest is Amanda Adams from Hamilton Brooks Design. Amanda shares her inspiring journey from corporate event planning to building a thriving custom embroidery shop in Winchester, Kentucky. We discussed the unique offerings at her storefront, from personalized baby gifts to exclusive adult apparel, and the importance of work-life balance in e…
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In this episode of AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with an international guest. Dr Juan Vorster is an Associate Professor in Plant and Soil Sciences from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Juan is studying herbicide resistance mechanisms in weeds and the development of effective management strategies for these weeds. He’s currently in Perth for …
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In this AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with Principal Research fellow, Dr Qin Yu about her latest paper on glyphosate resistance in goosegrass. This paper was published in Nature Communications in August 2023, which is an impressive achievement. This paper is complicated, but essentially the researchers have found a hot spot on the genome of goosegras…
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Over the last few years, the AHRI agronomy team has done extensive work looking at crop competition in hybrid and open-pollinated canola. Project lead, Dr Mike Ashworth, joins us on this podcast to discuss the findings on ideal seeding rate, variety, row spacing and seed size. Herbicides are currently working quite well in canola. We know that herb…
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What do we do with weed genomes?
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In this episode, we catch up with visiting Associate Professor Todd Gaines. Todd is from Colorado State University and is currently working from UWA with AHRI. In September, he’ll be at the International Plant and Animal Genome Australia conference in Perth city, where he’s organising a two-hour session of invited talks. Todd is also organising a s…
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Deep learning can tell the difference between white and blue lupins
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Blue lupins are notorious for being difficult to control and plants produce prolific seed banks. Blue lupins are closely related to the domesticated narrow-leaf lupin, also known as the white lupin, so whichever herbicide is survived by white lupins is also survived by blue lupins. This is problematic as they look alike. This is where a team of res…
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Testing water quality for effective spray application
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In this interview we chat with AHRI Research Officer Roberto Lujan Rocha about the survey work he has conducted on the quality of water sourced on farm for spray application. This project is a collaboration between University of Western Australia, AHRI and the Centre for Water & Spatial Science. The team looked at water from bores, dams, desalinate…
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How scientists are studying summer weeds to predict and mitigate future resistance
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As reliance on pre-emergent herbicides for both broadleaf and grass species is increasing, it’s essential to understand the dynamics of weed-herbicide interactions in the field. Dr Mahima Krishnan and her colleagues from University of Adelaide are in the process of studying populations of summer weeds to help predict and then mitigate any future re…
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On this episode of AHRI Snapshots, we’re catching up with former AHRI master’s student Geide Figueiredo (also known as JD) who worked alongside AHRI researcher Roberto Busi to try and break the herbicide cinmethylin, commercially known as Luximax. Fortunately, they weren't able to break it, which is great news for farmers and agronomists because it…
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Dr Aimone Porri talks on AHRI collaboration and his recent work on PPO mutations
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In this interview, AHRI's Jessica Strauss chats with Dr Aimone Porri, who is the Laboratory Head for Herbicide Target and Weed Resistance Research at BASF, based in Germany. Aimone's work spans across several fields in the weeds resistance research space, including working as a Geneticist, Molecular Biologist, and Plant Biologist. At the time of th…
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The benefits of 3D mapping soil moisture
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In our first episode back for AHRI Snapshots this year, we chat with Dr Hira Shaukat, who previously was an AHRI PhD candidate. Hira worked on 3D mapping of soil moisture throughout her PhD. Part of her work involved looking at how farmers could utilise degraded land affected by salinity. This involved figuring out what soil conditions would be sui…
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At the start of each year, do you make New Year's resolutions, only to find by February that you are back into your previous habits and routine? From the Sleep Talk podcast archive, this interview with Prof Art Markman from the University of Texas at Austin, will help you set goals that stick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Professor Steve Duke talks on upcoming Herbicide Discovery and Development conference
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This month on the podcast, we’re going to be finding out about the upcoming Herbicide Discovery and Development Conference, which is happening from January 18 to 20, 2023 at Curtin University. Due to genetic resistance to many of the most used herbicides, the need for new ones is greater than ever. This conference invites you to be part of the solu…
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Incoming Director Ken Flower shares his vision for AHRI
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On AHRI Snapshots this month, we have an exciting episode, as we catch up with AHRI’s incoming Director, Associate Professor Ken Flower. Ken would be familiar to listeners as he’s been involved in AHRI projects for several years, contributing his substantial knowledge in no-till and agronomy to the AHRI Agronomy team. He has a broad farming systems…
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Don't stop thinking about tomorrow is the theme of the upcoming Crop Protection Forum in Wagga Wagga next month. In this AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with event organiser, Dr Lizzy Lowe, who is the Senior Extension Scientist for Cesar Australia. This event is held annually, with this year’s partners being The Centre of Crop Disease Management (CCDM)…
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Why highly glyphosate resistant plants can’t compete
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In this AHRI Snapshots we catch up with Dr Martin Vila-Aiub, who was co-author on a recent publication that our latest AHRI insight covers. It’s all about how highly glyphosate resistant plants can’t compete. AHRI researchers recently teamed up with Martin, who is based in Argentina and other researchers from Brazil to investigate the combination o…
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Velocity® resistant wild radish confirmed
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AHRI’s Dr Roberto Busi talks about his finding of velocity resistant wild radish in this podcast. It’s not great news for growers – but knowledge is power. At the end of 2019, Roberto Busi started a new herbicide resistance testing service based at UWA. Growers and agronomists sent in about 500 samples of ryegrass for testing as well as 121 samples…
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In this episode, we're catching up with former AHRI PhD candidate, Nooshin Shahbazi, who is officially now a doctor, after her successful PhD completion. Nooshin’s thesis is entitled “Use of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) to detect and map weeds that grow taller than crops at harvest”. We’re hear from Nooshin on her thesis findings and what th…
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AHRI's Dr Mechelle Owen has been collating data from the 2020 random resistance survey. This is part of a national project, with investment from GRDC. Mechelle has been conducting these random surveys for a number of years and so she shares some of the trends in this interview she has identified from the 2015 survey results compared to these latest…
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AHRI Director Hugh Beckie reflects on achievements ahead of retirement
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On this edition of AHRI Snapshots, we catch up with Professor Hugh Beckie, for the final time! Hugh is retiring from the role of AHRI Director at the end of this month. Hugh has has worked in the field of herbicide resistance for more than 30 years and has been leading AHRI research as Director since 2018 after moving to Australia from his home cou…
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In this episode of AHRI Snapshots, we’re catching up with AHRI’s Dr Danica Goggin about her latest paper which looks at cinmethylin metabolism in annual ryegrass. Cinmethylin is a relatively new pre-emergent herbicide to Australian cereal cropping farming systems. While there hasn’t been any confirmed resistance of annual ryegrass to cinmethylin, t…
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What is the relationship between developing herbicide resistance, seed size and seed dormancy?
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In this interview, we catch up with AHRI Senior Agronomy Researcher, Roberto Lujan Rocha to talk about his latest publication he worked on with Aniruddha Maity, who briefly worked at AHRI just before the pandemic. This study, entitled Concurrent evolution of seed dormancy and herbicide resistance in field populations of dominant weed species in Wes…
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With daylight saving time ending this weekend in Australia, is it time to re-consider daylight saving? Prof Till Roenneberg discusses the pros and cons of daylight saving time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Von SleepHub
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For the first time in Western Australia, annual ryegrass from a cropped paddock was found to be resistant to glyphosate and paraquat (among other modes of action). AHRI Senior Research Fellow Dr Roberto Busi joins us on the podcast today to give an overview of this finding as a pre-cursor to an upcoming WeedSmart webinar. In this webinar, he will p…
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Dr Qin Yu's team discovers naturally evolving point mutation which confers resistance to Glufosinate in goosegrass
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Glufosinate is an important and widely used non-selective herbicide active on a wide range of plant species. Resistance evolution to glufosinate in weedy plant species, including the global weed Eleusine indica, commonly known as goosegrass, is underway. At AHRI, Principal Research Fellow, Qin Yu and her team established the molecular basis of targ…
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AHRI Director Hugh Beckie reflects on 2021
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This is the last AHRI Snapshots for 2021! What a year it has been. In this episode we’re catching up with AHRI Director, Hugh Beckie to go over the highlights from AHRI this year. We’ll also get an update on what the plans are for AHRI in 2022. This is now our 6th season of the podcast. Thank you for listening this year and we look forward to bring…
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Belfast is a city known for sectarian conflict and the biggest shipping disaster in history. It is also one of the most interesting destinations in Europe. Its raw, recent history is guaranteed to make an impression on you.
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Heroic little Malta has survived two epic sieges against impossible odds giving it an outsized significance in European history. When you add the vibrant Maltese culture with its cosmopolitan vibe amidst azure blue seas, this island has an almost mythic quality.
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We've got exciting news! AHRI is getting a new website next week! AHRI Communications Officer, Jessica Scholle joins me on the podcast today to chat about this new development and we also give a broader communications update on AHRI. You might've noticed we've been getting to know our AHRI researchers better through videos. We talk about the strate…
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Every year, tourists to Florence have been known to suffer from a real-life affliction brought on by exposure to sublime beauty. Visit the city that is so beautiful, it can make you sick.
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The best street in Europe is in Edinburgh. You can find all things Scotland on a stroll down the Royal Mile.
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In this interview, we’re catching up with PhD candidate, Hira Shaukat. Hira’s first paper has just been published in the Agriculture Water Management Journal. It’s entitled “Quasi-3D mapping of soil moisture in agricultural fields using electrical conductivity sensing”. The soil moisture measurement technique described in this paper has proven to b…
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Endless coastlines, magical villages, active volcanoes...and the breasts of St. Agatha? There is a lot more to Sicily than the Mafia.
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London Snapshot Part Two
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The diversity of historical, cultural and entertainment activities in London will have you agreeing with the famous phrase - "when you are tired of London, you are tired of life".
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What's happening at the Crop Protection Forum next week?
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The Crop Protection Forum is next week in Launceston, Tasmania! In its 7th year, the AHRI, CCDM and Cesar Australia Crop Protection Forum will showcase the latest weeds, pests and disease research for riding out the inevitable storm of chemical resistance. Our experts will explore the implications and solutions for reducing resistance in Tasmanian …
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London Snapshot: Part One
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Two medieval London buildings are classic examples of "statement architecture". Understanding them is to understand England. Which buildings could they be? Tune in to find out!
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Montmartre to the Mona Lisa, cafes to cemeteries...you'll find it all in the City of Light
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How phase farming can reduce an annual ryegrass seedbank
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In this podcast, we catch up with AHRI Agronomy Researcher Dr Yaseen Khalil about some of the key findings from two of his recent studies. We learn about the effectiveness of different weed control tacts in serradella, which is a legume pasture species. We also learn about how pasture phase farming can be used to reduce the annual ryegrass seed ban…
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Rome Snapshot Part Two: Renaissance Ramble
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Rome was decorated by Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini and others. Join me as we ramble through the Renaissance to get to know these masters and their dazzling work.
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Rome Snapshot Part One: The Caesar Shuffle
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It is not nicknamed the Eternal City for no reason. Is anywhere in western civilization more important than Rome? Part One of this two-part episode features the Rome of Julius Caesar, Caligula and Nero. You'll walk through ten terrific Roman highlights that will get you doing the Caesar Shuffle.
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On today’s AHRI Snapshots, we’re catching up with previous AHRI Masters student Martina Badano. Martina worked with Dr Roberto Busi back in 2019 on rapid on-farm testing. Her paper “Rapid On-Farm Testing of Resistance in Lolium rigidum to Key Pre- and Post-Emergence Herbicides” has just been published. We’re going to find out more about it. Here's …
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Welcome back to Snapshots from Europe Travelogue. Here's a preview of what's coming up in Season Two.
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AHRI researcher, Dr Danica Goggin and others have recently discovered how ryegrass has evolved resistance to Sakura. It’s all about GSTs. Not the tax type, rather gluthione transferase (Danica explains in the podcast why the 'S' was dropped!). Wheat uses GSTs to detoxify and tolerate Sakura, and ryegrass has now evolved to do the same thing, althou…
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AHRI on show at WeedSmart Week & research update
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In this episode we catch up with AHRI Director Hugh Beckie who recently presented at WeedSmart Week in Esperance. Hugh provides a snapshot into some of the practical research outcomes he was able to share with growers in Esperance in regards to recent results out of the AHRI agronomy team. We also hear from Hugh about how Roberto Busi's resistance …
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Daniel Birch farms at Catalina Farms near Marchagee in WA's wheatbelt. He recently got resistance testing done through Dr Roberto Busi's resistance testing program. Daniel also attended Roberto's last resistance workshop which took place last week in Dalwallinu. In this interview, Daniel explained how the results from his resistance testing has ass…
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New recruit, Dr Candy Taylor, explains how she'll be tackling auxinic herbicide resistance research
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On today’s AHRI Snapshots, we’re catching up with our newest AHRI team member, Dr Candy Taylor! Candy has recently joined the team as a Research Associate. She’s going to be looking at understanding auxinic herbicide resistance dynamics. This work is being supported by an ARC Linkage grant, with additional investment from Nufarm. This was successfu…
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