Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Winners announced at 5th Animal Science Poster Olympics 2018

4 December 2018

Over 100 people attended 5th Animal Science Poster Olympics 2018 hosted by QAAFI and held at The University Queensland in November 2018.  Students displayed 30 posters linked to animal science research and seven prestigious poster awards were presented by sponsors. At the event QAAFI Professorial Research Fellow Prof Ala Tabor thanked all competitors, judges and sponsors (MLA, Virbac, Boehringer Ingleheim, ASAP, Chook Shack Chat (Agrifutures Australia, Australian Eggs, Poultry Hub Australia), Beef Central and QAAFI-CAS for supporting the competition.

The 6th Animal Science Poster Olympics will be in 2020. For more information contact Prof Ala Tabor. 

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Winners of each award category received a certificate and cash prize or gift from sponsor and runner ups received a certificate.

AWARD

WINNER

RUNNER UP
  1. Meat & Livestock Australia ‘Innovation for the red meat industry’ $1,500. HDRs only

Harrison Lamb

Mukund Madhav
  1. Virbac ‘Future Farming Prize – New science that will benefit Animal Health’ $1800. Open category

Chian Teng Ong

Emilie Gauthier
  1. Boehringer Ingleheim ‘Animal Science Innovation Award’ $1500. Open category

Ai Hwee (Elise) Kho

Samantha Nixon
  1. Australian Society of Animal Production – Queensland Branch ‘Animal Production Research’ poster prize for research that aims to improve the productivity and/or sustainability of livestock production in either intensive and/or extensive systems (includes all production animals). $1000 and Membership to the to the Australian Society of Animal Production. Open to early career researchers: under 35 or current undergrad or postgrad student or have submitted PhD/Masters thesis in last 8 years

Emilie Gauthier

Russell Gordon
  1. Chook Shack Chat (Agrifutures Australia, Australian Eggs, Poultry Hub Australia) “Innovation for the poultry industries”, $1500, HDR only

Oladapo Olukomaiya

Amjad Iqbal
  1. Chook Shack Chat (Agrifutures Australia, Australian Eggs, Poultry Hub Australia) “Innovation for the poultry industries”, $2000, Open Category

Steven Rice

Michael Mason
  1. Beef Central. Open Category. Prize: Cattle Baron ‘A game of high steaks’ Board Game

Muhammad Sajid Tahir

Sophie Hurford
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