Recent Appointment of Poultry Production & Nutrition Lecturer
Dr Mehdi Toghyani has recently been appointed as a Lecturer in Poultry Production and Nutrition at the University of Sydney. This appointment reflects Mehdi’s continued commitment to advancing poultry science through both research and education.
APSS 2025 Wrap-Up: Yet Another Record-Breaking Year!
The Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS) 2025 has once again shattered records, cementing its place as the premier gathering for poultry industry professionals and researchers in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Dr Peter Selle wins the Australian Poultry Award 2024
Dr Peter Selle truly deserves to be recognised for his incredible dedication and contribution to the Australian Poultry Science and Industry.
From Pharmaceutical Science to Animal Nutrition: Shay Sadr’s Research Journey
Shay Sadr is a passionate researcher pursuing her PhD under the supervision of Associate Professor Sonia Liu. Shay holds a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Master of Science in biochemistry with a minor in pharmaceutical biotechnology.
APSS 2025 Planning Well Underway
With only around 160 days until APSS 2025, organisation of the 36th annual symposium is going extremely well. We have confirmed 11 world-class invited speakers to join us in Sydney next February, presenting on a diverse range of industry-related topics.
Assoc. Prof. Sonia Liu wins a prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Fellowship
As the adage goes, “Success begets success”. Congratulations to Dr Sonia Liu who has won the ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship. This is on top of her ARC Linkage Project earlier this year worth over a million dollars to examine the use of reduced protein diets in poultry production.
PhD Scholar – Carria Xie
Carria Xie is a first-year PhD candidate, using novel strategies to investigate how energy and amino acid levels affect broiler chicken performance in male and female birds.
Bringing Industry Experience into her PhD: Introducing Jojo Wang
Jojo Mengzhu Wang is a PhD candidate in poultry nutrition at the Poultry Research Foundation (PRF) of The University of Sydney. Jojo completed her Master’s degree in ruminant nutrition from Shihezi University in China in 2016.
Professor Eugeni Roura and the AgriFutures Chicken Meat Consortium
Professor Roura is passionate about his role in the Consortium and its collaboration with industry. He sees a future for students and researchers to work together with industry. All this while attracting people to work in and help the poultry industry grow.
Australian Poultry Science Symposium 2024
The 35th Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS) will be held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, Sydney Hyde Park, between 19-21 February 2024. The central theme of APSS 2024 will be “Frontier Science – Integrating Nutrition, Gut Health and Welfare”.