Professor at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University

Sydney, New South Wales
Joined August 2014
Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Congratulations @ScottJohnsonLab & Yolima Carrillo @westsyduhie - successfully awarded ARC Discovery Project w/ collaborators from @sheffielduni, 'Synergising plant symbionts & silicon to mitigate heat stress in legumes'. Offering future #soilhealth #cropproductivity. @westsydu
Exciting news! Ten projects led by Western Sydney University researchers have been collectively awarded more than $8 million through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) 2025 Discovery Projects scheme. Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research, Enterprise and Global) Professor Deborah Sweeney congratulated all involved in this funding success. “This impressive funding success reflects Western’s continued focus on sustained research excellence, innovation, and outcomes that translate into impactful economic, social and environmental change for the communities we serve around the globe,” said Professor Sweeney. Read more: tinyurl.com/4v6cwkxs
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Our meta-analysis on the effects of silicon-based plant defences on different herbivore functional groups is out now in @Ecology_Letters! This was a great team effort with @ScottJohnsonLab @itchyshin @profSueHartley @CookeJulia @jmwryalls & Losia Lagisz. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
What strategies do plants use to get what they need from soil? Invest in themselves? partner with fungi? PhD scholarship @westsyduhie with me, @jsoilecol & @ianjwright1 exploring ecology of plant strategies (including mycorrhizas) 🌱to acquire soil resources. Details below
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Call for papers for a Special Issue on the theme of 'Innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges'. Submit your abstract by 31 July 2024 full details at: ow.ly/FVNB50RQHrl @KatieField4, @PPS_UoS, @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Call for papers! Plants, People, Planet @plantspplplanet special Issue on innovation in plant and soil sciences to tackle critical global challenges. 🌿🔬🌍🍄🌾 Abstracts due 31st July! newphytologist.org/news/view…
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
"Ready to start a new decade of adventures"🤭 Thank you, Scott & and my labmates, for the birthday lunch♥️ (missing Nowrin) .... And welcome Lulu to the team! #siliconcrew #lablunch #labgroup #birthday #30
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Dear GSBI community: it is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Diana Wall, our scientific chair. This is a tremendous loss for our community. Please see our website for a longer tribute: globalsoilbiodiversity.org/ And CSU's article here: source.colostate.edu/diana-w…
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Throwback to our first lab lunch for 2024! ❤️ Welcome Marie-Emma😍 & Congratulations Scott on your promotion!🥳🍻 #siliconcrew #hie #team
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Just arrived!! Renato de Mello Prado (ed). Benefits of Silicon in the Nutrition of Plants. Springer, Cham. And my chapter: Hodson, M.J. (2023). Silicon Mitigates the Effects of Aluminium Toxicity. #siliceousplants link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Congratulations mate!
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
New Publication Alert! Thrilled to share our latest paper out in @FrontPlantSci. We show that silicon-mediated herbivore defences in a pasture grass is greatest under reduced CO2 @ScottJohnsonLab @EELaboratory Check it out
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Anyone interested in doing a Postdoc in Plant Science 🌱 in Uruguay 🇺🇾?? If you are, DM. If not, retweet 😉!
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Did you just tweet about your new paper? 🥳 Does it feel like no-one heard you? 😞 How to use the Twitter algorithm to maximise the reach of your tweets 😎 @AcademicChatter @OpenAcademics
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Please retweet! We're still looking to recruit a Phd student to work on conservation biological control in berry crops. #entomology #IPM #BiologicalControl see details below: utas.edu.au/research/degrees…
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In case anyone missed the original post a while back, here is a *FREE* BioRender equivalent that has image assets compatible with InkScape and other illustrator platforms. bioicons.com/
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Professor Scott Johnson retweeted
Our new paper is now online in @Ecology_Letters ! We show that nutrient availability strongly controls insect herbivore biomass when predators are few, but that there is a switch from bottom up to top-down control when predators are common. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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