Oct 21, 2025 | In Memoriam, News
Dr Michael Brian Inkson (Mike)(1946 – 2024) Mike had been battling ill health for many years, but continued to demonstrate the mischievous side of his nature throughout. He cheerfully tackled his health problems by regularly regaling his friends and colleagues with...
Jun 24, 2024 | In Memoriam, News
(1963 – 2024) In late May the sugarcane world lost one of their significant plant pathologists with Dr Kathy Braithwaite succumbing to a brain tumour at the age of only 61. Kathy grew up in Brisbane and graduated from the University of Queensland with a PhD...
Feb 16, 2024 | In Memoriam, News
(1939 – 2024) Dr Régis Julien passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, after a brief illness. Born on May 22, 1939 in Beau Bassin, son of Henri Julien, a career horticulturist, he studied high school at the Royal College of Port Louis. He pursued his...
Oct 30, 2023 | In Memoriam, News
It is with great sadness that we have learned that Brian Egan, aged 93 had passed away on Wednesday 11 October 2023, two months after his wife Maureen. His funeral took place at St Gerard Majella Catholic Church, Brisbane on Friday 20 October 2023. After modest...
Apr 19, 2023 | In Memoriam, News
(1 November 1933 – 20 February 2023) Mr. Michel Hoarau, a leading personality of sugarcane research and development in Réunion Island, passed away on 20 February 2023. A graduate of the Institut National Agronomique of Paris (INA) and Ecole Supérieure...
Nov 20, 2022 | In Memoriam
(29 September 1929 – 2 October 2022) Mike was born in Bath and educated there at King Edward VI School, followed by King’s College, London, where he was awarded a Special Honours Degree in Chemistry. He then commenced his research career in Colloid Science, being...
