Cotton

Providing a coordinated approach to materials design, creation, characterisation and application.

In partnership with the community and industry, we undertake world-class research into the evolution and ecology of invasive species and the molecular biology and physiology of insects.

A textile technologist with CSIRO Materials Science & Engineering, Rene van der Sluijs, has won the Australian Cotton Growers’ Research Association (ACGRA) Researcher of the Year 2008 award.

Australia's annual festival of science and technology, National Science Week, begins this weekend.

A cotton training program will be held at CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology 22-24 July 2008.

Textile and Fibre Technology is one of five research programs within CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering.

In support of a developing bioeconomy in Australia, CSIRO Entomology is conducting research on industrial biotechnology and biomaterials; environmental biotechnology and enzymology; and sensory biology.

Our highly skilled microscopy unit uses state of the art microscopes both electron and optical with imaging and analysis facilities to solve a vast range of problems.

CSIRO works with a range of training partners to offer textile related training programs tailored to the specific needs of industry.

A video showing CSIRO's new circular knitting machine for constructing miniature hollow tubes. This new resource will enable our biomedical research team to experiment with tissue engineering from textile structures. (0:30)

Australia’s farmers are our climate change 'warriors', and many of them are already meeting the challenges of climate change, with major modifications to the way they produce our food. In this podcast, Dr Mark Howden from CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship, explains how farmers are dealing with challenges such as lower rainfall and irrigation allocations. (4.51)

Dr Stuart Gordon is perfecting a new way to measure cotton quality, improving cotton processing and adapting cotton spinning systems.

Dr Geoff Naylor helped develop prickle-free wool jumpers and warm wool doonas. Now his research group explores the physical properties of fibres and fibrous materials and the most efficient means of processing them.

This article from Farming Ahead describes how researchers have closely monitoring contamination levels of raw cotton and stress that stakeholders must remain vigilant if Australia is to maintain its international standing as a high-quality producer. (3 pages)

A request form that includes details the terms of service for textile and environmental testing (2 pages).