The first was an invited seminar in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) on 21 September.  There is a lot of great plant research happening at the Uni of Queensland and there was strong interest in our discoveries on the mechanisms for root-knot nematode infection.  Many enjoyable discussions with people in both Biol Sciences and Agriculture, also found out from Susanne Schmidt that root-knot nematodes are a major problem in sugarcane, an important industry for Queensland.  Thanks to Milos Tanurdzic for the invite!