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SUMMARY:Webinar: Nutritional quality of cassava in a warming world
DESCRIPTION:Cassava is highly productive and an important food security crop. It is also the only staple that\, under certain conditions\, can be toxic to humans. Prof Gleadow will discuss some of the possible underlying reasons why cassava is so cyanogenic and why this may be exacerbated by climate change. \nRos Gleadow is an Emerita Professor at Monash University in Melbourne. The focus of her research for the past 30 years has been on the effect of environmental variables on plants that make cyanogenic glucosides\, including cassava\, sorghum and some Eucalyptus species\, working from the molecular to whole plant level. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science\, past President of The Global Plant Council and Chair of the International Working Group for Safe Cassava.
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/webinar-nutritional-quality-of-cassava-in-a-warming-world/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Agriculture,Climate Change,Plant Science
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SUMMARY:Plant Health Series: The importance of plant health in One Health
DESCRIPTION:A talk as part of the RSB Plant Health Series\nThis keynote address will be delivered by Sarah Brunel\, Implementation and Facilitation Unit (IFU) lead at the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).\n\n\nThe emergence and subsequent spread of pests and diseases can have a devastating economic\, environmental\, and public health impact across populations\, affecting biodiversity\, food security\, and commercial trading. As new plant health threats continue to emerge\, it is important to consider plant health in the context of One Health\, and integrate this into appropriate practice and principles.\n\nEffective statutory protections and standards in this area\, alongside controls to stop the spread of pests\, play a critical role in mitigating future plant pandemics. The IPPC aims to help implement these practices\, developing international standards and procedures in this sector.\n\n\nThis talk will be followed by an opportunity for an audience Q&A and discussion\, chaired by Professor Jeremy Pritchard FRSB\, University of Birmingham.\nThe speaker\nSarah Brunel leads the Implementation and Facilitation Unit (IFU)\, which coordinates implementation\, facilitation and capacity development activities such as the production of IPPC guides and training materials\, phytosanitary capacity evaluations and capacity strengthening activities to address emerging pests. Sarah’s focus is on the coordination of implementation projects and management of the IFU’s workplan\, including staffing\, budgeting\, resource mobilisation and strategies. She is the IPPC Secretariat’s lead on One Health. Sarah is also the secretariat’s liaison with organisations such as the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)\, Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)\, Comité de Liaison Entreprenariat – Agriculture – Dévelopement  (COLEAD)\, the European Union and the Europead Feed Safety Authority (EFSA).\n\nSarah is an agricultural engineer from the Institut Supérieurr d’Agriculture Rhône-Alpes (ISARA). She has a master’s degree in international affairs and another in anthropology from the Sorbonne University and the French Museum of Natural History\, respectively. She has more than 20 years of national\, regional and international experience in plant protection\, pest and disease control policies and legistaltion\, implementation of standards for phytosanitary measures\, environmental protection and capacity development. She is a French national and speakers English\, French\, Italian and Spanish.\n\nAudience\nThis event is open to all\, but will be particularly relevant to scientists including those working in areas related to plant health.\n\n\nCost and booking\nBookings for this event will open in due course. If you have any questions\, please email Ellie Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk\nContact\nFor booking\, website or events queries\, please contact Eleanor Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3444.
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/plant-health-series-the-importance-of-plant-health-in-one-health/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Plant Science
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20250321T160000
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SUMMARY:AAB-PlantEd Specialist Group Webinar Series: Technical Advances and Policy Updates on Gene-Editing in Plants
DESCRIPTION:AAB-PlantEd Specialist Group Webinar Series: Technical Advances and Policy Updates on Gene-Editing in Plants \n– Friday March 21st 2pm GMT on Zoom \nSpeakers:\n– Maria Dellino\, DiSSPA\, University “Aldo Moro” of Bari\, Italy.\nUsing CRISPR/Cas9 to reduce genes involved in tomato allergy \n– Aleksandra Hubar-Kolodziejczyk\, University of Bayreuth\, Germany\nLegal prerequisites for NGT detection\, identification and quantification in GMO authorization procedure – state of the art and limits to regulatory change \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_YlQGRJyQMCv1MKTTLueqg#/registration
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/aab-planted-specialist-group-webinar-series-technical-advances-and-policy-updates-on-gene-editing-in-plants/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Practical Applications of ORYZA in Rice Research
DESCRIPTION:Rationale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis training program will familiarize the participants with the functions and the data organization to run the ORYZA model\, experimental data collection for model calibration\, evaluation\, practical applications\, and introduction of new features developed in the model. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt the end of the training\, the participants will: \n• understand the basic operations of ORYZA; \n• identify and prepare the input files required for practical applications; \n• understand the process & concepts of parameterization\, calibration\, and evaluation; and \n• run the ORYZA model to generate outputs related to potential growth and yield\, soil carbon sequestration\, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions\, effects of           abiotic stresses\, and climate change on these variables. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResource Persons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe expert group developing the ORYZA model delivers this course. Participants are encouraged to discuss their interests beyond the training\, including\, but not limited to\, collaboration\, advanced development\, and model extensions for various applications.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Training Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrerequisites \nThe participants must bring their laptops with the following minimum specifications: \n1. The User must be an administrator of the laptop for problem-free software installation; \n2. The Operating System requirements: \na. at least Windows 8 or higher Windows version; and \nb. Microsoft Office 2007 or higher edition. \n3. Laptop specs: \na. RAM ≥ 4GB; and  \nb. free hard drive space ≥ 50GB. \nVenue\nThe ORYZA Training Program for Practical Applications will be at IRRI Headquarters in Los Baños\, Philippines. International participants are encouraged to arrive at least one day before the start of the program to adjust and recover from travel fatigue. \nLos Baños is a small city located 60 km south of Manila and may take 1.5 hours travel time\, depending on traffic conditions from Manila International Airport. We will forward travel instructions after your registration. \nAccommodation\nThe IRRI Swaminathan Hall dormitory and IRRI Guesthouse are among the available options for the accommodation of visiting participants. The rooms and buildings at the IRRI campus have Wi-Fi access points meant for business use. \nRegistration Fees and Inclusions\nThe registration fee is: \n$ 1500 for All International Participants / IRRI Country Office Participants \n• The fee covers the training materials and registration services; \n• local transportation (arrival/departure transportation between IRRI/Manila International Airport and within IRRI campus);  \n• accommodation for 6 days and 5 nights; and \n• lunch with morning and afternoon refreshments during the training. \nParticipants are responsible for their insurance coverage\, international transportation to and from Manila International Airport\, and other meals (breakfast \n and dinner). \n$ 500 for In-Country Participants /  Non-IRRI Professionals \n• The fee covers the training materials and registration services; and \n• lunch with morning and afternoon refreshments during the training. \nParticipants are responsible for their insurance coverage\, transportation to and from IRRI\, other meals (breakfast and dinner)\, and their accommodation. \n$ 360 for IRRI HQ Participants / In-Country University Students   \n• The fee covers the training materials and registration services; and \n• lunch with morning and afternoon refreshments during the training. \nParticipants are responsible for their insurance coverage\, transportation to and from IRRI\, other meals (breakfast and dinner)\, and their accommodation. \nHow to Register\nRegistrations are until the end of business day of February 7\, 2025.  \n1. Register Online for the 2025 ORYZA Training Program for Practical Applications: \n\n\nGo to our website at: https://forms.gle/o6wNuYgXc9aPy5Wb9\, OR \n\n\n2. Send an Email: \n\n\nSend your intent to participate in the training workshop to oryza@irri.org. \n\n\nPlease be informed that we are unable to provide financial support for this training course. However\, we can provide essential documents\, such as the course description and a conditional acceptance letter\, to support your application for external financial assistance.\n \nCancellation\, Substitution\, and Rescheduling Policy\nCancelation of participation after registration may be possible a month before the training program. You may nominate another person to replace your slot. Please notify us of such changes. IRRI will not be responsible for any cancelation charges assessed by the airlines\, travel agencies\, or third-party entities related to your travel plan. \nIf\, for some reason\, the course cancels\, we will work with you to switch your confirmed registration to future training\, or we will give you a refund.
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/practical-applications-of-oryza-in-rice-research/
CATEGORIES:Other Skills,Plant Health
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SUMMARY:Workshop: PLant science in the ANThropocene - PLANT
DESCRIPTION:The “PLant science in the ANThropocene” (PLANT) workshop will run from March 24 to April 4\, 2025 at the Institut Pascal of the University Paris-Saclay (campus about 25 km south of Paris). \nThis 2-week workshop will address key challenges for the international Plant Science community\, from basic sciences to socio-economic and environmental aspects including climate change. It will gather about 60 international scientists. The attendance will mix high stature senior scientists\, together with numerous younger ones. \nThe program will focus on three themes:\n– Theme I: “Frontiers in Plant Science fundamental research” (March 24-25-26)\n– Theme II: “Feeding the planet: roles for Plant Science and associated socio-economic challenges” (March 27-28-31 and April 1)\n– Theme III: “Plants as factories: from chemical compounds to mitigating climate change” (April 2-3-4) \nMornings will consist mainly of presentations by about 20 senior scientists\, who will provide their vision of how to rise to those challenges\, while the afternoon sessions will be devoted principally to brainstorming across generations on selected topics. This workshop will thus require input from all participants\, the goals being the emergence of consensus community opinions and the specification of paths to success for several major challenges\, be they at the level of training the next generation\, guiding deciders of public policies\, or connecting with the wider public on the importance of plant sciences in the Anthropocene. All these challenges are of high complexity and depend on several disciplines. Thus\, beyond plant biologists and geneticists\, some participants will come from agronomy\, ecology\, social and environmental sciences\, economics\, and also from chemical\, physical and computational sciences. \nSyntheses in the form of opinion papers will be drafted for publication. \nAPPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS WORKSHOP \nApplications deadline: Tuesday December 17\, midnight \nTo know more and apply : https://indico.ijclab.in2p3.fr/event/10763/ \nAdmission is restricted because of capacity constraints and the need to have the brainstorming sessions be effective. There are no registration fees and lunches and coffee breaks will be provided. \nParticipants must hold a PhD. \nNote: There are no sessions during the week-end of March 29-30\, you can use your free time to do some tourism!
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/workshop-plant-science-in-the-anthropocene-plant/
LOCATION:The Institut Pascal\, Paris\, France
CATEGORIES:Climate Change,Plant Science,Science communication
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SUMMARY:A Teach-In for Plant Scientists: Organizing for Political Impact
DESCRIPTION:In this free\, online workshop\, Dr. Kevin Bird will discuss current politics and how scientists can organize in this moment. \nDr. Kevin Bird is an NSF Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California\, Davis\, and a department steward for UAW Local 5811. He is interested in plant genome evolution and evolutionary genomics\, currently exploring plant pangenomic variation and how gene and genome duplications create metabolic novelty. Concurrently with his plant research\, he does research and scholarly writing about the co-option of human genetics and evolution research by far-right extremists\, translating research for the general public to reduce misunderstandings about race and genetics. \nHe earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Missouri\, where he double majored in Biological Sciences and Philosophy\, followed by a Fulbright Fellowship for evolutionary systems biology research at the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology in Ghent\, Belgium. He received his PhD in Horticulture and Ecology\, Evolutionary Biology\, and Behavior at Michigan State University\, studying whole-genome duplications in plants and the evolutionary history of strawberry. He also served on the Horticulture Department’s Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion committee and in consecutive terms as Chief Information Officer and President of the Graduate Employees Union AFT Local 6196. Dr. Bird is the product of three public land-grant universities and is passionate about social\, racial\, and economic justice and the radical science movement.
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/a-teach-in-for-plant-scientists-organizing-for-political-impact/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Plant Science,Policy
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