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End-of-project meeting for SP1 project 2005-07: Whole plant physiology modelling

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  The PI and Co-PIs of SP1 project 2005-07, ‘Whole plant modeling of drought response in cereals’ are now pleased to announce that the end-of-project meeting will be held on 4-7 February 2008 in Johnston, Iowa, USA. Background to the projectThe project was largely methodological and exploratory, and aimed...

December 17, 2007 6:00pm

Calling all young scientists! E-network initiative launched by GCP Fellow

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In an initiative launched by past GCP Fellowship winner Rudi Trijatmiko, young scientists in plant genomics research seeking to share information and knowledge are encouraged to join the e-group Plant Genomics Network http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/plantgenomicsnetwork/. The network currently hosts members from Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Iran and is an international...

December 4, 2007 6:00pm

GCP 2008 ARM - dates confirmed

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      GCP is pleased to confirm the dates for its 2008 Annual Research Meeting as 16th-20th September 2008. The venue will be Asia and more details will be available at a later date. So please, mark your calendars!...

December 1, 2007 6:00pm

New face at GCP

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  The Generation Challenge Programme is delighted to announce the arrival of Nosisa Mayaba, an Associate Scientist in Subprogramme 5. Nosisa, of South African nationality, holds a PhD in Botany (Plant Eco-physiology) from the University of Natal, South Africa. She brings to the team her broad range of experience in...

November 30, 2007 6:00pm

GCP launches TLI: a three-year legume improvement project

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    GCP is delighted to announce the initiation of a three-year research and development project entitled ‘Improving tropical legume productivity for marginal environments in Africa’ (TLI), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project, which got off to a kicking start at its launch meeting in Rustenburg...

October 16, 2007 5:00pm

GCP says goodbye to Hei Leung...

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  It is with sadness that GCP bids farewell to SP2 Leader Hei Leung. Hei, who has been with GCP since the launch of Subprogramme 2 (Comparative genomics for gene discovery) in January 2004, has played a critical role in the creation, management, delivery and communication of a wide...

August 14, 2007 5:00pm

SPL2 Position filled - welcome Rajeev Varshney!

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    GCP is delighted to announce Rajeev Varshney as the new SP2 Leader. Rajeev, an Indian national, was previously working full-time at ICRISAT as a Senior Scientist specialising in applied genomics. Rajeev will bring to the team his broad experience and great interest in the areas of molecular markers,...

August 14, 2007 5:00pm

GCP 2006 Partner & Product Highlights and GCP 2008-2010 Medium-Term Plan - hard copies now available

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      The Generation Challenge Programme is pleased to announce that hard copies of both the award-winning 2006 Partner and Product Highlights 2006 as well as the GCP 2008-2010 Medium-Term Plan are now available. For those interested in receiving a copy of either publication in the post, please contact Kate...

May 17, 2007 5:00pm

GCP Announces Course on Molecular Characterization of Inbred Lines and Populations in Maize in India, 1-3 April 2007

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    View this announcement in PDF       The Generation Challenge Program announces a training workshop to be held 1-3 April, 2007 in New Delhi, India. The goal of this workshop is to provide background and training in the use of SSR markers for characterizing crop germplasm, with...

December 11, 2006 6:00pm