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Project Briefs 2008 and 2009 now online

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  Finally, these eagerly awaited publications are now available for your perusal on our publications page....

August 23, 2010 6:00pm

IBP Buzz

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  We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new in-house newsletter for the Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP) project. IBP Buzz is the product of consultations within the GCP Management, Communications and IBP teams. We hope it will keep all collaborators on this complex project talking to...

August 23, 2010 6:00pm

2009 Annual Report now available

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  The 2009 Annual Report is now available online, with the print version to follow shortly. To view the online version, plus a wide range of GCP publications, please visit our Programme Publications page....

August 23, 2010 6:00pm

Post-Doctoral Bioinformatics Scientist Vacancy

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  The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is requesting applications for the position of Post-Doctoral Bioinformatics Scientist, to work on a special project, funded by the Generation Challenge Programme (GCP), on NGS data analysis tools and pipeline. This position is open only to Indian nationals...

August 19, 2010 6:00pm

CCAFS Call for Proposals

The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Challenge Programme (CCAFS-CP) is a network of the world’s leading researchers in agricultural and Earth system sciences. This challenge programme works to overcome the threats posed to food security by climate change,  to enhance livelihoods and to improve environmental management. The objective of...

August 6, 2010 6:00pm

Victors over vectors: Improving cassava for Africa

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July 2010 was ‘cassava month’ at GCP, with three key meetings. Accra, Ghana, was the setting for all three events, kindly hosted by the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The first two events ran simultaneously. The Cassava Data Management Workshop was...

August 6, 2010 6:00pm

Open call for Proposals: Development of an analogue method for examining both spatial and temporal analogues based on multiple climate projections

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Open call for Proposals: Development of an analogue method for examining both spatial and temporal analogues based on multiple climate projections The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Challenge Programme (CCAFS-CP) is a network of the world’s leading researchers in agricultural and Earth system sciences. This challenge programme works...

August 6, 2010 2:12pm

Update on the 3rd GSS call for applications

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A large number of the proposals for the 3rd GSS Call were of an exceedingly high quality and we sincerely thank the applicants for their enthusiastic and meticulous participation in this competition. Unfortunately, a number of factors have delayed the publication of the results of the rigorous selection process....

August 5, 2010 6:00pm

Fifth International Training Course at NBPGR

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Fifth International Training Course at NBPGR The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR)-Bioversity International Centre of Excellence is to hold its Fifth International Training Course, entitled “In Vitro and Cryopreservation for Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources: Current Methods and Techniques”, from 15th to 27th November 2010 at NBPGR,...

August 5, 2010 2:18pm

CIMMYT vacancy: Biometrician for African Maize Improvement

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CIMMYT vacancy: Biometrician for African Maize Improvement The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is seeking an innovative, results-oriented agricultural scientist with excellent skills in experimental design and statistics to support its cutting-edge maize improvement programs in Africa. CIMMYT’s high-impact maize breeding effort in eastern and southern Africa,...

July 19, 2010 2:20pm

Data Manager/Training Specialist vacancy

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  The Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) is seeking a Data Manager/Training Specialist who will manage the crop registry of GCP, provide technical support and training to project investigators and users of the Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP). She/he will maintain, update and curate the crop registry and provide support to...

July 8, 2010 6:00pm

Breeding Services Manager vacancy

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The Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) is seeking a Services Manager who will manage the marker services and trait and metabolite services provided by the GCP as part of the Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP). The marker services of the IBP currently consist of a combination of low-throughput SSR genotyping laboratories...

July 8, 2010 6:00pm

IBP collaborators gather for data management and analysis workshops

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In keeping with the rapid momentum of activities underway in GCP’s Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP), following both a recent re-branding as well as the appointment of key staff, the months of May and June 2010 proved to be equally fruitful for collaborators of this major GCP project, with selected...

July 8, 2010 6:00pm

GCP CoPs–Beta websites now available

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    Validating and promoting the ‘products’ generated by GCP research projects and facilitating their adoption lies at the heart of the GCP Delivery Strategy of which the development of Communities of Practice (CoP) out of project groups is a critical part. The Rice in Asia CoP evolved from...

June 30, 2010 6:00pm

GCP welcomes new Communications Assistant

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Following the dissemination of a vacancy announcement for the position of GCP Communications Assistant earlier this year, GCP is delighted to welcome Gillian Summers to the post. In addition to her fluent Spanish and a working knowledge of French and Portuguese, Gillian has a passion and proven adeptness for...

June 30, 2010 6:00pm