Eugene Terry Named as Chairman of GCP Programme Steering Committee
Dr. Eugene Terry, a plant pathologist by training and an agricultural research and development specialist with over thirty-five years of e
Generation Challenge Programme Launches New Look for Website!
Our public face, www.generationcp.org, has a new design! (We?re still working out the last few kinks ? font sizes, etc., but your comments and suggestions are more than welcome!) Check it out and tell us what you think. We also now have a whole set of publicity materials. If you?d like some brochures, posters, or folders at your institute, please let us know. PDFs of the materials can be found here, along with stories about each of the subprogrammes: http://www.generationcp.org/brochure.php. Email Jenny Nelson (j.nelson@cgiar.org) and Ibti Vincent (i.vincent@cgiar.org) with questions or comments.
GCP First Annual Research Meeting in
Over 75 GCP member scientists and interested observers participated in the first annual research meeting of the Generation Challenge Programme. Held at the
CGIAR Science Council Comments on the Generation CP Medium Term Plan
The Science Council reviewed the MTPs of all the Challenge Programmes, and here are their comments on the GCP Medium Term Plan, plus comments from Bob: http://www.generationcp.org/sccv10/sccv10_upload/GENERATION_CP_MTP_with_SC_comments.pdf.
They were, for the most part, very positive, and they endorsed the strategy the GCP has employed thus far and future plans.
European Commission Beginning Review of GCP
Two review team members, Adrienne Martin of the Natural Resources Institute in the UK Jorgen Jakobsen of the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, will visit four GCP sites ? Agropolis, CIMMYT, CIAT, and EMBRAPA ? in October and November as part of the review process. The EC is the GCP?s largest donor.
Generation Fellowship ? DEADLINE 30 NOVEMBER
Fellowship opportunity for scientists from developing countries to conduct research outside their home countries for 3 mos.?1 yr. The are two fellowships per subprogramme (Genetic Diversity of Global Genetic Resources, Comparative Genomics for Gene Discovery, Trait Capture for Crop Improvement, and Bioinformatics). For more information, see the guidelines and application on the GCP website: http://www.generationcp.org/latestnews.php?i=145.
Stakeholder Committee of the GCP to Meet in
Composed of representatives from NGOs, farmers organizations, private sector organizations, and NARS, the Stakeholder Committee serves as a neutral platform for inter-stakeholder dialogue on issues related to the various stages of GCP development and implementation. They will meet for the first time in
GCP Will Sponsor International Symposium on Genomics-Based Germplasm Research in April 2005 at CAAS
For more information, see http://www.generationcp.org/vw/Download/Symposium_Announcement.pdf. Deadline for registration
GCP Media Mentions
Nature article (30 Sept) on the launching of the Biological Innovation for Open Society (BIOS ? www.bios.net): http://www.generationcp.org/vw/Download/ARM_2004/bios_news.pdf.
Crop Biotech Update (1 Oct) on the Generation Challenge Program launch event at International Crop Science Congress: http://www.generationcp.org/vw/Download/General_CP_documents/CropBiotech_1Oct.pdf
GCP Liaising With Syngenta Foundation on Humanitarian Initiative
The Generation Challenge Programme is partnering with the Syngenta Foundation on an initiative to use cereal genomics to improve sorghum and millet in
WORKSHOP REPORTS
SP3 Crops with Appropriate Gene Technologies
http://www.generationcp.org/vw/Download/SP3_CAGT_WORKSHOP_REPORT.pdf
SP1 Data Analysis Workshop in Zaragoza,
SP1 Phenotyping Protocols Workshop in Montpellier, France 5-9 July 2004: http://www.generationcp.org/vw/Download/SP1_Phenotyping_Report.pdf
Announcements
The new GCP website has a ?Latest News? feature where we can post announcements about events, publications, etc. of interest to GCP members and the global genomics community. If you have an announcement you would like posted, please send it to Ibti Vincent (i.vincent@cgiar.org) for posting to www.generationcp.org.