A capacity-building workshop for molecular breeders supported by GCP’s Subprogramme 5 and Drought Tolerance Maize for Africa (a project supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation) will be held at Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA), Kenya, from 1st-7th June 2008.

Five places are available for scientists in developing country national research programmes working on GCP projects, or on themes closely related to GCP. National research programme scientists working on maize are strongly encouraged to apply.

The workshop will primarily comprise application-related issues including: an overview of molecular breeding strategies and applications, the theoretical background to, and practical methodologies of, molecular markers and genotyping systems, the principles of genetic diversity assessment and applications, an overview of genetic maps and marker-trait association, theory of marker-assisted selection, the study of DNA extraction methods, the examination of PCR and agarose gel electrophoresis and breeding informatics.

Travel and accommodation through course organiser: Yunbi Xu
Participants seeking GCP funding: please fill in this form and submit it to Laura Ruiz  and Yunbi Xu

Application deadline: 20th April

More information: Programme  and Course Content

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