The University of Warwick - Warwick, United Kingdom
A three day course for those in industry and academia who wish to gain a theoretical and practical understanding of the exciting possibilities and developments within the field of proteomics.
Agricultural machinery and spare parts, plant growing, livestock breeding, storage and processing of agricultural production, standardization and metrology.
This meeting, will review matters relating to all aspects of weed control and will focus on a review of the challenges experienced with arable weed control during the last 50 years of the Review. It aims to highlight the solutions that have been achieved over the years,...
GMCC-13 is aimed at gathering academic and industry experts, regulators, policy makers and other key stakeholders from around the world to discuss both specific and comprehensive coexistence topics.
The 2013 class will maintain the core curriculum delivered in the previous classes and add modules to address the most recent development in plant breeding theory and practice, including an expanded section on molecular marker use, genome selection, non-replicated desig...
The conference will feature 4 days of presentations and workshop discussions on organic greenhouse horticulture, and will include a tour to organic greenhouse farms, and distributors of organic vegetables.
Birnam Arts & Conference Centre - Birnam, Dunkeld , Scotland , United Kingdom
Bringing together European scientists and breeders seeking to translate breakthroughs in plant-pathogen interaction research into effective breeding strategies for durable disease resistance in cereal and Solanaceous crops.
The main objective is to provide a conference to discuss and promote the magnitude of engineering and technology on food industry and our life. This conference will also highlight development in research and innovations in agricultural and food engineering.
Sportspark, University of East Anglia - Norwich, United Kingdom
The conference will be covering all aspects of fundamental and applied plant virology, and will include presentations from invited internationally-recognised speakers and from conference delegates.
Queen Elizabeth II Centre - London, United Kingdom
Pest, weeds and pathogens cost the arable sector through lower yields, poorer quality and the added expense of crop protection measures. A better understanding of their biology will enable more effective prevention and control.
The John McIntyre Conference Centre, situated at Pollock Halls within the University of Edinburgh's campus - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Key scientific themes will include development of new metrics for defining sustainable intensification, linking the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and how to support growth in developing countries without increasing their emissions.
Info: Riccardo Velasco, Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige, Via E. Mach, 1, 38010 S. Michele all’Adige, Italy. E-mail: riccardo.velasco@iasma.it / More info: http://www.ishs.org/calendar/
EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
Zentrales Hörsaal-Gebäude - Goettingen, Germany
This conference will focus on the development of new crop breeding strategies to improve crop nutrient use efficiency, as one strategy to address these challenges.
The program will include the first results of the NUE-CROPS project (Improving nutrient efficiency in maj...
The first day will be an introduction to iPlant and will feature a mixture of lectures and hands-on activities to introduce and familiarise users with iPlant’s major offerings and services. This course will assume no prior experience with iPlant, and does not require...
The University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Campus - Warwick, United Kingdom
Come learn about how iPlant's major offerings, the Data Store, Discovery Environment, Foundation API, and Atmosphere can radically enhanced your scientific productivity at this multi-day workshop.
Provides an introduction to breeding methodology and selection theory for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in animal and plant breeding. Conducted by Piter Bijma of Wageningen UR, one of the leading authorities in this field.
The meeting will bring together labs at the cutting edge of plant reproduction research and will focus on the processes that regulate successful gamete delivery to the embryo sac and the complexity of post-fertilization regulation of early seed development.
DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Promotes exchange of knowledge and research techniques with all the experts from pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academicians from leading universities, scientists from research institutions.
Brings together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of agriculture and biotechnology, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.
Sophi Taylor building, Park Farm - Cambridge, United Kingdom
The target audience is industry (plant breeders and processors), academia (plant scientists, biomedical researchers and computational systems biologists), public sector research institutes (plant science/agriculture – e.g. Rothamsted/ John Innes Centre/ John Hutton In...
The workshop will consist of lectures, group work and practical exercises. It will offer the opportunity to discuss how to implement an efficient, effective and economically justifiable quality management in seed testing. The language of the workshop will be English.
Provides an introduction to the evolution and selection of quantitative traits for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in animal and plant breeding.
Free and open to all visitors will have access the latest independent advice and research on plant breeding, varieties, crop agronomy, soils and plant innovation with an afternoon of seminars, indoor exhibits and field demonstrations.
Topics will include plant biology for bioenergy, root biology, symbiotic interactions, natural variation and its significance in plants, organelle biology, stress responses, plant evolution, plants and ecosystems, plant invasions.
The symposium aims to bring together researchers and industry in the fields of substrate and compost production, the use of soilless growing systems and recirculating systems, aquaponics and microbiological processes in substrate and compost.
The course aims at facilitating the introduction and practical implementation of Plant Breeders' Rights (Plant Variety Protection) in countries where legislation on this matter is being developed, has recently been passed or who are considering to develop a system.
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture - Leiden, Netherlands
The symposium aims to bring together researchers and industry in the fields of substrate and compost production, the use of soilless growing systems and recirculating systems, aquaponics and microbiological processes in substrate and compost.
Cereals is the leading technical event for the UK arable industry with over 64ha of stands and live demonstrations including crop plots, working cultivations, sprays and sprayers, post-harvest technology, business area, potatoes and renewables.
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften - Berlin, Germany
Die Veranstaltung bietet einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand von Wissenschaft und Technik. Dabei werden neuartige Methoden, Trends und Züchtungsziele der Pflanzenforschung vorgestellt.
Variety Registration and Certification Center (VRCC) Meeting Hall and VRCC Laboratories - Ankara, Turkey
Will present theoretical aspects of purity and germination testing, results, calculations and reporting; quality assurance and the practical application of ISTA rules on different species.
The program focuses on the topics: Material use of Biomass / Plant Breeding, Computational Systems Biology, Industrial Biotechnology / Bioenergy, Marine Biotechnology, Regenerative / Personalized Medicine.
Seed Technology Centre, Ege Unversity - Izmir, Turkey
Will include new developments in seed vigour that have occurred over the last two years and potential future developments in vigour testing as well as established vigour tests.
Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra - Coimbra , Portugal
Main topics of the symposium will be: plant cloning, plant conservation, somatic embryogenesis, rooting, haploid research, genetic transformation and physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of in vitro culture.
The conference aims to identify an action plan for both regulators and the industry; the proposal being to minimise the threat to the UK environment whilst developing a strong and thriving UK production industry.
Exchange Building, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham - Nottingham, United Kingdom
This meeting will introduce and showcase the many and varied applications of synthetic biology at the molecular, cell, and whole plant level to introduce synthetic biology to a broad UK plant science base.
The workshop will give an overview of epigenetics, detail the methods used and the mechanisms implicated, and present information about how epigenetics could be used in plant breeding programs, as well as in plant protection against viruses.
London Heathrow Marriott Hotel - London, United Kingdom
Attracting 150 experts working in next generation sequencing, plant genomics/ sciences, epigenetics, bioinformatics and data management, the conference will examine the latest NGS platforms and technologies suitable for progressing plant based research as well as tools ...
This PolicyLab will bring together a diverse range of views from farmers, policymakers and academics. Covering both livestock and arable farming sectors.
This year's UK Brassica Research Community meeting will be held at Rothamsted Research. As in the past it is a useful opportunity for the community to get together, share, and generate ideas, as well as to learn what is happening within some of the larger projects and g...
Rothamsted Research - Harpenden, Herts, United Kingdom
The Weiss Technik UK Customer Day will include a series of talks on the challenges of food security for the future, new crop development and working with quarantine plant materials. There will be a rare opportunity to tour the Manor and the famous ‘Broadbalk’ – th...
The upcoming symposium will give testimony about the advances achieved during the past 4 years in the understanding of Verticillium diseases both on the fungus and plant side.
Info: Dr. Pervin Kinay, Ege University Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 35100 Bornova IZMIR, Turkey. Phone: (90)232-388 4000, Fax: (90)232-374 48 48, E-mail: pervin.kinay@ege.edu.tr
University Dalhousie Lecture Theatre - Dundee , United Kingdom
The Monogram Network consists of UK based researchers with an active interest in small grain cereal and grass (including the C4 energy grasses) research.
On one of the production sites of DLF-TRIFOLIUM A/S - Odense, Denmark
The workshop will consist of lectures and practical exercises. It will offer the opportunity for general discussion on automatic and manual seed sampling and dividing, as well as quality assurance in seed sampling and monitoring of seed samplers.
First section offers a general overview of metabolomics and its applications to plant science, second part will consider the various applications to plant breeding and plant genetics. Course targeted for young scientists who are interested in plant breeding.
The conference provides a prestigious business platform to meet and to exchange and create novel technologies, commercial applications and partnerships in the field of genomics in the agro and industrial biotech industries.
Babraham Research Campus - Cambridge, United Kingdom
This year's topic relates to the need to increase efficiency in bioinformatics teams and resources when faced with frequent arrivals of big data (e.g. NGS) and a shortage of skilled staff to manage and analyse that data
Babraham Research Campus - Cambridge, United Kingdom
This year's topic relates to the need to increase efficiency in bioinformatics teams and resources when faced with frequent arrivals of big data (e.g. NGS) and a shortage of skilled staff to manage and analyse that data.
Panoramic Hall, The Square, Rue Ravensteinstraat 2 - Brussels, Belgium
Distinguished speakers from various parts of the world will give their perspectives on our two panels: “Global food security and the role of biotech crops”and “The impact of EU policies on global trade in agricultural commodities”.
The purpose of the conference is to assess the prospects of development of the relevant markets, become familiar with the new technologies, and with the modern world trends for the sector development.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
IET London - London, United Kingdom
BBSRC and NERC are working in partnership to explore opportunities for a new collaborative research and knowledge translation activity that will address key challenges surrounding sustainable agriculture.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
IET London: Savoy Place - London, United Kingdom
BBSRC and NERC are working in partnership to explore opportunities for a new collaborative research and knowledge translation activity that will address key challenges surrounding sustainable agriculture.
Will provide leading academy and industry scientists a platform to communicate recent advances in Plant Genetics and Breeding Technologies and an opportunity to establish multilateral collaborations.
The main goal of the Symposium is to present to the agronomists and the general public the results of scientific and professional work of Croatian and international specialists and in this way enable a better transfer of scientific and professional achievements into agr...
Will provide leading academy and industry scientists a platform to communicate recent advances in Gene Delivery Systems and an opportunity to identify frontiers and establish multilateral collaborations.
National Science Learning Centre, University of York - York, United Kingdom
The aim of the conference is to provide an update on the efficacy aspects of 1107/2009, and within the context of the wider regulatory framework. The conference will be of interest to anyone involved in the authorisation of Plant Protection Products in the EU and UK.
Eligibility: UG/PG/PhD students, faculty, scientists as well as people working in industry in the field of Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Sciences and related subject areas
This course covers all theoretical and some practical subjects that are necessary for managing a professional breeding programme. It includes both basic and more complex breeding and selection methods. Also, new technological developments and their application in breedi...
6 one-week sessions in Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and California - , United States
The integrated postgraduate program, which is not crop specific, teaches the fundamentals of plant breeding, genetics, and statistics through lectures, discussion, and field trips to public and private breeding programs. Participants attend six 6-day sessions in five co...
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