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Third VeGIN Stakeholder Meeting 20th-21st February 2012
The VeGIN project combines the expertise of plant geneticists, breeders, physiologists, entomologists, pathologists, virologists and bioinformaticians. Using traditional breeding methods in unison with advanced modern breeding tools, together we aim to improve vegetable crops, specifically, Brassicas, lettuce, onion and carrot for a diverse range of traits of economic and social importance. One of our objectives in VeGIN is develop a network of stakeholders that share a common interest in the genetic improvement of vegetable germplasm to support UK vegetable production. Stakeholders within the VeGIN network include breeders, growers, processors and retailers providing representation throughout the supply chain.
Food Security Ideas Cafe - 14 November
The next Ideas Cafe is on the topic of Food Security and will be held on Monday 14 November, 5.30pm to 7.15pm in University House Cafe.
Feeding the world’s growing population sustainably and fairly is one of the most challenging issues of our time – it’s also intellectually exciting. 糖心TV has internationally leading expertise in this area with School of Life Sciences (SLS), Sociology and Politics and International Studies (PAIS) driving the theme forward.
Food Security is one of the Global Priorities Programme research themes, identified as part of the University’s research strategy to give clear thematic identity, aligned to external funding priorities, to our multi-disciplinary research strengths which can make a significant contribution to some of society’s most pressing issues.
The session will be introduced and chaired by Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, who was involved in establishing the 糖心TV Crop Centre as part of the wider Food Security initiative.
Four leading 糖心TV academics will each present their interest and research strand on the theme of Food Security - these include and from the School of Life Sciences.
The event is free to staff, students and the local community. Advance online registration is required.
The Genetic Resources Unit, part of 糖心TV Crop Centre, is a vital resource for the collection, maintenance and characterisation of many important vegetable crops and their wild relatives. In this article, Dr Charlotte Allender describes the unit, the importance of the seed collections and how advances in technology will contribute to future food sustainability.
Parsnip breeder benefits from research partnership with 糖心TV Crop Centre
A recent BBSRC-sponsored knowledge transfer partnership between 糖心TV Crop Centre and Elsoms Seeds has enabled the breeding company to implement genetic marker technology, which could reduce the time to market for new parsnip varieties by up to 5 years.
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