The STARGATE project, through its partner the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), is organising a workshop titled ‘Key steps of the plant biotechnology and breeding value chain’ on 17-18 May 2022. Venue: Hybrid format. In-person at IPK Campus and online by Teams. This 2-day workshop shall comprise lectures, in silico exercises and group discussions. The …
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Our paper ‘High-throughput plant phenotyping: a role for metabolomics?’ in Trends in Plant Science was published last week! Funded by the STARGATE EU-project . DOI: https://lnkd.in/eX4jUmqi Authors: Dr. Puneet Mishra, Robert Hall, John D., Antonio C. Silva Ferreira, Yves Gabon, Dariusz Kruszk & Rick van de Zedde.
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The workshop entitled “An Introduction to Plant Metabolomics” was the second of the five scientific workshops organized by STARGATE. These STARGATE workshops aim to train early-stage researchers (as well as other researchers interested in the topics) in data acquisition tools, data integration and analysis in the scope of the food system. STARGATE partner Wageningen Plant Research was finally able to …
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The STARGATE project, through its partner Wageningen University, is organising an introductory workshop in metabolomics on 6-8 December 2021. Venue: In-person at Wageningen University Campus, The Netherlands (Should remaining COVID restrictions prevent this, the workshop will be online). This 2.5-day face-to-face workshop shall comprise lectures, in silico exercises and group discussions. A tour of the local metabolomics facilities shall be arranged. For more …
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Dr Gerrit Polder will participate in two photonics workshops on Agri-Food. He will present: Title: ‘Photonics for measuring plant performance and disease detection’. Short description: ‘Photonic technology enabled products are frequently used in the agri-food sector to optimize production, to safeguard harvests and to use water, energy and pesticides even more efficiently. The use of imaging and spectroscopy in agriculture …
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About NPEC Plants are absolutely essential to our future, where almost all our food, feed and materials will be derived from plants. The NPEC aim is to enable the development of novel adaptive crops and cropping systems required for future food production and food security without destroying our planet. Their plant phenotyping facilities thus will help to meet the world’s …
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THE CONGRESS The IHC 2022 will take place from 14th to 20th August 2022 in Angers, France. The backbone of the congress will be built on four challenges: Competitiveness and skills for horticultural value chains Food, human health and well-being of citizens Sustainability of production systems Adaptation to climate changes and effect mitigation They will be the leading topics of …
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A short participative workshop oriented toward practical aspects of plant phenotyping with inexpensive, yet robust, minicomputers coupled with small cameras. Each important step, from system installation, network deploying, time-lapse acquisition, image processing, machine learning and data analysis will be illustrated with talks and hands-on. The target audiences are tech-minded biologists and engineers in charge of phenotyping trials from academic or …
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