STARGATE project has the pleasure to share with you the Photonic Technologies in Plant and Agricultural Science Conference, held on 31st January 2024 in San Francisco, California, United States. For more information, please visit the following link.
View PostThe School of Biotechnology and Center for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry of the Portuguese Catholic University and Vitacress is pleased to invite you to participate in the STARGATE Drone Workshop on the application of this technology (drones) in agriculture on 20 July, in Odemira. This Workshop is part of the STARGATE Project and counts with the participation of experts from …
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After the success of the 2022 InnovPlanet Summer School, we are thrilled to announce the arrival of the new EIT Food Inspire HealthySoil4Life Summer School! Mark your calendar and get ready for this upcoming opportunity, happening online from July 3rd to 14th, and on-site, in Portugal, from July 24th to 28th. The Inspire HealthySoil4Life Summer School has been designed to nurture your entrepreneurial skills and empower you to …
View PostDr Gerrit Polder will be present at the XX CIGR World Congress 2022, held on December 5th to 10th, 2022, at Kyoto International Conference Center, Japan. He will present his work title ‘Photonics for plant phenotyping and disease control’ during the session OS-3. WG5: Image Analysis for Agricultural Processes and Products; VIII International Workshop on Image Processing and Spectroscopy in …
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The STARGATE Project and AHSA – Associação dos Horticultores, Fruticultores e Floricultores dos Concelhos de Odemira e Aljezur invite you to the First STARGATE CONFERENCE. Five academic experts from IPK, INRAE, WR and UCP will present the latest technology innovations and research in the following areas: precision agriculture, strategies and solutions to respond to water scarcity, and solutions that support …
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STARGATE Project invites all the Agri-food community to the First STARGATE Seminar. The aim of the seminar is to transfer to the community the knowledge acquired by PhD student (UP/UCP) Ana Patrícia Fernandes within the Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) on the topic “Practical phenotyping in controlled environments, including …
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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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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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