STARGATE Short-term Scientific Mission 6 in NPEC (WR) by Maryam Bagheri (UCP)

In the framework of the STARGATE Short-term Scientific Mission, number 6 (STSM 6) titled “Netherlands Plant Eco-Phenotyping Centre (new greenhouse, new climate rooms and field phenotyping equipment)”, the UCP PhD student Maryam Bagheri participated in an exciting two-months experiment in the NPEC facilities. In this drought pea experiment, Maryam uses the conveyor system in the NPEC greenhouse to evaluate contrasting …

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STARGATE WINTER School: Post Harvest training (December 14th and 15th 2022)

The STARGATE WINTER School entitled “Post Harvest training” was organised by partners Centro de Biotecnologia e Quimica Fina – Universidade Católica Portuguesa and Wageningen University & Research (WR). This training, with face-to-face activities and additional online lectures provided for self-study, had 13 registration among young scientists from CBQF and IPK and the Technical and Scientific community. UCP and WR managed …

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STARGATE Workshop 4: Multi-source and multi-scale phenomic data integration and organization in information systems

The STARGATE project, through its partner INRAE Montpellier, is organising the fourth Workshop in the topic of phenomic data integration and information systems on September 8th and 9th 2022. Target Group | 25 researchers from or connected to the STARGATE partner organisations. Aim | To provide theoretical key elements and practical solutions for dealing with multi-source and multi-scale data in …

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Key steps of the plant biotechnology and breeding value chain

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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The new STARGATE publication

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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NPEC and their Greenhouse

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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Sensing tools: From handheld to large scale

In the framework of the STARGATE project, we are pleased to announce a two-day scientific workshop to be held online on the 18th and 19th of May 2021. This 2-day online workshop will have two-morning sessions with teaching, targeting Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs), including Ph.D. students and young postdocs. Plus, there will be a live tour in the new phenotyping centre …

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