
Becoming a better researcher: a training journey
28th July 2022
We were delighted to hear that CONNECTED Member Nicholas Bagonza has recently passed exam modules in Entomology and Plant Virology, he wrote to us about how the training he received from CONNECTED helped him achieve this

What you said about New CONNECTIONS online conference
22nd July 2022
Thank you to everyone who completed our survey about New CONNECTIONS: plant pathology, entomology and the road ahead. Feedback from participants who completed our survey has been overwhelmingly positive – 94% rated the conference very good or excellent. Many attendees said they gained…

CONNECTED awarded £500K from UKRI-International
15th July 2022
The Community Network for Vector-Borne Plant Viruses (CONNECTED), based at the University of Bristol, has been awarded half a million pounds from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) International from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

Crops Collection offer for members
1st July 2022
For the first six months of this year, we negotiated special access for CONNECTED members to the Burleigh Dodds academic publishing company’s Crops Collection. While this access has now ended, if you are interested in using this resource, they are offering it at the much reduced price of £295 for a year.

New CONNECTIONS Conference Highlights
1st July 2022
The New CONNECTIONS online conference ran from 28-30 June 2022, and brought together plant pathologists and entomologists from all over the world to consider the research needed to tackle vector-borne plant viruses.