My summer at CONNECTED
29th September 2022
From working at CONNECTED I have realised that I want to follow a career path less focused on laboratory work and more focused on communicating research and policy in relation to plant diseases, the environment or climate change.
From Sentinel Plants to Trap Crops: our 8th online seminar
29th September 2022
We were delighted to see a good number of members at our 8th online seminar, which featured two superb talks by Dr Wubetu Bihon Legesse and Dr Tom Pope. Here are some of the things we learned…
First international plant health conference
28th September 2022
The CONNECTED team recently attended the first ever International Plant Health Conference, organised by the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
CONNECTED at International Plant Health Conference, London
8th September 2022
The CONNECTED Network Managers will be at the International Plant Health Conference in London, so please say hello if you are attending, or come and see our scientific poster, which you can also download below.
Interested in African food and crop waste?
7th September 2022
We are just sharing news of a Webinar that may be of interest to members: Innovating and Collaborating to Reduce & Reuse African Food Waste
Joining the dots: plant pathology, human health & climate change
25th August 2022
In July CONNECTED ran a workshop which brought together collaborators from a range of disciplines to consider ideas for research which harnesses knowledge of plant vector-borne diseases, nutrition and climate change.
Free online lecture: plant health and international standards in Africa
18th August 2022
The Royal Society of Biology (RSB) is running a plant health lecture on International Standards in Africa, which is open to all.
8th Online Seminar: vegetable viruses and cereal aphids
17th August 2022
The CONNECTED Online Seminar Series continues with some great talks focusing on vegetables and cereal crops.
Members offer: International Advances in Plant Virology 2022
8th August 2022
The AAB ‘International Advances in Plant Virology 2022’ conference takes place in Slovenia in October. CONNECTED members from low-income countries can join this conference online for no cost – please login and visit the Training Resources page for the discount code. 5 October 2022 – 7…
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