Training Vouchers available up to the value of £3,000
1st September 2019
Opportunities for lab visits, work shadowing, courses / workshops Applications are now invited from CONNECTED network members for the second phase of the Training Voucher Scheme, allowing early career researchers (ECRs) to apply for a funded training visit, up to the value of…
Member blog: Boosting my skills thanks to CONNECTED Training Voucher funding
22nd August 2019
This blog has been provided by Mathias Tembo, a Senior Agricultural Research Officer at The Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, and a CONNECTED network member. Mathias successfully applied for funding for a CONNECTED Training Voucher to visit The Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of…
International collaboration workshop at ‘Ento 19’
22nd August 2019
‘International collaboration’ was the theme of a workshop run by The CONNECTED Virus Network at ‘Ento 19’, the International Symposium & Annual National Science Meeting of The Royal Entomological Society in London, UK. Three researchers working on projects which have been pump-prime funded…
Plant arboviruses: major threats to food security
19th August 2019
Arthropod-borne viruses are a major and growing threat to crop-based agriculture and native plant communities. Almost half of the emerging infectious agents threatening plants are viruses. In a new article published in the August edition of Microbiology Today (from The Microbiology Society), CONNECTED…
Member blog: CONNECTED T19-funded ‘Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases’ course
12th August 2019
This blog has been specially written for the CONNECTED website by Oladapo Folarin, one of our network members who successfully applied for CONNECTED ‘T19’ funding to attend this training opportunity A course organised by The University of Idaho Center for Health in the…
New training opportunity: The application of molecular diagnostics for plant virus surveillance
18th July 2019
Early career researchers working on plant disease carried by insect vectors can now apply for full funding to attend a five-day introductory level vector and virus diagnostics course in Ibadan, Nigeria, in November 2019, which is being run by CONNECTED in association with…
Hundreds of African crop disease researchers to improve skills following ground-breaking training event
18th July 2019
Hundreds of researchers working on crop diseases carried by insect vectors in Sub-Saharan African countries will have their knowledge and skills improved as a result of a ground-breaking training course run by the UK government-funded CONNECTED network. A group of early career researchers…
New film: Improving disease resistance in Kenya’s crops
1st July 2019
CONNECTED is pleased to publish a new short film explaining a research project funded by the network, which seeks to improve the resistance to disease of cabbage and kale crops in Kenya. Cabbage is Kenya’s third most important and commonly consumed crop. It…
Watch our new maize film!
16th June 2019
You can now watch our brand new five-minute film focusing on two Kenya-based projects involving international collaborations which are seeking ways to battle diseases that devastate maize crops. To watch, use this link Maize lethal necrosis disease The two projects investigate the spread…
Welcoming Dr. Harriet Mills to the network team
7th June 2019
The CONNECTED Network Team is delighted to welcome Dr. Harriet Mills, Network Manager (secondment, maternity cover). Harriet is a medical statistician and infectious disease epidemiologist by training. A postdoc for seven years at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol, she is…