New publication: A Mobile-Based Deep Learning Model for Cassava Disease Diagnosis
1st April 2019
Network members might be interested to read a new publication relating to a field test of a cassava disease diagnostic tool under field conditions. You can use this link to read ‘A Mobile-Based Deep Learning Model for Cassava Disease Diagnosis’
Dr Glato Kodjo
11th March 2019
We are sure that all members of plant science and entomology communities will share the deep sadness with which we learned that one of our network members, Dr Glato Kodjo, a professor-researcher at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lome, Togo,…
V4: The CONNECTED Development Programme for Early Career Researchers
7th January 2019
Virus Vector Vice Versa Applications opened to network members to attend Virus Vector Vice Versa (V4): a fully-funded ten-day residential course at the University of Bristol, UK (10 – 21 June 2019). The purpose of V4: The CONNECTED Development Programme for Early Career…
GARNet newsletter features CONNECTED
20th December 2018
GARNish, the newsletter of the GARNet Community, features the CONNECTED network in the latest edition of its newsletter, which you can read here. GARNet supports UK scientists to develop and undertake excellent research in plant science. It is a BBSRC sponsored network that…
End of year reflections, and a look ahead to 2019
17th December 2018
The CONNECTED network team is determined 2019 will be a year in which the network and its members continue to to flourish, with a range of exciting opportunities to look forward to, some of which are shown below. And as we approach the…
T19: all year-round funding for network members’ training
3rd December 2018
All-year round training opportunities for network members Recognising that training opportunities appear all year round, not just when a training funding application window is open, for the whole of 2019 we are inviting applications from network members who see an existing training course…
Vector & virus diagnostics course, Kenya, March 2019
19th November 2018
Early career researchers have a golden opportunity to apply for full funding to attend a five-day introductory level vector and virus diagnostics course in Nairobi, Kenya, in March 2019, which is being run by CONNECTED in association with Biosciences eastern and central Africa…
Fully funded places available for bioinformatics course, starting Jan 2019
12th November 2018
Bioinformatics training opportunity CONNECTED is pleased to open a new training opportunity to network members: We will fully fund a small number of places on a bioinformatics course in Sweden. It starts on 21 January 2019, so the application window is a small…
Pump-prime funding call #2 now open
22nd October 2018
The second CONNECTED PPF call is now open, with the Expression of Interest (EoI) stage, which closes on 18 November 2018. Amongst CONNECTED’s key objectives is enabling members to successfully apply for research funding. To achieve this, we are providing pump-prime funding (PPF) for…
Improving food security through collaborative partnerships
4th October 2018
In a new blog post for The Cabot Institute, CONNECTED network member Joshua Raymond Muhumuza explores vital issues surrounding global food and nutrition security, with a particular focus on Africa. The article discusses how scientists globally are increasingly coming together in collaborative partnerships to…