Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus workshop learns about CONNECTED
3rd October 2018
Delegates at a Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV) workshop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, became the latest group of conference attendees to be introduced to the CONNECTED network. The September event brought together a number of CCSV experts to try to establish the sampling…
Plant disease monitoring using social media
1st October 2018
A report has been published outlining a successful disease-monitoring campaign that was run on social media channel Twitter. Twitter was used to monitor corn and soybean diseases in the USA during 2016 and 2017 as part of a campaign to involve crop scouts,…
Apply now for CONNECTED Training Vouchers worth up to £3,000
1st October 2018
Opportunities for lab visits, work shadowing, courses / workshops Applications are now invited from CONNECTED network members for a new scheme which allows early career researchers (ECRs) from any country to apply for a funded training visit, up to the value of £3,000.…
Making a difference: Masters student reflects on work experience placement
27th September 2018
For five weeks during summer 2018, the CONNECTED network team was joined by volunteer final year student, Katie Stevens, a final year Masters student at the University of Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences, who undertook a voluntary work experience placement. The network team…
Supporting the CONNECTED network team
20th August 2018
CONNECTED was delighted to host 16 year-old UK work experience student Zoe Anderson, who recently completed her GCSE studies and is hoping to undertake A level study later in the summer. At the end of a busy week, Zoe wrote a report on…
British MP’s visit to project tackling plant disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
2nd August 2018
Thangam Debbonaire MP, the Member of the UK Parliament representing Bristol West, visited CONNECTED Network Director, Prof. Gary Foster, to find out more about the global project, which is based in her constituency at The University of Bristol’s Life Sciences building. The Labour…
New comprehensive 40-page report on our Africa Launch Conference
1st August 2018
A new, comprehensive 40-page report on the CONNECTED Africa Launch Conference (Kampala, Uganda, May 2018), is now available for download using this link It provides a comprehensive commentary on • Presentations • Workshop discussions • Delegates’ flash presentations And it includes full details…
New video interviews: network members talk about CONNECTED
28th June 2018
A series of new videos featuring several of our network members has been added the CONNECTED website resources area. Filmed during the project’s Africa Launch Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in May 2018, the short interview clips feature some of the conference delegates giving…
Looking ahead to the next six months of the CONNECTED project
14th June 2018
The six month point of any project is a good time to reflect and take stock. The small network team running CONNECTED has been in place since December 2017 so, six months in to the project, here’s a snapshot of some of the…
Update on CONNECTED Virus network funding calls
17th May 2018
Full applications are now being submitted for the CONNECTED Virus Network’s first pump-prime funding call. A preliminary ‘expression of interest’ process concluded in early April, attracting dozens of funding proposals. Those selected to progress to the full application stage have been notified and…