CONNECTED training: a massive opportunity for our career development
18th November 2019
This blog was written by Mr. John Oladokun, Mr. Mohamad Halabi and Ms. Parinda Barua, three members of the CONNECTED Network, who successfully applied for CONNECTED Training Voucher funding If you are an early career researcher (ECR) looking for a group to discuss…
New training opportunity: funded places on Bioinformatics course
14th November 2019
CONNECTED is pleased to open another new training opportunity to our network members… We will fully fund two places on a bioinformatics course in Sweden. The course starts on 20 January 2020, so the application window is a small one, closing on 28…
Two network members’ excitement for the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting
5th November 2019
Two African early career researchers who are members of the CONNECTED Network attended the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting in late October 2019. Sergine Ngatat, from Cameroon, and Tendekai Mahlanza, from South Africa, travelled to Ethiopia for the event, which took place in Addis…
Vector-borne plant virus training features in new seven-minute film
1st November 2019
A group of African early career researchers feature in a new short film about vector-borne plant viruses that devastate crops in Sub-Saharan African countries. The seven-minute film focuses on the ground-breaking Virus-Vector Vice-Versa training course for early career researchers, run by the CONNECTED…
Collaborations: CONNECTED Pump Prime Funding Awards Phase Two
24th September 2019
Following the second phase of its pump-prime-funded (PPF) programme, the CONNECTED Virus Network is pleased to present an overview of the 11 funded research projects now being undertaken, or shortly to start work. The projects will be carried out in 11 countries: Cote…
Improving resistance of cabbage and kale crops to disease
23rd September 2019
A pump-prime funded project update You can now read an article which provides an update on one of nine of the first phase of CONNECTED pump-prime funded research projects. The article, published by CABI, explains the thinking behind the project ‘Improving disease resistance…
Member blog: The diverse knowledge gained during a CONNECTED Training Voucher-funded visit
12th September 2019
Joanne Adero is Research Assistant at The National Crops Resources Research Institute, Uganda and a CONNECTED Network member Joanne successfully applied for a CONNECTED Training Voucher to visit The Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK, under the supervision of Prof.…
Animation: How plant diseases devastate food crops in African countries
9th September 2019
An innovative partnership between two city universities has resulted in a brand new 90-second animated film about plant diseases that devastate African food crops. Two students from UWE Animation at UWE Bristol were commissioned by the CONNECTED Virus Network, based at The University…
Scriptoria: a possible option for CONNECTED Training Voucher applications
9th September 2019
Following the opening of applications for the second round of CONNECTED Training Vouchers we are pleased to notify network members of the following: Scriptoria has been training staff at top international organisations and centres of research excellence for nearly 20 years. Its trainers…
Protecting Plants, Protecting Life: International Year of Plant Health 2020
8th September 2019
In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). It represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger reduce poverty protect the environment, and boost…