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…
30 researchers, 14 countries: major training event to help tackle African food crop challenges
16th May 2019
Dozens of early career researchers from Sub-Saharan African countries will attend a ground-breaking two-week training course at the University of Bristol next month. It’s organised by the Bristol-based CONNECTED research network, which works to find ways of tackling plant diseases that devastate African…
Ento ’19: CONNECTED workshop confirmed
13th May 2019
CONNECTED is delighted to confirm that the network will running a workshop at ‘Ento ‘19’, the International Symposium & Annual National Science Meeting of The Royal Entomological Society. The focus of this year’s three-day event (20-22 August), which takes place at London School…
Brand new film: our virus and vector diagnostic course
9th May 2019
The CONNECTED network is delighted to unveil a brand new film, made about the training course organised by CONNECTED in association with BecA-ILRI Hub, in Kenya in March 2019. Nairobi-based film makers Re-tuning Cinema in Africa made the seven-minute movie, which features interviews…
International Society for Plant Pathology features CONNECTED
9th May 2019
The latest edition of the newsletter of the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) newsletter features a full-page article about the CONNECTED network. The focus is the network’s fully-funded virus and vector diagnostics training course, which took place in association with BecA-ILRI Hub…
Sharing news about our network at conferences
9th May 2019
The forthcoming 17th triennial meeting of the Virology Section of the European Association of Potato Research (EAPR) and 10th PVY-Wide network meeting will take place from 18 – 21 June in Estonia. Dr Christophe Lacomme, a member of the CONNECTED Management Board and…