Welcoming our new Executive Assistant to the team
18th December 2017
We are delighted to welcome Soňa Reale to the CONNECTED team as part-time Executive Assistant. Soňa has gained administrative experience working in a variety of sectors, for example financial services, and the NHS, and she has worked in higher education for the last…
Project launches with conference of world-class researchers
8th December 2017
A major new project aimed at tackling the devastation caused by plant disease in Africa will be launched when world-class scientists and researchers from across the UK and Africa visit Bristol for a three-day conference in the new year. It is the inaugural…
Research funding calls: timescales & processes
7th December 2017
One of CONNECTED’s key objectives is enabling members to successfully apply for research funding. To achieve this, we are providing pump-prime funding for a wide range of innovative, short-term research projects which can be used as the basis for future funding applications with…
New team members
17th November 2017
We’re delighted to welcome two new members to the CONNECTED team. Dr Nina Ockendon-Powell joins us as Network Manager, sharing the role with Dr Diane Hird. Richard Wyatt is our new Communications Officer. Nina has a PhD in comparative transcriptomics, and brings recent…
Review of cassava brown streak disease
7th November 2017
A new review of cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) has just been published – ‘Cassava brown streak disease: historical timeline, current knowledge and future prospects’ by Tomlinson et al. Cassava is the second most important staple food crop in Africa, however crop productivity…
Meet the Network Director and Co-Director
25th October 2017
Gary Foster: Network Director Professor Gary Foster is a leading molecular plant pathologist with a broad insight of the plant pathology and vector-borne disease landscape. Gary has authored more than 100 scientific papers, reviews and books and has served as an editor on…