Highlights

Solutions to Farming’s Annual Problems, 27 May

Monday the 27th of May Dr Jerry Glover, Senior Research Advisor at the USAID Bureau for Food Security, will visit SLU Alnarp and give a lecture in the Crafoord Hall.

Jerry Glover is one of the world’s leading advocates for increasing the use of perennial crops as a measure to avoid soil erosion, lessen the need of fertilizers and raise food production. For his achievements in agroecology, Jerry Glover has been identified as one of five crop researchers whose ideas could change the world by Nature Magazine.

After Dr Glover’s presentation Dr Mulatu Dida Geleta and Prof Lihua Zhu from the Department of Plant Breeding at SLU Alnarp will present their work on the potential oil crop Lepedium campestre which targets both domestication as well as perenniation.

Schedule

PlantLink will provide breakfast before the seminar for those who sign up here.

PCLS PhD courses 2013

The collaboration between Plant Link and PCLS (Post graduate courses in Life Sciences) at Lund University continues also in 2013! All courses given by PCLS are available for PhD students from SLU Alnarp as well as from Lund University to apply for. Last day of application is 31st of May. Apply here.

PlantLink 'seed money' call 2013, deadline 14 June

This year's PlantLink 'seed money' call for plant researchers at Lund University and SLU Alnarp is open until Friday 14 June. We wish to support (i) new and innovative collaborative projects between researchers at Lund University and SLU Alnarp running over 1 year and (ii) the extension of PlantLink 'seed money' projects granted in 2011 or 2012. The projects should strengthen plant research in the Skåne region. Industrial partnerships are encouraged and will be evaluated favorably.

Full instructions and how to apply can be found here.

PlantLink Newsletter – May

In this month’s packed newsletter:

Join us 18 May in Lund Botanical Gardens for this year’s Fascination of Plants Day!
Time to apply for this falls PhD courses in LifeSciences, deadline 31^st May
Forskningsnätet i Skåne is looking for summer projects for school students
Safe Salad – new Formas project to prevent EHEC on leafy vegetables
Soon time to apply for PlantLink ‘seed money’, deadline 14 June
Listen to Geoff Fincher, Director for Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, 15 May in Lund
Several PlantLink associated scientists installed as professors 16 May!
Visit Alnarpsdagen 26 May
Sign up for breakfast and listen to leading agroecologist Jerry Glover at SLU Alnarp 27 May!
Meeting with human geographers 28 May, Lund
Neutrons and Life Sciences 29-31 May, Lund
Planet Lund 2013 – Urban gardening
Save the dates PlantLink day 25 September and Plant Resistance Afternoon 10 October