Plant Research and Higher Education in Southern Sweden
The Good Food Institute (GFI) Europe is a global nonprofit which aims to advance plant-based, cultivated meat and fermentation-made foods – making sure these more sustainable foods can meet conventional meat, eggs and dairy on taste, price and convenience. To…
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Allison Perrigo is the new director of the Botanical Garden in Lund. Through her fascinating carreer, Allison experienced various leading positions linked to biodiversity both inside and outside of academia. What led her into the current position, and what are…
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Sweden Food Arena, which currently has more than 30 members from across the food supply chain, released a fascinating analysis entitled “The Plant-based food chain’s need for investment in innovation and research 2022”. The growing demand for plant-based diets, both…
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The Story of Success highlights innovative regional companies in Plant and Food science which are bridging the gap between research and industry. In this interview, Mariette Andersson introduces SolEdits, a unique company focusing on potato breeding using CRISPR-Cas9. How does…
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There are plenty of resources for plant breeding available. Therefore the ELLS Subject Area Plant Molecular Breeding and Biotechnology has provided a database for public plant breeding learning resources, which you can find here (log in as guest).
2023 starts in a really busy way! PlantLink released a new round of Industrial Mentorship Program for PhD students and postdocs and is ready to match passionate young researchers with innovative companies in the region! For MSc students, there is ELLS Plant Health Grand Challenges competition and…
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Kenneth Fredlund passed away on the 18th of January, 2023, after some time of progressive illness. Kenneth studied biology at Lund and completed an excellent PhD on respiratory processes in the Department of Plant Physiology at Lund University in 1996….
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As a PhD student or new postdoc, it may not be easy to get practical work experience throughout the studies. How is working life outside of academia? To better understand how it works in industry or non-academic organisations, PlantLink offers a…
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