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Travel Studentships for ICAR2016
4th Jan 2016
The International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) is a well established annual meeting that encompasses all aspects of research on our favourite model organism. Therefore it is of broad interest to all plant scientists and usually attracts over 1000 attendees! ICAR2016 takes place in...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: December 18th
18th Dec 2015
The final Arabidopsis Research Roundup of 2015 contains a bumper crop of papers that again highlights the diversity of research occuring in UK plant science. Justin Goodrich from the University of Edinburgh kindly provides an audio description of work that identifies a novel role for a member of a...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: December 9th
9th Dec 2015
This December 9th Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes four rather different studies. Firstly we include an excellent audio description from David Salt about a new type of GWAS analysis that his lab was involved in developing. This allowed identification of new genetic loci involved in molybdenum...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: November 25th
25th Nov 2015
This weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup contains four papers each with a different focus. Firstly is a large-scale investigation that attempts to define the transcriptional changes that occur in response to bacterial infection. Second is a study that investigates a newly proposed role for the...
GARNet2016: Innovation in the Plant Sciences
20th Nov 2015
We are please to announce that GARNet will be hosting the 'GARNet2016: Innovation in the Plant Sciences' conference on September 6th-7th 2016. This will be held at Cardiff University in South Wales, UK. We have assembled an excellent lineup of speakers that includes Ben Scheres, Chris Town, Cathie...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: November 13th
13th Nov 2015
This weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup presents a wide range of topics from researchers across the UK. Firstly we highlight a study that documents the early stages of a potential biotechnological/synthetic biology approach to improve higher plant photosynthesis using algal components....
