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Society of Biology Life Science Careers Conferences 2012-2013
26th Sep 2012
The Life Sciences Careers Conferences are aimed primarily at undergraduate students and are designed to provide them with advice and information on the various life sciences career options available to them. Previous exhibitors have included employers, recruiters and learned societies. Around...
GARNet at the September NAIB TAG Innovation Farm workshop
25th Sep 2012
The September NIAB TAG Innovation Farm workshop was entitled 'GM: Is it time for a public good policy?' Presentations included discussions on what a public good policy would involve and whether one is needed, as well as an overview by Prof. Vivian Moses about public acceptance of GMOs and a talk...
Free workshop on NGS in plant research
18th Sep 2012
GARNet and The Genetics Society are hosting a free workshop on the many and varied applications of next generation sequencing (NGS) at the University of Liverpool on 26 November. The aim of the workshop is to inform the Arabidopsis and wider plant community of the extensive and varied uses...
Blog post: New DNA extraction method highlighted on the blog
13th Sep 2012
A new, reliable, cheap high-throughput DNA extraction technique is highlighted on the blog. The method costs just £13 for over 180 extractions, and results in consistently good quality DNA from leaves and seeds of a number of plant species. Highlighted article: Zhanguo Xin and Junping Chen...
Women in Science blog posts
6th Sep 2012
There are two posts on Women in Science up on the GARNet blog. The first is a list of resources and funding bodies who support women in science or are supportive of the needs of scientists with family commitments, and the second is an article containing the thoughts of several women working in...
New method for multi-plex PCR highlighted on the GARNet blog
30th Aug 2012
A new method for efficient multi-plex PCR has been highlighted on the GARNet blog, Weeding the Gems. The method is published in Plant Methods and is a fast, easy and reliable way to analyse seed purity, species identification and polymorphism assays. The post is...
