Events: October

CPPS Lecture

Cereal Genomics: Sequencing/genotyping the wheat genome

Keith Edwards, Bristol University
1-2pm, Thursday, 25 October 2012
Sainsbury Laboratory, Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1L
Further information

Partner Events

InCrops / RRes: Green business workshop

25th October 2012, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ
InCrops, Rothamsted Research and the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry have teamed up to organise a series of FREE workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups businesses and Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the bio-renewables, agri-biotech and green sectors.
Morning session: Managing innovation and IP
Afternoon session: Funding innovation
To book: email Julia O'Rourke, InCrops Events Co-ordinator, adapt.events@uea.ac.uk or call on 1603 591765
Further information

ADAS / SYNGENTA: Potato Conference and Exhibition

22 November 2012, Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire
Progressive potato farming: management for healthy tubers, increased yield and resource stewardship.
Further information

General Events

The Biorefinery for Food, Fuel and Materials symposium

7-10 April 2013, Hof van Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1 November 2012 - Deadline forabstracts and oral presentations
Email info@bff2013.org
Further information

Symposium - National Agri-Science Chemical Biology Postgraduate Symposium (AgriNet)

1st- 2nd of November 2012, Imperial College London,
This meeting is for PhD students and Early Career Researchers undertaking Chemical Biology research in areas related to the agri-science and will provide attendees with the opportunity to present their work in a friendly, constructive environment to a knowledgeable audience.
Registration is free and includes the conference dinner.
Further information

Conference - Processing Lignocellulosic Biomass, SCI

8 November 2012, CPI Wilton Centre, Teesside
The conference will focus on the UK role for biomass conversion, and the business and commercial implications of the technologies being developed.
There is also an excellent article on the future for biomass processing at http://www.soci.org/News/Bioresources-lignocellulosic.
Further information and to register

UEA Water Security/ICID Seminar: Irrigation policy in a time of drought and high food prices (part of the NERC Water Security Knowledge Exchange Programme)

9 November 2012. 9.30 am to 5:00 pm ICE, Central London
This seminar, organised by ICID.UK and the UEA Water Security Research Centre (with support from NERC Water Security Knowledge Exchange Programme and the Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network ) will examine global and local irrigation policy in the context of drought and high food prices. The 2012 droughts in the UK, the US and Indo-Gangetic Plain plus current high food prices provide the background to this seminar. The broad question that guides the seminar is:
"In a time of climate change and food scarcity, can better irrigation policies reduce food vulnerabilities?"
Further information or http://www.uea.ac.uk/watersecurity

Conference - Realizing the value of plant natural products - from metabolic engineering to biorefining (chaired by Rob Edwards)

16 November, Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (within the GSK complex)
The meeting will be chaired by Professor Rob Edwards (University of York and FERA). Presenters include Professor Johnathan Napier (Rothamsted Research), Professor John Ward (UCL), Professor Gary Loake (Edinburgh), Professor Ian Graham (University of York) and Professor Anne Osbourn (JIC).
Further information

Funding News: October

TSB Funding Call – sustainable high value chemical manufacture through industrial biotechnology

The call text for the 4th TSB call in sustainable high value chemical manufacture through industrial biotechnology is attached. The competition has recently opened. Applicants must register by noon on 7th November 2012 and submit their full proposals by noon 14th November 2012. Applicants will be informed of the outcome on 18th December 2012.
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BBSRC Competition – Innovator of the Year

This competition recognises and rewards individuals and small teams who have harnessed the potential of their excellent research. The competition has three categories: Commercial , Social and Most promising.
We are inviting nominations and applications by 14th November 2012.
Further information

EPSRC Funding Call - Bioenergy

The EPSRC call for proposals for the Bioenergy Challenge has now been launched with a closing date of 21 November 2012.
Further information

TSB Funding Call - EUREKA’s Eurostars for SMEs

The EUREKA's Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme to be specifically dedicated to SMEs.
Eurostars is open to all sectors. The 2012 closing date has passed, but the 2013 Call Closing Date is 4th April 2013.
Further information

News & Jobs: October

General News

Shaping a UK agri-tech strategy: call for evidence

This call for evidence invites you to submit views and information that will help shape a Government strategy to promote UK economic growth and international development by making best use of the science and technologies relevant to agriculture.
To respond to the survey visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/agri-tech-strategy-call-for-evidence-Oct-2012
Closing date: 22 Nov 2012

BIA organised UK Bioscience Forum

The report on the BIA organised UK Bioscience Forum (held on 4th Oct) including discussions on Accessing the innovation in academia, Drugs and diagnostic and The Future of Pharma has been released on Storify.
View report

Partner Jobs

University of Cambridge, Department of Plant Sciences

Research Associate and Chief Technician vacancies at the Department of Plant Sciences.
Research Group Leader, Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University
Further information

Exciting Group Leader Vacancies at the John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre is looking to recruit Group Leaders focused on plant or microbial systems who will complement their ongoing science and run internationally excellent and innovative research programmes.
In particular, they are seeking to recruit individuals to join their efforts focused on plant response to the environment and cell and developmental biology as well as in the field of molecular microbiology, especially in the Streptomyces area in which JIC has long maintained a world-leading position. Full details on these roles and how to apply can be found on the JIC current vacancies page.
Further information

International vacancies at Syngenta

Further information

Internships

John Innes Centre International Undergraduate Summer Research Training Programme 2013

This programme is open for undegraduates from any scientific discipline who wish to gain research experience in plant and microbial sciences.
Closing date for applications: 8th February 2013.
Further information

KWS UK Summer Work Placements

Applications are accepted now for a number of Harvest Assistant posts available from June until November 2013. There are also positions within the Seed Plant.
Short-term work may may be available for SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
Further information

Funding News: September

BBSRC: PARTNERING AWARDS

The BBSRC invites applications for its Partnering Awards, which seek to set up partnership links between UK and overseas laboratories; promote the exchange of scientists, particularly early career scientists; and promote access to facilities.
Brazil Partnering Awards: These awards are run as a joint call with the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) of Brazil. UK and Brazilian partners must submit separate applications to their respective funding bodies. Although there are no restrictions on the scientific area for applications; priority will be given to the areas of Food Security and Bionergy and Industrial Biotechnology.
The BBSRC will provide up to £50,000 for applications by single researchers and up to £100,000 for projects with multiple partners or consortia. The scheme is open to current BBSRC research grant holders and researchers employed at BBSRC institutes who are in receipt of BBSRC research funding (BBSRC grants must not have expired before the start of the award). Consortia of academics may also apply, with one person acting as the lead.
Deadline: 14 November 2012 (17:00)
Further information

BBSRC: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS 

This call aims to fund workshops that stimulate joint working in topics important to BBSRC’s strategy and match scientists from the UK with other countries to identify areas of commonality and explore the potential for international collaboration. Workshops can be held overseas or in the UK. Around 8 awards are available each year, or approximately £10,000 each.
The scheme is open to current BBSRC research grant holders and researchers employed at BBSRC-sponsored institutes who are in receipt of BBSRC research funding. Consortia of academics may also apply, with one person acting as the lead. Although applications may be for collaborations with any country, collaborations with the US, Canada, Brazil, EU member states, Japan, China, India, Australia, and New Zealand are particularly encouraged.
Deadline: 14 November 2012 (17:00) 
Further information

Partner News: September

Rothamsted scientists identify growing threat to cereal crops 

Scientists at the Rothamsted Research have identified a growing threat from the grain aphid (Sitobion avenae), a major crop pest that can reduce farmers' yields by damaging cereal crops and spreading plant diseases, most notably the Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV).
Further information

Sir David Baulcombe, Head of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, is the recipient of the 2012 Balzan Prize 

"For his fundamental contribution to the understanding of epigenetics and its role in cell and tissue development under normal and stressful conditions". The Prize will be presented during the award ceremony to be held in Rome on November 14.
Further information

NIAB New flexible agri-food training programme launches at Livestock 2012 

The Advanced Training Partnership for Sustainable and Efficient Food Production (ATP Pasture) launched its flexible training programme at Livestock 2012 on the 4th September. The partnership consists of three institutions: the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Bangor University and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB).
Further information

Events September

CPPS EVENTS 

CPPS Lecture: 

Cereal Genomics 25 October 2012
Speaker: Keith Edwards, Bristol University
Venue: Sainsbury Laboratory, 1pm (note change in time)
The lecture will be followed by Networking.

We are trying to increase the efficiency of networking, so if you are planning to come, could you send a brief paragraph about your R&D interests to bgs21@cam.ac.uk? This would allow pre-meeting 'match-making' with other attendees. 

PARTNER EVENTS 

 

John Innes:

FRI 28 SEPT 2012 
Pervasive transcription, lessons from budding yeast In the Merton Auditorium, 11:30 Dr Antonin Morillon , Institut Curie-CNRS, Paris, France Hosted/Organised by Caroline Dean
Further information

 

NIAB:

MON-TUE 9-10 OCT 
Fodder and oilseeds crop inspectors course NIAB Cambridge
Further information

 

Rothamsted Research: 

WED 10 OCT
Delivering Sustainable Systems RRA Workshop Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ , 12:45 - 4:30 PM
Further information

GENERAL EVENTS 

 

BBSRC

Advance notice:

TUE-WED 6-7 NOV 
CropWorld 2012 CropWorld Global, part sponsored by BBSRC, provides an unparalleled international platform to discuss and debate the critical issues surrounding the crop production industry.
Further information

 

SCI Bioresources Group

Advance notices:

TUE 30 OCT
Sustainable Intensification - Growth from Research and Technology Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, UK
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THU 22 NOV
Uptake Across the Leaf Cuticle and Skin SCI HQ, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London, UK
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THU 29 NOV
More Crop per Drop - Raising Water Use Efficiency SCI HQ, 14/15 Belgrve Square, London, UK
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Workshops 12 & 15 October

STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS?

InCrops, Rothamsted Research and the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry have teamed up to organise a series of FREE workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups businesses and Small and Medium-size Enterprises in the bio-renewables, agri-biotech and green sectors.

The workshops provide an overview of the key considerations that need to be taken into account when setting up and running a business that provides consultancy and research services. Delegates may register for the morning or / and afternoon sessions separately depending on their needs:

Friday 12^th October

Morning session: How to start a business

Afternoon session: Finding clients and closing deals

Thursday 25^th October

Morning session: Managing innovation and IP

Afternoon session: Funding innovation

An excellent group of experts on entrepreneurship, marketing and innovation have been lined up as speakers. Please download the flyer of the workshops here (for full details). Business support organisations will be present at the workshops, which will be hosted at Rothamsted Research.

If you are considering the possibility of setting up a business, have recently set up a business or are looking for funding to innovate and grow, reserve your place today by contacting Julia O’Rourke, InCrops Events Co-ordinator, by email adapt.events@uea.ac.uk or call on 1603 591765.