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Global Plant Council E-Bulletin November 2019
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E-Bulletin / 
October 2019

 

Welcome a new newsletter on plant science🌿

GPC continues its quest to reach the widest plant science community. To this end, we have recently started a Weibo account to reach the Chinese community more easily. You may join us in Weibo by clicking on this link or by scanning the code on the left.

ECRi reminder: Next #plantscijobs Twitterstorm will take place on the 29th November between 3 and 4 pm CEST.

As always, if you wish to contribute to the blog or news section with your press releases and other texts, please contact our communications officer.

Latest News / 
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If you have news you would like us to share on our website, please contact isabel@globalplantcouncil.org 






 

This past month 23 new breaking news stories were posted on the GPC website including...

The sequence of the almond and peach tree genomes allows to understand the differences between these closely related species
The movement of the transposons could lie at the origin of the differences between the fruit of both species or the flavour of the almond.

New research reveals soil microbes play a key role in plant disease resistance
Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum infects several plants including tomatoes and potatoes. Scientists have discovered that soil microbes can make plants more resistant to this aggressive disease — opening new possibilities for sustainable food production.

New key protein function found in plants that will help develop drought-resistant crops
New study shows how protein BAG4 takes part in regulating the plant’s breathability through the opening of its stomas. This finding is especially relevant for the development of crops that are more resistant to drought conditions.

Events / 
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If you have a conference, meeting, workshop, training course or other event coming up, we can include it in our Events calendar! Please email isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

Impact of chromatin domains on plant phenotypes
9–11 December 2019. Madrid, Spain. 

INTERDROUGHT VI (IDVI)
09–12 March 2020. Mexico City, Mexico. 

International Symposium on Climate-Resilient Agri-Environmental Systems (IS-CRAES)
19–22 May 2020. Dublin, Ireland. 

Plant Biology Europe 2020
29 June 2020–02 July 2020. Torino, Italy. 

Funding Opportunities /

Spotted a funding opportunity we've missed? Please tell us about it by emailing isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

The European Commision, as part of the Horizon 2020 program,  will open in two weeks time, on the 15th October 2019, a number of calls that might be of interest for plant scientists. Check all the possibilities here.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new solicitation as part of the Understanding the Rules of Life (URoL) Big Idea, entitled Understanding the Rules of Life: Microbiome Theory and Mechanisms (URoL:MTM)NSF plans to invest between $12 million and $15 million to better understand the theoretical and mechanistic relationships within and among the microbiome, the host, and the environment. More info here.

Due Date: Letters of intent, required for both tracks, are due by January 17, 2020.  Full proposals are due by March 2, 2020.

ECRi / The GPC Early Career Researcher (ECR) International Network

Do you want to learn more about ECRi? Please get in touch by emailing isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

ECRi is a collection of activities addressed to help the ECRs with 4 essential matters: job hunting, grant funding, dissemination of research results and networking. Ongoing activities are:

Job hunting:  We post in our Facebook and a Linkedin #plantscijobs groups daily job offers. 

In Twitter we held the monthly #plantscijobs “storm”. Want to join? Next Twitterstorm will take place on the 29th November between 3 and 4 pm CEST.

Dissemination of results: Making your plant science understandable by Isabel Mendoza (Global Plant Council)

The latest on the ECRi network will be published in the GPC website here. Additionally, we are setting set up a mailing list where ECRs can sign-in to get the latest updates.

On the blog / 
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Would you like to contribute an article to the GPC's blog? Please get in touch! Email isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

EXPERT REACTION: Global food sustainability needed to avoid catastrophic damage to the planet (The Lancet*) by Ros Gleadow (Monash University)

Can agricultural initiatives deliver wins for the health of the planet and its population? by W.J Davies (Lancaster University) and Jianbo Shen (China Agricultural University)

Getting heard: impactful knowledge exchange by Ros Gleadow (Monash University)

State of the art research meets breeding for wheat’s future by  Matthew Reynolds (CIMMYT)

Members / 

Click here for details of the GPC Member Societies and their representatives. 

Please contact us (isabel@globalplantcouncil.org) to find out how your organization can join the Global Plant Council. 

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