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New Subprogramme 4 Leader 
Following the recent Subprogramme 4 Leader recruitment GCP is delighted to announce Graham McLaren as the successful candidate to head our Bioinformatics and Crop Information Systems Subprogramme (SP4) on a full-time basis. Graham, who will take on the reins from current SP4 Leader, Theo van Hintum, on 15 September...
June 24, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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GCP's 3rd competitive call--24 successful concept notes announced 
Following GCP's 3rd Competitive Call for proposals announced in January this year, 24 concept notes have qualified for the next stage of the selection process, which is full proposals. Full proposals are to be submitted by 20 June 2008. Winners will announced on 31st July 2008, with projects...
June 11, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program Fellowships programme now open 
The CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program warmly invites applications from qualified African agricultural women scientists for their innovative and exciting fellowship programme. The programme is open to women agricultural scientists from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. The African Women in Agricultural Research and...
June 6, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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GCP Subprogramme 2 Tropical Legume Genomics Workshop 
A workshop organised by GCP's Subprogramme 2 on Tropical Legume Genomics will be held on Sunday 7th December 2008 as part of the IV International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics, to take place from 7th-12th December 2008 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Workshop speakers will focus on advances in...
June 6, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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Changes in governance 
Effective 1 June 2008, the Executive Board replaced the Programme Steering Committee (PSC) as GCP's peak governing body. This change is the culmination of efforts undertaken by the PSC to reform GCP governance. The functions of the new Executive Board, are outlined in the PSC resolution on new Executive...
June 6, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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Launch of new GCP Bioinformatics and Biometrics Helpdesk
GCP is pleased to announce the launch of a new Bioinformatics and Biometrics (BB) Helpdesk. This new service, geared towards GCP scientists with questions on the handling, storage or analysis of data, aims to create both transparency in available resources, as well as expertise in the fields of biometry,...
May 8, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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GCP Interactive Resource Centre & Helpdesk--New FAQs section page now available 
A new Frequently Asked Questions page, including a section on troubleshooting DNA extractions, has recently been launched in the GCP's Interactive Resource Centre & Helpdesk. We warmly invite you to visit the 'What's New' section of the GCP Interactive Resource Centre & Helpdesk homepage for more information, or...
May 7, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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Final meeting on SP1-funded project 'Whole plant modeling of drought response in cereals'--Materials now available 
Following on from the final meeting for the SP1-funded project 2005-07: ‘Whole plant modeling of drought response in cereals’, organised by Principal Investigator Delphine Luquet and held from 4-7 February 2008 in Johnston, Iowa, USA, materials, including Proceedings and presentations, are now accessible to the GCP Community. View...
May 7, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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SP2-SP4 Workshop on Data analysis for Candidate Gene Discovery 
Two days prior to the GCP's 2008 Annual Research Meeting, an SP2-SP4 organised workshop will be held on Data analysis for Candidate Gene Discovery. The workshop, to take place on 14th and 15th September 2008, will cover the following aspects: Microarray analysis, QTL meta analysis, Integration of Microarray...
May 5, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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2008 Travel Grants - Winners announced 
GCP is pleased to announce the winning candidates for the 2008 Travel Grant programme. View list of 2008 Travel Grant winners...
May 5, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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2008 Capacity-building à la carte Programme winners 
GCP is delighted to announce the winners for the 2008 Capacity-building à la carte Programme. Now in its second year, this tailor-made and team-focused support programme is for national agricultural research programmes in the developing world. To view this year's winners, please click here...
May 5, 2008 5:00pm Read more... |
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Molecular breeding capacity-building workshop 
A capacity-building workshop for molecular breeders supported by GCP’s Subprogramme 5 and Drought Tolerance Maize for Africa (a project supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation) will be held at Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA), Kenya, from 1st-7th June 2008. Five places...
April 1, 2008 6:00pm Read more... |
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2007 GCP Annual Research Meeting - Survey results now available 
During a period of approximately six-weeks, 115 respondents from the GCP community participated in a dual online survey that was administered by Meridian Institute. The survey followed the 2007 GCP Annual Research Meeting and was in two distinct parts: 1) feedback about the 2007 ARM (8 questions, targeting ARM...
March 27, 2008 6:00pm Read more... |
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GCP collaborators come together for Drought Phenotyping Challenge 
From 28-30 January 2008, a Drought Phenotyping Network workshop was held at GCP Headquarters, CIMMYT, Mexico. The event brought together specialists from a range of disciplines, and participants examined several options for tackling the complexity of drought phenotyping in GCP projects. After discussions, participants jointly identified common activities...
March 13, 2008 6:00pm Read more... |
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Publishing success for GCP collaborators 
Two volumes of Genomics-Assisted Crop Improvement (GACI), edited by GCP's Subprogramme 2 Leader Rajeev Varshney and GCP project collaborator Roberto Tuberosa (University of Bologna) have recently been published by Springer. Volume I, entitled “Genomics Approaches and Platforms”, presents state-of-the-art genomic resources and platforms and also describes the strategies and...
February 11, 2008 6:00pm Read more... |
