Follow our social community |
A delegation from the 2Blades Foundation visits the BecA-ILRI Hub
- Details
- Written on Friday, 26 January 2018 13:57
From 17 January 2018, the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub has been hosting a delegation from the 2Blades Foundation. The main objectives of the visit by Dr Roger Freedman, Dr Diana Horvath, Dr T. Lynne Reuber and Dr Peter van Esse is to identify common areas for synergies including resource mobilization and capacity building. During this time, they held series of meetings with the BecA-ILRI Hub staff as well as other partners.
Dr. Nasser Yao (Left) explaining to the delegation the role of the molecular breeding platform at BecA and how the IGSS and KASP genotyping platforms are linked.
The 2Blades Foundation focuses on the advancement in the development of disease resistant varieties for smallholder agriculture. They achieve their goal by working with national and international partners. They also focus on training scientists in business and management skills with the aim of giving them knowledge and ability to transition science to applications which is of great essence in the global developmental agenda for agriculture.
Dr. Peter van Esse who is currently the Principal Investigator of the 2Blades group in the Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), UK and a member of this delegation, will a seminar this morning on “Mining disease resistance traits from crop relatives to make a rust-resistant soybean” on ILRI Campus in Nairobi Kenya. The Seminar was attended by staff, visiting scientists and staff at ILRI and other CGIAR Centers.
The BecA-ILRI Hub's Integrated Genotyping Service and Support (IGSS) platform exists to help the African national crop and livestock breeders to harness the power of genomic data to increase the efficiency of their breeding programs.
Comments (11)
-
-
Guest (Ramona)
Permalinkhttps://www.internetpolyglot.com/user/323642 Some men like go to grey naturally, but ditching that grey hair can really help to knock years off your look instantly. Money-making niches many hair color kits out there such as just for men, will be usually best to go for than the lesser known labels. Also, if your mustache and beard is turning grey you also a for under men kit for that as nicely. So there is no excuse for anyone stray grey hair anymore!
0 Like -
Guest (Jody)
PermalinkThese men should not fear https://rislanka.org/members/reshicom83/ hell.
0 Like -
Guest (Erica)
PermalinkWhen, on his last morning, Cardinal Meisner would not appear at Mass, he http://www.kyme.ch/author/flab72il/ was discovered dead as part of his room. His Breviary had slipped out of his hands: he died praying, within the sight from the Lord, talking towards the Lord.
0 Like -
-
Guest (Deanna Williams)
PermalinkWe are famous in the leather industry with our best https://www.buymoviejackets.com/product/ax-men-distressed-leather-jacket">AX Men Distressed Jacket quality of leather and its stuff we are providing service from all over the world with shipping specially free shipping in the USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, and the UK we have our official website from where you are placing your order in a discount price so visit our website which is https://www.buymoviejackets.com/
0 Like -
Guest (Kathys John)
PermalinkWhat an amazing color you use in this blog, really cool.
https://happywheels3d.io0 Like -
Guest (nehasharma)
PermalinkI offer extravagance Escorts in Delhi, that one can not disregard in as far back as he can review. I am told, energetic, make and curious. I'm euphoric who needs to find the opportunity to be in most by far of the conditions when you book me as your Delhi Escorts Girls multi-day.
0 Like -
Guest (Jamie)
PermalinkThe article you have shared here very awesome. I really like and appreciated your post. I read deeply your article, the points you have mentioned in this article are useful.USPS Tracking
0 Like
Recent News View all News
-
Brachiaria Grass is introduced to Masindi, Uganda
- Thursday 18th October 2018
-
Reducing Toxicity of Grass Pea
- Friday 28th September 2018
-
Build, Empower and Amplify: Bioinformatics for agri-research in Africa
- Tuesday 28th August 2018
-
AfriPlantSci Workshop at Pwani University
- Monday 27th August 2018
Leave your comments