 About the
events
Attendance to all events is open to all,
members and non-members,
and free of charge.The Seed
Central events are well attended: between November 2011
and October 2013, attendees included:
Monthly
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Seed Central FORUM
Networking events
(4:30 - 7:00) with featured speakers
(6:00 -
7:00)
On
the second Thursday of every month
(except in July and August),
the Seed Central FORUM welcomes faculty, scientists, students, seed
professionals, members of the food industry, and anyone
interested in networking with seed and food
professionals.
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Genomics
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Plant pathology
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Marker-assisted
selection and breeding
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Seed
physiology/seed technology
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Stress tolerance
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Intellectual
property protection
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Pipeline of traits
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Phenotyping, high
throughput
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Recombination
(chromosome biology)
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GMO
regulations/GMO acceptance
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Human resources
capacity building
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Postharvest
technology
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Food safety
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Crop quality
litigation
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Entomology and
insect and disease control measures useful for
practical application in field trials
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Quarterly
(February, May & November)
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Seed Central SCIENCE
Research &
Technology Presentations (1:30 - 2:45)
Earlier in the afternoon, a small number of scientists
talk about aspects of their research that are of
specific interest to seed professionals.
A wide
variety of themes will be covered.
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Seed
Central BRAINSTORMING
Brainstorming sessions
(3:00 - 4:15) seeking to find local
solutions to shared needs.
Examples:
- Medium and
long-term human resources needs of the seed
industry (joint session with representatives
from UC Davis and local community colleges).
- The potential
for collaborative, pre-competitive research
facilities on campus (November 9, 2011 and April
12, 2012)
- Options for technology transfer and access to
intellectual property.
- Option to
synchronize variety trials organized by seed
companies in the region.
- Services which
several local seed companies would like to
contract out locally; Seed Central to attract
contractors to the region.
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