Congratulations to Amy Withers, who has just published the first paper from her PhD, entitled “Microsatellites reveal that genetic mixing commonly occurs between invasive fall armyworm populations in Africa“
Read MoreCongratulations to iPEG’s Yutao Xaio, Ken Wilson and aluminus ‘PJ’ Pengjun Xu, and our great team of Chinese collaborators on our latest paper looking at the rapid spread of a densovirus in China following the adoption of Bt-cotton, published in eLife tis month: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66913
Read MoreKen has been awarded a new BBSRC grant with Sheena Cotter (Lincoln) and Tom Anderson (NOC) to work on testing a new theoretical framwork (developed by Tom) to explore the nutritional interactions between hosts and their pathogens, using Spodoptera caterpillars and their bacteria as model systems. A post-doctoral research associate post will be advertised soon! […]
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Ruth Carter’s PhD project on Fall Armyworm is animated by the wonderful Mair Perkins: Science Research Explainer: Fall Army Worm Crop Protection | Mair Perkins Ltd. https://player.vimeo.com/external/405343259.hd.mp4?s=ae73d2df83400021615c9af2f7e8ca48ad1675b1&profile_id=175
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Ken, together with Profs Andy Fenton and Dan Tompkins publish a new book “Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application. Copies can be ordered here: https://t.co/jy2qALWUJk?amp=1
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A short video with Shawn Kefauver (@doctorxkefauver) and Maria Luisa Buchaillot (@lu_buchaillot) showing how drones and multispectral cameras can be used to assess #FallArmyworm damage on maize plants in sub-Saharan Africa
Read MoreNew term starts soon, so time to finish off those papers and experiments before a busy teaching period starts.
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It’s great to have Dr Annabel Rice officially start her new role as research technician in iPEG to work on the new Agri-Tech Catalyst grant to explore new formulation approaches for baculovirus biopesticides to control lepidopteran crop pests. Annabel did her PhD in Lancaster and after some time working as a technician at Liverpool University […]
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It’s that time of year again and iPEG swoop to 3rd prize with a Charles Darwin scarecrow. Watch a video about the scarecrow festival here
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