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Making use of the training he received through the Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, Ethiopian graduate student Abdi Hassen recently taught the aflatoxin detection technique he learned in the U.S. to supervisors and colleagues in his home country.
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David Bertioli, a plant geneticist from the Universidade de Brasília who is working at the University of Georgia, will deliver a lecture Wednesday on the genome sequences of peanut’s diploid ancestors. While the lecture will be presented in Athens, Ga., researchers around the state and across the globe can listen in. Working with the International…
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Research4Life, an organization that offers free or low-cost access to academic and peer-reviewed papers, is holding a webinar to show users how they can use the service. The Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) Community in cooperation with Research4Life is holding “Research4Life: the library that opens doors” in English on March 17 at 11 a.m. (Rome…
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With the financial support of Feed the Future’s Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, the research team of plant pathologist Renee Arias has released nine genomes of Aspergillus isolated from peanuts in Georgia in 2014. Arias’ team is working to use RNA interference (RNAi) to reduce aflatoxin contamination of peanut seeds. Dr. Paola Faustinelli, who works…
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Renee Arias, a Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation Lab researcher, was recognized by President Obama today with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers. The 106 winners will receive awards at a…
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The early-bird deadline for the Second International Legume Society Conference is approaching on March 15. The conference, held by the International Legume Society and the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa , is scheduled for 11-14 October, 2016 at the Tróia resort near Lisbon, Portugal.
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A new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) found that aflatoxin likely is causing widespread stunting in children throughout Africa and Asia. The results and analysis of possible interventions are published in the report Mycotoxin Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, which is…