Dear all

This is a kind reminder for the seminar of Adrian Percy at 11AM in the schell seminar room.

Kind regards
Michelle
(for Dirk)


From: "Dirk Inze" <dirk.inze@psb.ugent.be>
To: "meetings" <meetings@psb.vib-ugent.be>
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 4:37:53 PM
Subject: You are invited to attend Adrian Percy's seminar on May 16th


Dear Colleagues,
                        this is a warm welcome to attend the seminar of Adrian Percy on Monday May 16th. Adrian currently serves as the executive director of the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative (N.C. PSI): a world-class research and innovation effort that is poised to solve some of the world’s grandest agricultural issues. Previously he was the CTO of UPL Ltd and the head of research and development for the Crop Science division of Bayer as part of their executive committee. 
Our Center has a longstanding collaboration with the North Caroline State University. The VIB-UGent Center of Plant Systems Biology and N.C.PSI have agreed to join forces on selected research area's involving crops such as soybean. Much of the expertise of N.C. PSI is highly complementary to the expertise in our Center. The lecture will only take 30 min followed by Q&A. Highly recommended. 

"N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative: driving innovation in the plant sciences through interdisciplinary research and collaboration"

Prof. Adrian Percy


North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative

Raleigh, North Carolina
USA

Monday, May 16, 2022
11:00AM - Schell Seminar Room

North Carolina State University has embarked on a visionary Plant Sciences Initiative (PSI) intended to directly address the grand challenges of agriculture and provide solutions for a growing world. The N.C. PSI will support wide-ranging research, education and training by creating an environment and culture in which such learning activities can thrive through the convergence of interdisciplinary collaboration. This new research and application ecosystem will combine world-class assets from across a wide spectrum of disciplines including plant sciences, engineering, economics, modeling, and data analytics. It will build partnerships among academia, industry, and government in collaboration with growers to maximize understanding of the challenges and opportunities, and ensure rapid delivery of solutions.


Hope to see many of you.

With kind regards
Dirk


Prof Dr Dirk Inze

Science Director
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology

Group Leader
Systems Biology of Yield

VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
Ghent University
Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 - 9052 Ghent - Belgium
Tel. +32(0)9 331 38 00
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