Workshop summaries day 2

Workshops Friday 18 October Process-based crop models: practical application and further development Neil Budko, Corné Verburg, Tamara ten Den, Clemens Stolk A central element in CropXR is the development of models that not only enhance our understanding of crop development and speed up breeding but can also be reliably applied in farming practice. This workshop,

Workshop summaries day 1

Workshops Thursday 17 October CropXR education: what is coming up and how can you get involved? Atoesa Farokhi, Ben Noordijk, Elysa Overdijk  The workshop focused on the development of educational modules for CropXR. The workshop moderators were excited to observe strong interest and enthusiasm from all participants. The discussions revolved around three main themes: how

Abstracts poster session

During the conference team members will present insights of their research. Join this session and start the conversation! Poster session Thursday October 17, 17:15 – 18:30 How do we model gene regulatory networks when there are too many genes? By Ben Noordijk, Marcel Reinders, Aalt D.J. van Dijk, Dick de Ridder Plants are resilient to

Abstracts keynote lectures

On this page, you can read abstracts of the keynote lectures of Professor Klaas Vandepoele and Diana Horvath. Keynote lecture Thursday 17 October, 10:00 – 10:45 A map of integrated cis-regulatory elements enhances gene regulatory analysis in maize By Klaas Vandepoele, Full Professor at Ghent University and group leader in the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems

Abstracts workshops

We invite you to participate in various workshops during the two-day conference in October. On this page, you can explore the workshop topics. Workshops Thursday 17 October 13:45 – 15:45 Parallel workshops (two sessions of one hour) CropXR education: what is coming up and how can you get involved? By Atoesa Farokhi, Ben Noordijk, Elysa

Introducing Timo Petter

In this series, we introduce you to the people behind CropXR. Who are they, what do they do, and why are they passionate about their work for CropXR? Name: Timo Petter What is your professional role within CropXR?I work as head of allium, beetroot and celery breeding at Bejo Zaden. As a seed company, Bejo

Introducing Clemens Stolk

In this series, we introduce you to the people behind CropXR. Who are they, what do they do, and why are they passionate about their work for CropXR? Name: Clemens Stolk What is your professional role within CropXR?I support and represent four potato processing companies within CropXR: Aviko, FarmFrites, LambWeston and McCain. Can you describe

Introducing Jenske Aben

In this series, we introduce you to the people behind CropXR. Who are they, what do they do, and why are they passionate about their work for CropXR? Name:  Jenske Aben What is your professional role within CropXR?I am a PhD candidate that researches the physiological and mechanistic responses of potato plants to nitrogen deficiency

Contact

Visiting addressCropXR OfficeH.R. Kruytgebouw (Utrecht Science Park)Padualaan 8, room 01083584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands ROUTE By public transportBus Nearest bus stop: Botanische Tuinen TramNearest tram stop: Padualaan TrainFrom Utrecht Central Station: take the bus to Botanische Tuinen or tram 22 to Padualaan (direction Utrecht Science Park). Parking Car parkCar park P6 Padualaan Disabled parking space

A new CropXR consortium agreement

The CropXR partners are currently drafting a new consortium agreement. Why is this necessary, what does the agreement entail and when do we expect to conclude this process? The need for a new CropXR consortium agreement To understand the necessity for some amendments in the underlying legal structure of CropXR, it is useful to offer