Join us at the Plants for the Future Interactive Exhibition during SFI Science Week 2024!

17 Oct 2024

Happening On 12/11/2024

The event will take place on Tuesday, 12th November, from 4 PM to 6 PM in The Cooperage (Room G.13).

This exhibition at the UCC School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences will demonstrate how plant science can us help address important issues, such as biodiversity loss, food insecurity, climate change, pesticide use and pollution.

The interactive displays will demonstrate how nature-based solutions, breeding technologies and circular economy approaches can help us solve these issues.

In addition, information will be provided about UCC’s Biodiversity Action Plan and the Greenshoots Programme.

Participating projects:

• WeedTraits – Investigating the processes that determine weediness (SFI Frontiers for the Future)
• ResilientCrop – Mining for climate resilience in Irish forage crops (SFI Frontiers for the Future)
• Azbio: sustainable valorisation of agri-food wastewaters (SFI-IRC Pathway Programme)
• ITEN – Irish Tree Explorers Network (SFI Discover)
• IMPRESS: Innovative approaches for marine and freshwater based ingredients to develop sustainable foods and value chains (Horizon Europe)
• StableGrass – Impact of plant diversity on carbon storage and yield stability in semi-natural grasslands (DAFM)
• ARID – Assessing the impact of climate change on clover-pollinator interactions in Irish grasslands (DAFM)
• Duck-Feed – Sustainable Protein from Duckweed (DAFM)
• BLATH – Biodiversity on urban Landscapes – Assessing Trimmed Habitats and wild zones within the UCC campus (UCC Green Campus)
• CacaoWiRe – The science and culture of cacao and its wild relatives
• HUMID – Honing our Understanding of Microbial Diversity in Tropical Peatlands (Crawford Hayes Trust)
• Characterisation of Inositol Polyphosphate Multi Kinases, Potential Targets for the Control of Late Blight? (IRC)
• Inositol Trisphosphate Signalling in Potato Blight: A Pathway to the Elimination of a Plant Destroyer? (SFI Frontiers for the Future)
• UCC Arboretum
• Greenshoots Green Campus Programme at UCC

Don’t miss out on this opportunity—see you at the exhibition!

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