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Sep
21
5:30PM - 7:00PM
ShowCAES '21 - A UGA College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences recruitment event.
UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, Tifton, GA
Should I Stay or Should I Go: Can Youth Migration be an Asset Rather Than a Liability in the Senegal Groundnut Basin?
In a survey of more than 1,100 households in the Senegalese Groundnut Basin, researchers explore how young adults in rural areas are facing challenges like climate change, land degradation, and land tenure insecurity that will shape the role that agriculture plays in their future livelihood strategies. Specifically, they explore how out-migration impacts the lives of young people and the communities they leave behind.
Sep
22
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Feed the Future Peanut Innovation Lab Lecture
https://agrilinks.org/events/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-can-youth-migration-be-asset-rather-liability-senegal-groundnut
Would you like more details on how to engage through your college, department, and major? The College of Agricultural and Environmental Science (CAES) is holding an event to tell you how! Using CAES as an example, CAES Ambassadors will hold a student panel to tell you how they engage to become successful. FREE popcorn and drinks too! Email ugacaes@uga.edu to register.
Oct
14
6:00PM - 7:00PM
CAES First Year Odyssey Seminar Event
Conner Hall, ATHENS, GA
Join us for this free family-friendly event with live music, food, games, & fellowship with UGA Dept. of Poultry Science faculty, staff, alumni, and industry friends!
RSVPs to Jessica Fife (jfife@uga.edu) by 5pm on October 1st are greatly appreciated.
Oct
15
6:00PM - 9:00PM
Dept. Poultry Science Alumni & Friends Tailgate
Southern Brewing Company, Athens, GA
Georgia Cooperative Extension provides the nationally recognized and accredited ServSafe® training for foodservice managers from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (FRAEF). Upon successful completion of the ServSafe® examination, the ServSafe® Food Protection Manager certificate will be issued by the NRAEF. Workshops are offered in multiple locations throughout the state; see each training’s contact for details.
Oct
18
8:30AM - 5:00PM
ServSafe® Manager Certification Training and Exam
Madison County Shiloh Community Fire Department, Danielsville, GA
Isabel leads the Texas A&M Potato Breeding Program. The goal of the program is to develop high-yielding potato varieties, mainly for the fresh and chipping markets, adapted to Texas growing conditions. She combines conventional and molecular tools to enhance the efficiency of potato breeding efforts and to maximize genetic gains from selection.
Isabel Vales received her Licentiate Degree (and Degree Thesis) in Biological Sciences (specialization in molecular biology) from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in 1992, and her Doctorate in Biology (maize breeding and genetics) from the University of Vigo, Spain (1996) in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). She worked as Post-doctoral Research Associate (maize genetics) at the University of Minnesota from 1997 to 1998. From 1999 to 2005, Research Assistant Professor (cereal genetics) at Oregon State University. From 2005 to 2010, she led the Oregon Potato Variety Development Program (Associate Professor - potato breeding and Genetics) and the Oregon Potato Foundation Program. From 2010 to 2012, she was Principal Scientist (pigeonpea breeding and genetics) at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India. She worked as an Independent Scientific Advisor from 2013 to 2016 in Washington State and joined Texas A&M in 2017.
Isabel participated in the release of more than 24 potato varieties, including specialty types with high levels of antioxidants, and published more than 70 referee papers. She has been active in undergraduate and graduate teaching (potato production, plant physiology, molecular breeding) and training.
Seminar Location: CAGT room 128 Athens; and via zoom at Tifton and Griffin campuses. Note: Zoom meeting ID will be sent out prior to the seminar.
Oct
21
4:00PM - 5:00PM
IPBGG SEMINAR: Development of Climate-change-ready Potato Varieties to Overcome Heat Stress by Dr. Isabel Vales
Center For Applied Genetic Technologies, ATHENS, GA
Dr. Matthew Clark is an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the University of Minnesota. He has a three-way appoint and also serves as Director of Research for the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Dr. Clark leads the grape breeding and enology program at the University of Minnesota. His research project focuses on linking important traits to the grape genome to better understand gene function and equally important to improve the plant breeding process. His lab has focused on novelty like variegated leaves, as well as insect (phylloxera) and disease (powdery mildew) resistance. He has an ongoing project studying flavor and aroma compounds using GCMS and sensory analysis. Dr. Clark is a collaborator in the VitsGen project that has investigated several marker systems in grape for use in genetic mapping as well as marker assisted selection. Dr. Clark earned his graduate degrees from Minnesota studying first turf grass for his Masters and the apple for his PhD.
Seminar Location: CAGT room 128 Athens; and via zoom at Tifton and Griffin campuses. Note: Zoom meeting ID will be sent out prior to the seminar.
Nov
04
4:00PM - 5:00PM
IPBGG SEMINAR: Modern Grape Breeding, using DNA Markers to Enrich the Selection Process by Matthew Clark
Center For Applied Genetic Technologies, ATHENS, GA
Join us for this FREE event that allows high school and potential college transfer students interested in science, technology, animals, and more for a day with UGA Department of Poultry Science faculty as they showcase their specialty in the poultry science and avian biology industries through various interactive sessions. Registration is required for attendance.
Nov
12
9:15AM - 2:00PM
Open House Event - Dept. of Poultry Science
UGA Poultry Research Center, Athens, GA