Accelerated Breeding: Genomic Selection and Predictive Breeding
Researchers from Agriculture Victoria Research in Australia will share insights into genomic selection and predictive breeding at the Global Institute for Food Security’s latest seminar exploring accelerated breeding. At this online webinar, GIFS will also provide an update on its Accelerated Breeding Program that is being established to provide public and private plant-breeding organizations with […]
Read More- 19 Jul, 2023
Accelerated Breeding: Optimize Breeding Pipelines. Deliver Better Results Faster
Join us on July 19, 2023 at 1 PM to learn how to optimize breeding pipelines and deliver better results through accelerated breeding
Read More - 19 Jul, 2023
Engineering Biology: Advance Research and Drive Innovation in Agriculture
Join GIFS on July 19, 2023 at 9AM to explore how engineering biology is transforming agriculture & food through cutting-edge innovation.
Read More - 16 Feb, 2023
Next-Generation Sequencing Seminar
Join the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Illumina Inc. for a half-day seminar exploring research applications of Illumina’s sequencing technology and array-based solutions.
Read More - 18 Oct, 2022
PacBio Launch
Join us in person or online to get the latest on SMRT sequencing applications and capabilities from scientists and researchers at GIFS, Usask, U of Manitoba, and PacBio. Light lunch provided.
Read More - 25 Oct, 2022
The 7th Plant Phenotyping & Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) Symposium
Save the date for the 7th annual P2IRC Symposium, taking place on October 25.
Read More - 17 Feb, 2022
Join us in the Greenhouse: A Networking Event
Join Saskatchewan’s agriculture bioeconomy leaders for a special networking and cocktail event to learn more about the bioeconomy and opportunities...
Read More - 20 Oct, 2021
2021 P2IRC Symposium & Poster Competition
The 6th annual P2IRC Symposium will take place October 20-21. Hosted by the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan, the 2021 event is once...
Read More - 21 Sep, 2021
ABIC Speaker Series: Jennifer Doudna, 2020 Nobel prize for CRISPR
A fireside chat with Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna to explore opportunities and challenges of using CRISPR in agriculture.
Read More - 1 Sep, 2021
GIFS Presents: Engineering Biology Speaker Series
What is Engineering Biology? Why is it described as the fourth industrial revolution and a multitrillion-dollar industry?...
Read More - 1 Jun, 2021
Canada Trade Commission Webinar
A webinar on Soil Stimulation and Crop Protection featuring Global Institute for Food Security CEO Steven Webb
Read More - 27 Oct, 2020
Canada’s Bio-Revolution Webinar Series – New Frontiers in Food Production: Growing Stronger with Cellular Agriculture
This webinar will focus on the future of Canada’s food system and how it can benefit from new technologies...
Read More - 22 Oct, 2020
2020 P2IRC Symposium
The 5th Annual Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC) Symposium took place from October 21-22, 2020, marking the first time that the event was held fully online. Session recordings are now available on the online platform.
Read More - 16 Sep, 2020
Webinar: National Index on Agri-Food Performance
A webinar with thought-leaders from Canada and abroad was held on September 16, 2020, to discuss how Canada’s agri-food sector can design appropriate benchmarks...
Read More - 22 Apr, 2020
Call for Participants: The Global Wheat Head Detection Challenge
GIFS and our P2IRC program are pleased to sponsor this international computer science competition seeking image analysis models to make the counting of wheat...
Read More - 4 Dec, 2019
Canola Days
Join Ag-West Bio in beautiful Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to get the latest information on industry priorities, production challenges, breeding and genomics, digital technologies and new...
Read More - 15 Nov, 2019
GIFS 2019 Science Day Open House
Come learn about the interesting research and innovations going on at GIFS and in the GIFS-managed Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Program (P2IRC) at the University of...
Read More - 23 Oct, 2019
4th Annual P2IRC Symposium – Achievements. Expectations. Implementations
Each year, the Global Institute for Food Security hosts a Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Centre (P2IRC)...
Read More - 31 Jul, 2019
Seminar: Overview and Update on Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Come learn about Oxford Nanopore Technologies disruptive platform for the direct, electronic analysis of single molecules.
Read More - 26 Oct, 2018
3rd Annual P2IRC Symposium Mobilizes P2IRC
The 3rd Annual P2IRC Symposium, Mobilizing P2IRC: Process, Target, Engagement was held October 17-18, 2018 at the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon.
Read More - 18 Jun, 2018
Seminar: Science and the media- the view from the front line
Fiona Fox, Chief Executive of the Science Media Centre in the United Kingdom and Kevin Folta, Professor...
Read More - 23 May, 2018
Seminar: James Colliander, How can mathematical sciences help advance agriculture, the agri-food sector, and improve global food security?
Director, Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Read More - 10 May, 2018
GIFS Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Dr. Dirk Inze – Gene Networks For Boosting Crop Yield
Dr. Dirk Inze is a Science Director and Group Leader Systems Biology of Yield at Ghent University
Read More - 19 Apr, 2018
GIFS Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Dr. Rod Snowden – Back to the Future: Lessons from breeding history for sustainable crop productivity
Dr. Rod Snowden is a Professor and Chair of Plant Breeding at Justus Liebig University in Giessen Germany.
Read More - 19 Jan, 2018
Seminar: Dr. Eiji Nambara, Abscisic Acid Metabolism and its Regulation in Response to Environmental Factors
Dr. Nambara will be presenting on Abscisic Acid Metabolism and its Regulation in Response to Environmental Factors.
Read More - 17 Oct, 2017
Lecture: Professor John Pickett, Global Food Security
The Global Institute for Food Security is pleased to partner with the Bill Rekunyk Lecture Series to present Professor John Pickett, Michael Elliott Distinguished...
Read More - 24 May, 2017
Seminar: Dr. Susan McCouch, The Buffering Capacity of Stems
The Global Institute for Food Security is pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr. Susan McCouch, Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Biology, Biological Statistics...
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