Please note that attendance at one of the Town Meetings is not a requirement for applying to the highlight call.
About the highlight
We have previously addressed the issue of resistance to antibacterial agents, and now wish to extend our interests to resistance to other agents used to control pests and diseases in agriculture.
We invite researchers from a range of backgrounds to apply their expertise in underpinning research to advance understanding of the mechanisms and evolution of resistance of pests, weeds, parasites or pathogens to agents used to counter them. (Please note that research focused solely on the mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics is outside the scope of this highlight.)
This highlight covers resistance in any organism which is a pest or pathogen of crops or farmed animals, including invertebrate pests and vectors of disease, weeds, helminth and arthropod parasites, as well as pathogenic microbes.
London Town Meeting programme (provisional)
10.30 – 11am – Registration and coffee
11am – Welcome and introductions
11.15am – Presentations: the resistance problem (followed by breakout sessions)
1pm – Lunch
2pm – Breakout sessions: what are the scientific opportunities to address the challenges?
3.30pm – Next steps: launch of the highlight
4pm – Close
Speakers
Professor Lin Field – Rothamsted Research
Professor Eileen Devaney – University of Glasgow
Professor Rob Field – John Innes Centre
Venue:Park Crescent Conference Centre, London, W1W 5PN
How to register
The closing date for registration is 1 November 2016.
Participants in the meetings will be asked to provide their name, contact details and a summary of their research expertise. This information will be made available on the BBSRC website after the meetings to allow participants in one meeting to contact participants in the other meeting, to exchange ideas and possibly to develop collaborative approaches. Any participants who do not wish their details to be made public should register as normal and email BBSRC at the address below indicating which meeting they wish to attend and which details they wish to exclude.
