Facing the Media 101: Learning from the pros

A Social Sciences Division Seminar

(A sharing of lessons learned during the media skills workshop held at IRRI, 19-20 March 2013.)

By Gina Zarsadias
Associate program manager
Social Sciences Division, IRRI

1030-1130 H, Friday, 3 May 2013
SSD Conference Room, Drilon Hall, IRRI

Real time with the Rice Survivors

IRRI Seminar

With discussion and Q&A with the Rice Survivor participants

1315-1415 H, Thursday, 2 May 2013

Havener Auditorium, IRRI

Expert opinion: An alternative method of estimating varietal adoption

A Social Sciences Division Seminar

By Ma. Lourdes Velasco
Associate scientist
Social Sciences Division, IRRI

1030-1130 H, Wednesday, 24 April 2013
SSD Conference Room, Drilon Hall, IRRI

Complex traits in complex environments: Progress with root architecture, insect resistance, and genotype x environment interaction

An IRRI Seminar

By Storrs Thomas Mitchell-Olds
Professor
Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
Department of Biology
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708

1315-1415 H, Thursday, 25 April 2013
Havener Auditorium, IRRI

Genotyping-by-sequencing for plant breeding and genetics

A Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division Seminar

By Jesse Poland
Research geneticist
Agricultural Research Service, USDA, and
Adjunct assistant professor
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
USA

1000-1100 H, Friday, 19 April 2013
Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI

Assessing the multidimensional impacts of NRM research: Evidence from a meta-analysis of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium

An IRRI Seminar

By Roderick Rejesus
Associate professor and extension specialist
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

1530-1630 H*, Thursday, 18 April 2013 April 11
Havener Auditorium, IRRI

* The seminar will be live-streamed and includes participation from researchers in Bern, Switzerland, and Chaing Mai, Thailand. It will thus be held at a different time slot (1530-1630 H) from usual, so it streams at a friendly time (0830 H) in Bern.

Genetics of acclimation and adaptation to climate

A Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology Division Seminar by

By John McKay
Associate professor
Bioagricultural Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

1400-1500 H, Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI

Sinking Zn in flooded rice

A Crop and Environmental Sciences Division Seminar

By Impa Somayanda
Postdoctoral fellow
Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, IRRI

1315-1415 H, Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Room A, D.L. Umali Building, IRRI

Farmer preferences for wheat variety traits in Ethiopia: A gender-responsive study

Social Sciences Division Seminar

By Katherine Nelson
Extension communication specialist
Training Center, IRRI

1330-1430 H, Friday, 5 April 2013
SSD Conference Room, J. Drilon Hall, IRRI

Hunting genes for C4 rice

IRRI Seminar

By Govinda Rizal
Postdoctoral fellow
C4 Rice Project, IRRI

1315-1415 H, Thursday, 11 April 2013
Havener Auditorium, IRRI

Dedifferentiating local from imported rice: Results from experimental auctions in Cameroon

IRRI Seminar

By Matty Demont
Senior scientist, Social Sciences Division

1315-1415 H, Thursday, 4 April 2013
Havener Auditorium, IRRI