The Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division (PHND) at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to fill the position of Research Fellow for a two-year, fixed-term, renewable appointment based at IFPRI’s Wes…
Archive for May, 2013
Toward community standards in the quest for orthologs
Authors: Dessimoz, C.; Gabaldon, T.; Roos, D.S.; Sonnhammer, E.; Herrero, J.; Quest for Ortholog Consortium [includes Rouard, M.] The identification of orthologs-genes pairs descended from a common ancestor through speciation, rather than duplication- …
Selection and validation of reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR expression studies of the non-model crop Musa
Authors: Podevin, N.; Krauss, A.; Henry, I.; Swennen, R.; Remy, S.Gene expression analysis by reverse transcriptase real-time or quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) is becoming widely used for nonmodel plant species. Given the high sensiti…
Is hydropower for or against irrigation?
The answer is—as usual—that it depends! This post is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) website’s coverage of the recent conference on “Water in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance. Indic…
Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister visits ICRISAT to strengthen partnership on agricultural research for development
For four decades now, ICRISAT and the Government of Andhra Pradesh have been actively working together to end poverty, hunger and environmental degradation in the State