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Cambridge Global Food Security

An Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge
 

The Plant and Life Sciences marquee will be part of the Cambridge Science Festival again in 2019, with exhibits and hands-on activities organised by research groups from the Department of Plant Sciences, Sainsbury Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, and NIAB. 

 

Stands include:

  • Partners for life: the story of an ancient alliance
  • Mission: millets for the millions - introducing tasty treats from an ancient grain
  • Messing with insects' minds: the sneaky world of plant viruses
  • Find out more about the University’s Herbarium
  • Frontiers of plant breeding and gene editing in crops

 

Suitable for all ages - drop in any time between 10am and 4pm!

 

 

Date: 
Saturday, 16 March, 2019 - 10:00 to 16:00
Contact name: 
Jacqueline Garget
Event location: 
Downing Site Lawn, Cambridge