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  Venue: Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Potsdam-Golm, Germany   Metabolite Profiling Workshop 13-17 January 2020 Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Potsdam-Golm, Germany   Agenda Monday 13th January Arrival and registration Tuesday 14th January 09:00-09:30 Welcome address 09:30-11:30 Lecture on the basics metabolomics and GC-MS analysis 11:30-12:30 Lunch 12:30-15:00 Lecture on the basics of LC-MS...

  Scientific group of CPSBB and MVCRI utilized semi-automatic high-throughput tool of Tomato Analyzer (TA) to speed up fruit phenotyping of Balkan pepper and tomato collection   Fruit phenotyping is critical step in breeding fruits with desirable fruit size, shape and color for targeted local niche market. Conventionally, fruits morphology has been phenotyped manually and...

On 20th December 2019 the Executive Agency “Operational Program Science and Education for Smart Growth” (OP “SESG”) and the Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB) signed the contract for research infrastructure and equipment for the PlantaSYST Project The overall objective of the procedure BG05M2OP001-1.003-0001-C01 “Complementary support for Bulgarian scientific organizations implementing projects under...

Lectures on the Topic “Resistance to biotic stress” 17th of December, 2019 Lecture 1 Title: “Virus diseases on main vegetable cops – contemporary methods of diagnostic and identification” Lecturer: Gancho Pasev, Ph.D. Place: Conference Hall, “Maritsa” Vegetable Crops Research Institute Beginning at 10.30 a.m. Workshop 1 Subject: “Application of serological and molecular techniques for identification...

  National Palace of Culture, Sofia, 10-11 December 2019   International Conference FUTIRIS 2020:Research Infrastructures of the FutureSynergies, sustainability, smart specialization and social impact Dr. Vasil Kolev from the Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB) participated in the international conference “FUTURIS”, organized by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and the Executive...

After a meeting with the Verisem CEO Phillipe Rousseau during the ISF World Seed Congress in Nice, June 2019, Mr. Petar Kazakov (CPSBB) received an invitation to visit SUBA Seed Co., part of Vesisem, in order to further discuss the collaboration between the CSPBB and Verisem/SUBA Seeds and prepare a framework partnership agreement. Suba Seeds...

40 young people aged 11-18 from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, and Turkey visited the Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology on 07.11.2019, under the Science Camp initiative. Science Camp‘s main objective is to encourage and develop an interest in science among young people. As a Center of Excellence in research, it is of...

The Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB) became a member of EURAXESS on 12.07.2019. EURAXESS in Bulgaria provides information and assistance to mobile researchers and highly qualified specialists  by means of the EURAXESS portal and with the support of national EURAXESS Local Contact Points (LoCPs). The CPSBB’s researchers Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vesela Kazashka...

Venue: Plovdiv,Bulgaria Programme: 09.30 – 10.15 – NGS Transcriptomics Part1 10.15 – 10.30 – Break 10.30 – 11.15 – NGS Transcriptomics Part2 11.15 – 11.30 – Break 11.30 – 12.00 – Introduction to the Galaxy platform 12.00 – 13.00 – Break 13.00 – 14.00 – Hands-on – Quality control of NGS data 14.00 – 14.15...

CPSBB, represented by Mr. Petar KAZAKOV, participated in the ISF World Seed Congress, organized by the International Seed Federation (ISF) in Nice, France, from 3 to 5 June 2019. The International Seed Federation (ISF) is the largest organization that unites biotechnology, vegetable breeding, and seed producing companies all over the world. It is widely regarded...