CIVIS announces the opening of the registration for the short CIVIS course “Molecular plant pathology: the main strategies of Integrated Pest Management”. The programme runs for 8 weeks in a blended format from October 1 to December 9, 2021. It will take place once a week for 2 hours and it is organized in lectures and seminars from students and invited professors. The offline activities will take place in Rome.
Applicants should be MA students at one of the CIVIS member universities in the field of Environment & Agriculture with a working knowledge of English of at least B2 level.The course aims to delve into the most advanced information on plant pathogen interaction. Coordinator of the course is Luigi Faino, Associate Professor at La Sapienza, the University of Rome, within the Department of Environmental Biology.
Send your documents to luigi.faino@uniroma1.it by 25 September 2021.
The aim of this course is to provide knowledge on the molecular aspects of plant-pathogen interactions.
It will more specifically focus on:
- Showing how pathogens counteract to plant defense response in order to establish resistance
- The molecular aspects of fungi, bacteria, and fungi
Additionally, an emphasis will be given to the role of mycotoxins in the interaction of fungi and plants. The role of genomics for the identification of effector genes and other factors will be highlighted.
More details about the intensive CIVIS Course “Molecular plant pathology: the main strategies of Integrated Pest Management” are available here.
CIVIS is a European Civic University formed by the alliance of nine leading research higher education institutions across Europe: Aix-Marseille Université, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Universitatea din București, Université libre de Bruxelles, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza Università di Roma, Stockholm University, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen and University of Glasgow. It brings together a community of more than 450,000 students and 65,000 staff members including 30,000 academics and researchers.



