Tuesday, the 4th of July at 2:00 p.m., INRAE, Versailles This day provides an opportunity to present the European UNTWIST project, which aims to understand camelina’s tolerance mechanisms to water and heat stress while adapting it to different cropping modalities. It also provides an opportunity to visit trial plots and discuss the potential and challenges…
In the framework of Networking activities with other projects, UNTWIST has linked up with CARINA which it plans to carry out collaborative actions in the coming months, in particular the organization of meetings between both projects for results presentation and analysis of present and future collaboration. Both projects have established an interaction plan which includes…
All UNTWIST partners met in Bologna for the technical follow-up meeting and the field visit last May. During the first-day consortium meeting, the activities carried out by each of the partners were presented and the incipient results of the work carried out in each work package were shared. The action plan for the coming…
The second edition of the Cultiva conference last month in Sádaba brought together more than a thousand people linked to the agricultural sector, including producers, organizations, and companies. The event, organized this year by Cooperativa San José de Sádaba, Red ARAX, Cooperativas Agroalimentarias de Aragón, and the Centro de Transferencia Agroalimentaria del Gobierno de…
On the 1st of March 2023, a modelling workshop was held, jointly organised by the UNTWIST and the ADAPT projects and was a great opportunity to discuss the modelling approaches of the two projects that are funded under the topic “Looking behind plant adaptation (SFS-30-2019)”. Ideas and approaches were exchanged promoting knowledge and experience sharing…
The UNTWIST project took part in the London Science Museum Family Event Future Explorers in February 2022 aimed at children aged 7+. The aim of the event was to raise awareness to climate change and sustainability while exploring the cutting-edge STEM research currently taking place to help mitigate further changes and how will life…
In the frame of UNTWIST project, we specifically dedicated efforts to joint networking activities with different projects financed to establish a fruitful collaboration and share expertise and knowledge on plant adaptation. UNTWIST would like to invite coordinators of other related projects to join the UNTWIST COMMUNITY as supporting experts. Your project will be portrayed…
The UNTWIST project organised together with the ADAPT project a joint workshop on best practice of data sampling and management. Both EU projects, funded under the topic SFS-30-2019: Agri-Aqua Labs: Looking behind plant adaptation, are working with a collection of > 50 genotypes grown under different environmental conditions. The projects will thus generate large volumes…
UNTWIST project organized by video conference the 20th October 2020 a sample workshop coordinated by INRAe/AgroParisTech Versailles to discuss and provide consensus methods for camelina samples to be handled during the project. The sample workshop defined and agreed a uniform seed cleaning method for camelina comprising four steps. Several parameters for plant growth conditions in…
The Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG showcases UNTWIST as a best practice Horizon 2020 project in their #SuccessStory series (https://www.ffg.at/news/success-story-untwist-vom-leindotter-fuer-die-klimaresistenz-lernen) and highlighted UNTWIST during the Horizon Europe kick-off event “Research and development for a healthy planet” on 16th February 2021. In their commentary, the FFG emphasizes the integrative multi-disciplinary approach of UNTWIST bringing together eight…
The 1st f2f interaction in @UNTWIST_H2020 held in Tulln, Austria. Claudia Jonak from @AT_Bioresources and @FPileidis of @RTDS_Group discussed the progress and management of @UNTWIST_H2020, respecting the hygiene measures due to the current status of Covid-19 in Austria.
