We’re thrilled to announce “FFWD-Plants”, a hands-on #seasonal #school on #agrobiodiversity and #quantitative #genetics organized by our group!

🌍 Pisa, Italy
📅 April 13–17, 2026
🎓 FREE (20 student)
🧬 Internationally experts in the field

Application details:
www.santannapisa.it/it/formazion...

Our researchers from #Kenya: catching #environmental #DNA with #spiderwebs - new bio-filter to explore local #biodiversity 🕸️🧬 🦋🐛🦠
Stay tuned for amazing new spots! 🌎

Hosting Dr Rogerio Chiulele from Eduardo Mondlane university #mozambique. Discussing the big challenges of agrifood systems in Africa

Lucky enough to get some shine at the @rankprize.bsky.social symposium in Ullswater. Lovely to be here and discuss millets with plenty excellent scientists, and
@ettorericcucci.bsky.social and Giorgia showcasing the teff pangenome

We had a lot of fun yesterday at #BrightNight2025 playing the game 'Bean Predators: An Evolution Game', designed to explain #evolutionary processes to kids 🫘🌱🐛

✨ Exciting week with researchers from #Kenya, #Ethiopia & #Palestine at our workshop “Breedtech”🌱
We’re diving into #genetics and #genomics tool, #agrobiodiversity & #environmental #DNA, learning and sharing ideas — and also enjoying the beauty of Pisa together! 🧬🌍

@leonardo-caproni.bsky.social just presented our research on time-resolved #QTL mapping at the #EPPS workshop - linking photosynthetic efficiency to maize growth dynamics. Great discussions on #phenotyping in controlled environments! 🚀🚀🚀

Congrats Worku for winning the best poster award at the 68th Annual Congress of Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics🎉🧬
Worku presented the pangenome of our Teff multi-parent population. Way to go!! #teff #ethiopia
#pangenome #genomics

Hello world from the 68th congress of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics! Kudos to Martina and Godman for the great job presenting their work on maize genomics and sorghum-striga interaction #crop #QTL #GWAS @leonardo-caproni.bsky.social @mdellacq.bsky.social