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Moving Genomics For Specialty Agriculture

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Moving Genomics For Specialty Agriculture

Time: March 22, 2011 all day
Location: Holiday Inn Guelph
City/Town: Guelph, ON
Event Type: moving, genomics, for, specialty, agriculture
Latest Activity: Feb 8, 2011

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The University of Guelph and Erie Innovation and Commercialization will host in co-operation with the Ontario Genomics Institute the Moving Genomics in Specialty Agriculture Forum, an elite assembly of government, academics and executives who are involved in specialty agricultural plant sciences research and innovation in Ontario.

By participating in this forum you will be able to judge the opportunity that exists for Ontario to collaborate internationally, create partnerships and enable research through grant preparation in specialty agriculture and genomics.

To download an AGENDA for the event, click here.

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