[IUFRO Div 7] EMPHASIS free webinar on pest molecular diagnostic

Dear IUFRO members, We would like to invite you to the new EMPHASIS <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stakeholder-dialogue-to-foster-investment-in-agriculture-and-ipm-tickets-23983928576?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dnew_event_email&utm_term=eventname_text%20> webinar ‘In field moleculardiagnostics as an aid to disease management <https://goo.gl/5mBCGI>’ will be held on the 1st of March 2017 (15:00 CET). The session will be delivered by UK's National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB <http://www.niab.com/>) - one of EMPHASIS <http://www.emphasisproject.eu/> partners - , to give more insights to the audience about isothermal Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assays and how they can be used to diagnose the presence of latent diseases in the field, including those which are especially difficult to identify. They will show how assays are developed, and how they may be used to improve disease management choices. Speakers will be NIAB <http://www.niab.com/> researchers: Dr Jane Thomas, Dr Tom Wood and Dr Rosa Caiazzo. Target audience are research students, researchers, agri-business and forestry experts, farmers and foresters and any other person interested in being introduced to this portable molecular diagnostic tools on plant diseases. The webinar is *free of charge* and places are limited, therefore registrations will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis. Ones you register to the event you will receive by email additional information to follow the online the webinar. Link to register: https://goo.gl/5mBCGI We would be very thankful if you would help us by sharing this webinar among your contacts that might be interested. We thank you in advance for your interest and cooperation with this project. Best regards, The EMPHASIS project team