Elephants and Bees - the latest news

For those of you following the work of Lucy King and Save The Elephants - why not catch up on the latest news?

New Events for 2009

We’ve added more events for 2009, why not take a look and let’s see if we can meet?

Training Survey 2009

We are currently reviewing our training course schedule and portfolio and would be delighted if you could spare the time to complete our training survey. The survey covers:

what courses you may wish us to include for 2009 and
how we deliver our training.

The survey is anonymous, unless you specifically provide your details, and should take [...]

Scientific Computing review GenStat

Statistics and genetics package features very nifty tools for life scientists
Review by John A. Wass, Ph.D.
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The Getting Started manual describes this software as “…a complete and comprehensive statistics package…” but, actually, there is a lot more to it. Most packages these days have a variety of statistical tests with diagnostics and options, graphics, data handling [...]

Protecting the potato

Destruction of crops by nematodes is one of the biggest problems facing farmers throughout the world. Crop yields can be significantly affected as well as the marketability of the crop. And potatoes, as a root crop, are one of the most common plants under threat from nematodes. Add to this the threat of plant pathogens, [...]

Bee Breeding Secrets

There is something about bees that trigger happiness in people. Whether it’s the thought of honey dripping on toast or admiration for the organisation and industry of the little insects, you don’t have to be a bee keeper to like these pretty and industrious insects. Honey in itself is also highly regarded, be it for [...]

As seen on the BBC…..

Elephant and Bees update!
You can catch up with the latest news on Lucy’s work here.

The BBC recently showed a fascinating series entitled The Secret Life of Elephants. The programme provided insight into the emotional and dramatic lives of elephants in Kenya’s Samburu reserve.
Following the work of Save The Elephants; episode 2 featured Lucy King [...]

Vision No. 12 Feb 2009

Our latest newsletter. Featuring articles: Protecting Elephants, GGEbiplot procedures and more.

Capturing Nature’s Value

Conservation is becoming one of the most important, topical and contentious issues of our day. Historically most people understand conservation in the sense of an area set aside to protect local wildlife. Typical examples of this would be the game reserves of Africa, and other such national heritage sites across the world. But conservation, as [...]

Training future plant breeding researchers

With all the complexities facing the world from climate and environment changes to how we feed the world, one thing is clear – we need research in order to plan effectively. And research needs well trained researchers; people who understand agricultural issues and concerns, and who know how to research effectively. GenStat is known as [...]