Davis, California, USA
July 6, 2017

Last week, UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) graduated the fourth class with a session in Davis, California.  Over last two years, during the six sessions held in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands;  Angers, France;  Gatersleben, Germany;  Gent, Belgium;  Almeria, Spain, and UC Davis; ten participants in this class spent more than 300 hours in classes, workshops and the field, training towards the Plant Breeding Academy Certificate.

UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy class four participants: 

•          Alessandra Lillo, Driscoll's Genetics Ltd, United Kingdom;
•          Arie Vana, Enza Zaden, Spain;
•          Erik Van der Biezen, Bayer CropScience, Belgium;
•          Grégory Lavric, KWS Momont, France;
•          Michal Rokicki, Poznanska Hodowla Roslin, Poland;
•          Nina Muellers, KWS SAAT SE, Germany;
•          Przemyslaw Matysik,  Hodowla Roslin Strzelce, Poland;
•          Solène Crépellière, Syngenta, France;
•          Adam Sitarski, KHBC, Poland;
•          Remy Adriaensen, Bayer CropScience, Belgium.

The Plant Breeding Academy is a premium professional certificate program offered in the USA, Europe, Asia and Africa.  Fourteen classes offered worldwide since 2006 were attended by 260 breeders from 58 countries, making the UC Davis Plant Breeding Academy (PBA) the most recognized program of its kind. 

The next class of the European Plant Breeding Academy starts in October 2017. 

This class is full, applications are accepted for a waiting list.

For more information on the Plant Breeding Academy, please contact Joy Patterson at jpatterson@ucdavis.edu or visit http://pba.ucdavis.edu

UPCOMING SBC COURSES

Seed Business 101 – Field Crops, St. Charles, IL, August 28 - September 1, 2017
Seed Business 101 – Horticulture, Davis, CA, December 4-8, 2017
http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Business_101/

European Plant Breeding Academy, starts in October 2017
SOLD OUT – waitlist available.
http://pba.ucdavis.edu/PBA_in_Europe/

Advanced Module - Plant Breeding Academy, Davis, CA, November 7-9, 2017
http://pba.ucdavis.edu/PBA_Advanced_Module/

Breeding with Genomics  Davis, CA, February 13-15, 2018
(http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Breeding_with_Genomics/)

Seed Biology & Quality, Davis, CA, June 19-21, 2018

http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/Courses/Seed_Biology_and_Quality/

Website: http://pba.ucdavis.edu/

Published: July 6, 2017