Seeds of innovation and partnerships drive growth and improvements across MOAES.

Across the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station (MOAES), faculty are cultivating not just plants and livestock, but a brighter future for generations to come. That means not only continuing the research that helps nourish people across the globe but also tending to and growing the facilities that help make that research possible. Over the last two years, MOAES has been able to make major investments in its infrastructure to facilitate future discoveries and ensure its legacy for the scholars of tomorrow.

Bing Yang, professor of plant science and technology, put his knowledge into practice earlier this year in India thanks to a recent Fulbright Specialist Program award.

Attendees will have an opportunity for an in-person look at research conducted at the REEC.

The Clinical Research Study Coordinator Bootcamp is a two-day training designed to provide basic knowledge beneficial for research coordinators and staff. The program includes lectures, interactive activities, and breakout group exercises. The training is Aug. 22 – 23 at NextGen Precision Health.

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

• Define the responsibilities of a clinical research coordinator.
• Understand the principles of good clinical practice.
• Understand best practices for study start up, conduct and closeout.
• Understand the resources available to assist with clinical trials at the institutional level.

A Clinical Research Study Coordinator Bootcamp certificate will be provided to those who complete all course modules.

For additional information, visit the NextGen Precision Health website.

CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator):

Soyon Park, Collaborative Research: PlantTransform: Novel methods of plant genome editing enabled by the parasitic plant Cuscuta campestris, NSF, 7/1/24-6/30/27, $450,000

Kerry Clark, BFP24 Vietnam Rice Leaf Blight @Mizzou, Foreign Agricultural Service, 7/1/24-6/30/26, $74,979

Kerry Clark, 2024 USDA FAS World Food Prize Event, Foreign Agricultural Service, 6/24/24-6/23/25, $74,973

Zachary Traylor, A Survey Of Metabolites Associated With Flavor In New-Make Whiskey Using Landraces Of Maize, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 8/15/24-8/14/27, $179,488

Dean Volenberg, FY25 MO Grape & Wine Institute, Missouri Department of Agriculture, 7/1/24-6/30/25, $625,094

Stephanie McKay, Establishing a Pan-Epigenome for Cattle and Sheep, University of Vermont (NIFA), 1/1/24-12/31/25, $892,147

Derek Brake, Developing tools to improve sustainability in Medium and Small-Sized Farms: Using body size measures from computer vision and AI to evaluate influences of heifer development on cow efficiency, National Institute for Food and Agriculture, 7/15/24-7/14/28, $649,999

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