June 2017 – WUN Symposium cum Research Summit on Impacts of Grain Legume Research and Development in Developing Countries


The WUN Symposium cum Research Summit on Impacts of Grain Legume Research and Development in Developing Countries was held with great success in 8-17 June 2017. It was a multi-national, multi-disciplinary, multi-level, and multi-purpose meeting. 53 early career researcher participants and more than 40 prestigious researchers coming from the six continents gathered in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, to conduct high-level academic exchange, and establish vibrant collaboration networks that transcend national boundaries, research expertise and career hierarchy.

Keynote Speakers include  Dr. Brett Ferguson (University of Queensland), Prof. Christine Foyer (University of Leeds), Prof. Junyi Gai (Nanjing Agricultural University), Prof. Scott Jackson (University of Georgia), Prof. Hon-Ming Lam (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Prof. Henry Nguyen (University of Missouri), Prof. Kadambot Siddique (University of Western Australia), and Prof. Rajeev Varshney (Center of Excellence in Genomics, ICRISAT)

For more event details, please see:

Official Website of the Event

Summary of the WUN Legume Symposium cum Research Summit 2017

Event Highlights Video

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