Workshop title
Trends in Modern Biotechnology for Agriculture, Food Industry and Health: A Bi-national Perspective 2014.
Location
Mexico City - Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México (ITESM, CCM)
Dates
May 06-09, 2014
Eligibility
Participants must be early-career researchers, defined as having completed a PhD no more than 10 years previously. Further eligibility criteria do apply, and can be found in the application form accessible here.
Further information
The workshop is funded by the British Council and Conacyt, under the British Council Researcher Links scheme. More information on this can be found here.
The workshop is being coordinated by Dr Jose Ordaz Ortiz of Cranfield University, UK and Dr Rodrigo Balam Muñoz Soto of Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Ciudad de México (ITESM, CCM), and will have contributions from other leading researchers from these institutions - Professor Leon A. Terry and Professor Naresh Magan and Dr Cecilia Rojas de Gante and Dr Esther Lopez-Bayghen
All costs related to participation (international travel, accomodation, meals) will be covered by the British Council and Conacyt. If a visa is required these costs will also be covered, however all visa arrangements will be the responsibility of the participant. The cost of travel and medical insurance will not be covered by the British Council/CONACyT, however participants are strongly encouranged to purchase this.
Further information on eligibility and the application form can be found here.