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Dr. Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi smiling.

New Dry Bean Expert to Lead Research in Plant Breeding and Computational Biology

Dr. Najafabadi’s research focuses on enhancing the productivity and resilience of dry bean crops, a crucial component of sustainable agriculture. Utilizing advanced technologies alongside computational biology, Dr. Najafabadi is at the forefront of breeding innovations aimed at producing cultivars that meet the evolving demands of the agricultural sector. Learn more about his research.

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OAC Hiring for Student Content Creators

Position Overview 

The Ontario Agricultural College Dean's Office is hiring students to create compelling and engaging content for its Instagram account (@uofguelphOAC) 

Content Creators will work individually, yet part of a team, reporting to the OAC Dean’s Office. They will actively seek out new content ideas and/or be assigned content to create to showcase OAC student life and academic learning. Content creators will be responsible for researching, pitching their topic and then creating and posting authentic, helpful and entertaining information/content. 

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The Art of Plant Tissue Culture: OAC Alumnus Kevin Piunno

Kevin Piunno's path to becoming the lab manager at Roeland Farms, overseeing a cutting-edge tissue culture lab for indoor strawberry cultivation, is a testament to his passion for plants and horticulture.

Dr. Gursahib Singh smiling for the camera.

OAC and Ridgetown Campus Add New Field Crop Pathology Expertise

U of G’s Ridgetown Campus has added a world-class field crop pathologist to its teaching and research repertoire. Leading pathologist, Dr. Gursahib Singh is Ridgetown’s new Grain Farmers of Ontario Professorship in Field Crop Pathology. Dr. Singh joins the University of Guelph from Irrigation Saskatchewan (formerly ICDC) where he served as Research Director.

The new position is supported by a $2-million gift from the Grain Farmers of Ontario.

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New Faculty Profile: Dr. Derya Tarhan

Community and capacity development is the focus of new OAC professor Dr. Derya Tarhan’s research. Weaved through his research program are themes of public policy design and implementation processes, social movements and community-based activism, and adult education and learning.

Read more about OAC’s new professor, Dr. Derya Tarhan.

A person washing lettuce in a kitchen sink.

U of G prof honoured at international food safety conference

Improving food safety education is becoming increasingly difficult with the spread of misinformation was the key message from Dr. Lawrence Goodridge’s keynote address at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting. 

The food safety professor opened the annual conference on Sunday, held in Long Beach California, with a keynote address after being awarded with the IAFP’s Ivan Parkin Lectureship. 

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