by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Oct 30, 2025 | brassica, events, news
On October 15th, 2025, the UNICT research team carried out a collection mission along Palermo and Trapani provinces (Caltavuturo, Sclafani Bagni and Castellammare del Golfo) to monitor three B. rupestris populations, one of the five Brassica wild relatives...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Oct 27, 2025 | educational activites, events, news
On 11 September 2025, a group of eight postdoctoral researchers from the University of Aarhus, Denmark visited Nordic Seed to learn more about our ongoing scientific projects and breeding programs. The COUSIN project and the efforts of the Danish partner to identify...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 22, 2025 | events, news
In June 2025, in Perugia (Italy) the COUSIN project, along with his sister project (PROWILD), was presented at the 15th National Conference on Biodiversity and the 2nd International Conference on Mediterranean Biodiversity. The event was organized by the Department of...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jun 30, 2025 | events, news
In the first half of 2025, COUSIN project partners actively participated in several international conferences to share project outcomes and contribute to the ongoing discussion on crop wild relatives, agrobiodiversity, and sustainable food systems: SILS Webinar:...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jun 3, 2025 | events, news
Nine bachelor students (2nd year students) and one teacher from Aarhus University visited Nordic Seed A/S on Monday the 19th May 2025. The trip is part of their course on breeding and genetics. Among other input the group had a bus trip to see the COUSIN field trial...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | May 20, 2025 | events, news
The Cousin Project recently launched a Citizen Science initiative aimed at schools, with the goal of engage students and volunteers in collecting data on Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) and promote a deeper understanding of biodiversity and sustainable agricultural...
