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SUMMARY:Custom low-cost &quot\;robotics&quot\; and AI: Plant-parasitic nem
 atode phenotyping\, at scale - Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker. Department
  of Plant Sciences - University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20231018T130000Z
DTEND:20231018T140000Z
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CONTACT:Anna Protasio
DESCRIPTION:Plant-parasitic nematodes are a major threat\, and in some cro
 ps the dominant threat\, to food security throughout the world. A central 
 tenet of the discipline is to advance our understanding of plant-parasitic
  nematode biology in sufficient detail to alleviate their threat to food s
 ecurity. There is an expectation that the development of functional geneti
 c tools will accelerate the progress of research on plant-parasitic nemato
 des\, and thereby the development of novel control solutions.\n\nThis talk
  will describe both recent and rapid progress in developing low-cost\, AI-
 powered\, phenotyping using 3D printing and Raspberry Pi computers. In dev
 eloping this technology to address a bottle neck in our research\, somethi
 ng more important emerged - the ability to be truly holistic (i.e. phenoty
 ping every individual pathogen in the whole host) and dynamic (i.e. across
  the complete life cycle of the pathogen) in our analysis of host infectio
 n. We think this approach sets a precedent for pathology in general\, and 
 will allow genetic dissection of entirely new aspects of host-microbe inte
 ractions.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Tennis Court Road\, Dept of Pathology.
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