A decision has been taken on awarding PlantLink seed money for 2018. It was a difficult task to find 3 projects to fund among a total of 17 applications, especially since there were many strong ones. In their decision, the steering committee has based on the three external reiewers aimed to cover several of PlantLink’s 6 themes.
We are happy to announce that the following projects will be funded by PlantLink:
| Main Applicant | Co-applicants | Title | Amount granted (SEK) |
| Magne Friberg, LU (BI) | Kristina Karlsson-Green SLU, Anna Runemark LU | Plant genome duplications and the evolution of plant-insect interactions | 499438 |
| Mats Hansson, LU (BI) | Åsa Grimberg/Per Hofvander SLU, Nick Srijovski/Olof Olsson LTH | Development of a 3D storage-carbon mapping pipeline for Swedish cereal seeds using a multimodal image analysis approach | 448680 |
| Olivier Van Aken, LU (BI) | Sung-Yong Kim SLU (VF), Nick Srijovski LTH | A molecular & phenotypical characterisation of ‘touch’ responses in cereals | 499623 |
We congratulate the leaders and co-applicants of the three projects!