{"id":344398,"date":"2023-05-26T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T12:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/blog\/our-doctoral-students-gain-international-experience-at-kws-saat-se-co-kgaa\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T10:51:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T08:51:12","slug":"our-doctoral-students-gain-international-experience-at-kws-saat-se-co-kgaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/blog\/our-doctoral-students-gain-international-experience-at-kws-saat-se-co-kgaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Our doctoral students gain international experience at KWS SAAT SE &amp; Co. KGaA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"344398\" class=\"elementor elementor-344398 elementor-344273\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37d659c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37d659c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ff4577\" data-id=\"3ff4577\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2336349 elementor-widget elementor-widget-m5c\" data-id=\"2336349\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"m5c.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<section class=\"mn-m5-c mn-m5-d2 mn-bg-white\">\n\t<div class=\"mn-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mn-content mn-grid-9\">\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block active\">\n\t                                                        <div class=\"block-text\">\n\t                                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/kws_up_eng.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344401\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/kws_up_eng.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 22-24, 2023, thirteen doctoral students of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, together with the Deputy Director of the Doctoral School, <strong>dr. hab. Barbar\u0105 Sowi\u0144sk\u0105-\u015awierkosz, associate prof.<\/strong> and <strong>dr Tomasz Ociepa<\/strong> participated in a&nbsp;study visit to the headquarters of <strong>KWS SAAT SE &amp; Co. KGaA located in Einbeck, Germany<\/strong>. The visit was supervised by <strong>dr hab. Viktor Korzun<\/strong>, Global Lead Scientific Affairs, KWS SAAT SE &amp; Co. KGaA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ws_sd_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344283\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ws_sd_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1961\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>KWS SAAT SE &amp; Co. KGaA<\/strong> is one of the world\u2019s leading plant breeding companies, which has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants\u2019 resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than \u20ac285 million last fiscal year in research and development.<\/p>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                                                        <div class=\"block-text\">\n\t                                        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344287\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1044\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program of the study visit included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an introductory lecture on the scope of activities of the KWS company,<\/li>\n<li>visiting to modern laboratories, greenhouses and production halls,<\/li>\n<li>visiting to a&nbsp;plant breeding research station,<\/li>\n<li>a visit to the test fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344291\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344295\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344299\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The visit was possible thanks to initiative of <strong>Rector prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kowalczyk<\/strong> and the organizational support of <strong>dr Micha\u0142 Nowak<\/strong> from the Institute of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology and <strong>dr Ma\u0142gorzata Wysocka<\/strong> from the Doctoral School Office.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344307\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1183\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344311\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also would like to thank to the following specialists from KWS company for their support and time:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Dietmar Stahl, <\/strong>Principal Scientist Biotic Stress Traits (Genome Editing in wheat),<br \/><strong>Dr. Harald Aigner, <\/strong>Scientist Yield Traits (Automatic phenotyping),<br \/><strong>Dr. Nina Pfeiffer, <\/strong>Senior Breeder Winter Wheat Germany,<br \/><strong>Dr. Monika Spiller, <\/strong>Research Lead Winter Wheat Germany (Wheat fields).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344303\" src=\"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/wz_sd_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right\">Photos: doctoral students &amp; KWS<\/h5>\n                                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t                <div class=\"mn-content-block\">\n\t                                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22-24, 2023, thirteen doctoral students of the Doctoral School of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, together with the Deputy Director of the Doctoral School, dr. hab. Barbar\u0105 Sowi\u0144sk\u0105-\u015awierkosz, associate prof. and dr Tomasz Ociepa participated in a&nbsp;study visit to the headquarters of KWS SAAT SE &amp; Co. KGaA located in Einbeck, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5673,5564,5662],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344398"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344398"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344483,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344398\/revisions\/344483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/up.lublin.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}