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• Publicity drive for MRLs
  

  The European Commission has put pesticides firmly in the spotlight to mark the introduction of new harmonised maximum residue levels

• Conference: book on-line for October
  

  The deadline for reduced-price admission to ENDURE's first International Conference, to be held in southern France this autumn, has now passed but bookings can still be made on-line.

• New ENDURE brochure available
  

  The new version of ENDURE’s brochure is now available. With updated content and a new look, ENDURE’s brochure captures the essence of the entire project in a single document.

• Conference plenary programme completed
  

  The programme for the plenary sessions at ENDURE's first International Conference, Diversifying Crop Protection, which will be held in southern France this autumn, has now been been completed.

• PhD scholarships offered at Italy's SSSUP
  

  Italy's Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (SSSUP) is set to launch the fifth year of its International Doctorate in Agrobiodiversity, a PhD programme run in collaboration with the Italian National Academy of Sciences and funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MiUR).

• ENDURE launches grants for INCO scientists
  

  ENDURE has released details of its grant scheme which will allow scientists from INCO (International Cooperation Target Countries) to spend time at one of ENDURE’s participating research or university institutions.

• New global community for researchers
  

  A new online social network for scientists has been launched by German company ResearchGATE GmbH.

• Modelling lifts lid on wheat yields
  

  Incorporating 13 different pests which can hit European winter wheat yields, the WheatPest simulation model is helping scientists predict crop losses.

• Apply for co-supervised PhD mobility scholarships
  

  PhD students have until Friday, July 18, 2008, to apply for a limited number of ENDURE mobility scholarships.

• Combined effort to fight fungi
  

  ENDURE’s Case Studies aim to identify and assess solutions that will enable pesticide use to be optimised and reduced and when it comes to wheat, Danish experience is proving invaluable, reports Janne Hansen.