Raizada Lab in the News

Please address all media enquiries to Manish Raizada (raizada@uoguelph.ca, 1-519-824-4120 x53396)

  1. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio "Ontario Morning" live interview on "Plant stem cell regeneration and using glowing genes from fireflies in plants; implications for farmers"  (Nov 22, 2002)
  2. Raizada Lab research featured on the cover of at Guelph newspaper with feature article (Nov 22, 2002) http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/02-11-20/articles/leaf.html
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  3. Press Release, University of Guelph media office, on Raizada lab research (Jan.2003).  Available online at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/archives/002247.html
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  4. Council for Biotechnology Information Newsletter, feature article, “Scientist Looks at Roots of Regeneration” (Jan. 2003): Download PDF 4
  5. News Release of Awarding of Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award, April 25, 2003. http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/archives/002607.html
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  6. Feature article on Raizada Lab research, “Plant researchers harness regenerative flower power”, Guelph Mercury (city newspaper, Guelph, Ontario) (June 21, 2003)
  7. University of Guelph Research Magazine: Feature article on Raizada Lab research on plant regeneration and saving resources, “Research that regenerates”  (June 21, 2003): Download PDF 7
  8. Focus Magazine (Canada) feature article on Raizada lab research on plant stem cell regeneration (Fall, 2003)
  9. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food magazine “Success Stories”, feature article on Raizada lab research on regeneration and its implications for agriculture and industry (Fall, 2003)
  10. Guelph Alumnus Magazine, “Thinking Outside the Box”, Feature Story, Fall 2003: Download PDF 10
  11. Feature article on Raizada Lab research on Plant Stem Cell Regeneration and its implications for farmers, in Rural Affairs Magazine (2003)
  12. Feature article, at Guelph newspaper, June 15, 2005, about CropLink.org at: http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/05-06-15/featuresfeeding.shtml
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  13. Kitchener-Waterloo Record newspaper feature article on Raizada’s lab research into plant stem cell regeneration (to be appear in Oct 6, 2005, special section on Biotechnology): Download PDF 13
  14. Former Raizada Lab Researcher, Arani Kajenthira, named 2006 Rhodes Scholar. Univ of Guelph Press Release, Nov 29, 2005
    http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/2005/11/u_of_g_grad_nam.html
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  15. Former Raizada Lab Researcher, Arani Kajenthira, named 2006 Rhodes Scholar. See Dept of Plant Agric Newsletter pp 18-19.
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  16. Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Website Success Story, OMAF-Supported Researcher in Raizada Lab wins 2006 Rhodes Scholarship. Dec 3, 2005.
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  17. Guelph Mercury Newspaper, featuring Raizada Lab research into how plants regenerating from roots and other low cost approaches can alleviate rural poverty in developing countries. April 22, 2006.
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  18. Public Lecture: “So what the heck are genes and genomes?” (College Royale, University of Guelph, February 2005)
  19. Guelph Mercury Newspaper, featuring Raizada lab CropLink Global Initiative, effort to link together world’s agricultural researchers.  April 26, 2006.
  20. University of Guelph News Release: Province of Ontario funds Green Corn Initiative, to develop corn that requires lower nutrient inputs, involving Raizada Lab. Mar 21, 2007. http://www.uoguelph.ca/mediarel/2007/03/post_38.html
  21. University of Guelph News Release: Raizada Lab leads a study with Google Laboratories to understand whether online health and agricultural (food security) information is reaching the majority of the world’s peoples.  Part of the CropLink Global Initiative led by the Raizada Lab. August 13, 2007 http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2007/08/internet_inform.html
  22. Live appearance on CBC Radio “Ontario Morning”, Aug. 14, 2007, to discuss J.Med.Internet Research article on language use in agriculture and medicine.
  23. Interview, Canadian Press (CP) national news agency, discussing J.Med.Internet Research article on language use in agriculture and medicine, Aug. 16, 2007.
  24. Live interview, CBC Radio, Thunder Bay, ON, “Great Northwest” discussing J.Med.Internet Research article on the global linguistic digital divide in agriculture and medicine, Aug. 21, 2007.
  25. Interview for U.S. documentary film, “World on Edge 2”, discussing “Sustainable nutrient use in agriculture and climate change”, June 30, 2008.
  26. Research featured in national newspaper “World looks to science to solve food crisis” (The Toronto Star newspaper, July 5, 2008).
  27. Interview and feature article in “BioBusiness Magazine” on “Biotechnologies to farmer fertilizer nitrogen costs and increase food production” (Aug 21, 2008).
  28. "Raizada Prize for Agricultural Innovation” awarded to GrainPro, a low-cost post-harvest technology for developing nations (September, 2008, Massachusetts, USA). Link to Raizada Award and cheque presentation on GrainPro website:
    http://www.grainpro.com/whats-new.php.
  29. University of Guelph at Guelph News Article and Press Release “Harvesting Food and Ideas”, featuring the announcement of the inaugural Raizada Prize for Agricultural Innovation (October 8, 2008)
    http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/08-10-08/newsharvesting.shtml.
  30. University of Guelph Press Release, “Student Project Aims to Prevent Blindness in Children Using Bacteria” (November 13, 2008) (Raizada Lab student wins Bronze Medal at MIT competition) (featured in print and radio media)
    http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2008/11/post_151.html
    http://2008.igem.org/IGEM_Publicity (links to media publicity)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AWAuOkJm1c (1460 CJOY Radio audio link)
  31. Raizada Lab featured in a 7-minute segment on CBC The National, Canada’s premier evening newscast, viewed by 1 million Canadians (Dec 18, 2008). Video: http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/a_hungry_planet/what_about_the_food_crisis.html.
  32. Feature Interview (M.Raizada), Radio Canada International, The Link (primary audience in East Africa and South Asia) (Dec 21, 2008).
  33. National radio interview, CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks, Canada’s leading science program (“Nine and a Half Technologies that Could Change the World”) (Mar28, 2009):
    http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/08-09/qq-2009-03-28.html   (MP3 link, featured in last 10minutes)
  34. Guelph Ontarion newspaper feature article on “Save Ourselves: How do you reach two billion people?” http://theontarion.ca/archivearticle.php?date_pub=2009-04-09&id_pag=2428
  35. Feature interview with M.Raizada on “How to make the global food system for sustainable” for a special TV series to air on the Food Network (Fall, 2009)
  36. Raizada Lab featured in a special segment on CBC The National, Canada’s premier evening newscast, viewed by 1 million Canadians (July 8, 2009). Video:
    http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/a_hungry_planet/canadian_science_fighting_hung.html
  37. Ontario Ministry of Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) newsroom press release on biosensor bacteria engineered by the Raizada Lab as a cheap soil nitrogen test (Nov17,2009):
    http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/infores/releases/storyideas/2010/apr/fireflies.html
  38. Ontario Corn Producer Magazine, short article on Raizada Lab’s biosensor bacteria as a cheap soil nitrogen test:
    http://corn.teksavvy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=5
  39. Greenhouse Canada magazine, feature article on Raizada Lab corn root research (Oct 2010):
    http://www.greenhousecanada.com/content/view/2461/60/
  40. The Western Producer newspaper, feature article on Raizada Lab nitrogen biofertilizer and cheap nitrogen test engineering (Oct 7, 2010):
    http://www.producer.com/News/Article.aspx?aid=27066
  41. YouTube Videos on Raizada Lab cheap nitrogen test engineering (linked on World News and Farms.com)(won Gold Medal at Canadian Farm Writers’ Awards 2010):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ppbmyPOX0
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBIon7JTDo8
  42. Ontario Grain Farmer Magazine, September 2010 Issue. “Unearthing the Secrets of Corn Root Architecture” (feature short article on Raizada lab research):
    http://www.ontariograinfarmer.ca/MAGAZINE.aspx?aid=172
  43. Interview on GMO Regulation, Globe and Mail Newspaper (February 10, 2011):
    http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-rejects-stronger-export-regulations-for-genetically-modified-crops/article1901494/?service=mobile
  44. University of Guelph Press Release, “Prof Using Bacteria to Improve Corn” (accompanying PLoS ONE article, June 16, 2011): http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2011/06/prof_using_bact_1.html
  45. University of Guelph at Guelph News Article and Press Release, “Millet Doesn’t Deserve Low-Class Status” (June 29, 2011) (Raizada Sustainable Agriculture Kit IDRC-funded project in South Asia):
    http://atguelph.uoguelph.ca/2011/06/millet-doesn%E2%80%99t-deserve-low-class-status/
  46. Interview on CBC Radio “Quirks and Quarks” and “And the Winner Is” (Re-broadcasts). 9 ½ Technologies the Could Change the World (included discussion on microbial N-fixing inoculants) (CBC won the Global UNESCO Award for Science Reporting and Programming). Nov 8, 2011:
    http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30141&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
  47. University of Guelph Research Magazine 2011-2012 Agri-Food Yearbook, feature article on Raizada Lab Research, “Illuminating the secrets of effective nitrogen management”. January 2012.
  48. Featured Article on the Crop Science Society of America Website, “Using Ancient Genes to Improve Modern Crops”. January 2012:
    https://www.crops.org/story/2012/jan/mon/using-ancient-genes-to-improve-modern-crops
  49. Gull Lake Advance (Saskatchewan, Canada) newspaper, feature article on Raizada Lab research: “Of Jellyfish and Auxotroph: Groundbreaking new test for nitrogen is a real game-changer for farmers”. March 13, 2012.
  50. University of Guelph at Guelph News Article, "Roots Are More Important Than Shoots, Says Prof; Growing plants in air makes roots easier to study (March 29, 2012):
    http://atguelph.uoguelph.ca/2012/03/roots-are-more-important-than-shoots-says-prof/