{"id":17276,"date":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-graduate-researcher-named-borlaug-leap-awardee\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:40:48","slug":"iita-graduate-researcher-named-borlaug-leap-awardee","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-graduate-researcher-named-borlaug-leap-awardee\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA graduate researcher named Borlaug LEAP awardee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1014\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/300_P1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/300_P1.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/300_P1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/300_P1-150x150-1.jpg 150w\" alt=\"Picture of Ademola Aina.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1014\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ademola Aina.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nAdemola Aina, a PhD student in the University of Ibadan and a graduate research fellow at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/genetic-resources-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre de ressources g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques<\/a>\u00a0(GRC), IITA has been awarded the prestigious Norman E. Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (<a href=\"http:\/\/borlaugleap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Borlaug LEAP<\/a>).\n\nThe Borlaug LEAP awards fellowships to outstanding graduate students who show great promise as leaders in the field of agriculture and related disciplines.\n\nAs part of the fellowship, Ademola will be working with his US mentor Daniel Potter in his lab at the University of California, Davis while also continuing his work with Michael Abberton, his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CGIAR<\/a>\u00a0mentor and Head of the GRC. Ademola\u2019s work will focus on nodulation and the use of Next-generation sequencing on African yam bean accessions. He will also be using high-tech software programs in the analysis of the molecular data generated from this research.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ademola Aina, a PhD student in the University of Ibadan and a graduate research fellow at the Genetic Resources Center (GRC)<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17337,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[2224],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17276","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-borlaug-leapbulletin-no-2335norman-e-borlaug-leadership-enhancement-in-agriculture-program","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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