UK set to celebrate Fascination of Plants Day 2015
Preparations are now well on their way for the third international Fascination of Plants Day. Fascination of Plants Day (FoPD) was launched under the umbrella of the European Plant Science Organisation...
View ArticleA preview of UK PlantSci 2015
Year after year, delegates at the UK PlantSci conference remark on the sheer breadth and diversity of topics covered. It looks as though 2015 will be no exception, with seven jam-packed sessions...
View ArticleHighlights from UK PlantSci 2015
Over 135 plant scientists, policymakers and educators from across the UK and further afield came together for the fourth annual UK PlantSci conference, held at Harper Adams University on 14th and 15th...
View ArticleThe Gatsby Plant Science Summer School – 10 years on
By Celia Knight FSB Ten years after the first Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, I’d like to introduce the first of a series of blogs to highlight some of the progress made in the science presented 10...
View ArticleThe Gatsby Plants Summer School – thoughts from two of the 2005 alumni
By Celia Knight FRSB As promised last time, this blog will focus on alumni stories. I’m using the 10 year anniversary of the Gatsby Plants Summer School to track down current email addresses for the 94...
View ArticleSaving the spud and engaging the public
“How do you breed potatoes to taste nice?” “Can we use microbes to fight potato pathogens?” ”How is late blight spread?” These were just some of the many questions sent in by the public to grill a...
View ArticleActions for plant science in the UK – UKPSF Working Group reports
A personal overview – Dr Sandy Knapp FRSB Plant science has a broad reach – from molecules to ecosystems, and from blue skies to near-market research and practical applications. The UKPSF was formed to...
View ArticlePlantSci2016 conference: Plants in a changing world, from molecular to ecosystem
By Geraint Parry, GARNet Coordinator Geraint Parry Five years after the inaugural meeting of the UK Plant Science Federation took place at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in 2011, the UK PlantSci 2016...
View ArticleState of the World’s Plants
By Richard Deverell – Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew recently published the first annual report on the State of the World’s Plants, alongside an international...
View ArticleShedding light on photosynthesis research
By Angela White Photosynthesis is a major target area for crop improvement. In July 2014, I caught up with three plant scientists researching photosynthesis to discover their latest findings, which...
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