EPSO is an independent academic organisation that represents more than 200 research institutes, departments and universities from 31 countries in Europe and beyond.
EPSO’s mission is to improve the impact and visibility of plant science in Europe. Learn more about EPSO and why plants matter.
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Our published analysis of natural variation within the breeders’ pool (Schulman et al. 2025 Plant Biotechnology Journal), motivates EPSO to suggest that both the size and number of insertions accepted as NGT1 (conventional-equivalent) should be increased over those currently proposed for Annex I. Moreover, given the great variations in gene family number and genome complexity […]
To this end EPSO assembled a summary on national stakeholder and consumer surveys on Genome Editing. This includes: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Switzerland and Ireland. Read the full Summary of consumer surveys, 7.7.2025 Contacts: Jens Sundström, SLU Uppsala, EPSO Chair WG Agricultural Technologies Alan Schulman, LUKE / FI, EPSO Chair WG Agricultural Technologies Odd Arne […]
The Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) – including EPSO – , LERU, The Guild, EASSH and UNICA urge for Framework Programme 10 (FP10) and the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) to be developed as two clearly distinct EU instruments both legally and financially since they will aim for and fund different activities, mobilize different funding […]
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Open call for applications to an international course on Sustainable Food Production
8th International Phylloxera Symposium 2025 – Geisenheim University