NEWS

Plant Biology Europe FESPB/EPSO 2018 Congress, Copenhagen 18-21.6.2018 – complete program at Official conference page. EPSO Information. One day registration open in addition to full registration.

Announcement: 2nd Workshop of the Working Group on Plants and Microbiomes “Implementing a Plants and Microbiomes Strategy in Europe” will take place in Cologne on 12 Oct 2018. Register by 2nd October.

Welcoming the Advice of the British Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) on genome-edited camelina plants with increased levels of oleic acid, Opinion.

The unofficial Fascination of Plants Day (FoPD) 2018 is held today across the world as a warm up for the next official Fascination of Plants Day in May 2019. Follow up on Twitter via the #PlantDay.

EPSO Newsletter – Spring 2018 public shortened version has been published. The full version of the EPSO Newsletter – Spring 2018 is available exclusively to the EPSO members.

Submission to the EC consultation on EU research and innovation missions (FP9), based on the Mazzucato report, welcoming the mission concept and offering to help further develop and implement it as it highlights similar principles we proposed in the EPSO position on FP9(19.9.2017). EPSO suggest three mission ideas: 1) 1001 Crops – diverse crops for diverse diets and human health and sustainable production, 2) Planty Food – Sustainable agriculture for sustainable food, and 3) Green Bio-Factories – New bioactives for pharma, cosmetics, food and fine chemicals. Completed online questionnaire. Online questionnaire.