EPSO Newsletter Spring 2022 published

Apr 12, 2022 | EPSO

EPSO is pleased to announce that the 55th issue of EPSO News for Spring 2022 is now available.

EPSO encourages scientists building a better Europe and world while strengthening collaboration and integration between Western and Ukrainian research institutions, universities and scientific organisations in the context of the war in Ukraine.

EPSO highlights three funding programmes: 1) Weave , a bottom-up, cross-European initiative by national funders to support excellent collaborative research; 2) COST, providing networking for researchers, for which you are invited to the EPSO-COST webinar on 29.4.2022 at 10 am (CET); and 3) LIFE. The respective briefings are updated on the Members’ Only section.

EPSO’s activities are showcased in different working groups including the new ‘Plant Health’ WG.

We invite all of you to organise interactive events with the public under the 6th Fascination of Plants Day around the 18 May 2022

The shorter public version of the Newsletter is available here.
Please, log in and read the full version available in the Members’ Only section.

Enjoy reading and send us your articles early October for the Autumn 2022 Newsletter.

Content of the full version

Editorial

Scientists contributing to building a better Europe and world: Stop war in Ukraine! Offer support to Ukrainian scientists. Contribute to food security

EPSO activities

  • Plant Health Working Group: Healthy Plants for a sustainable production – 1st meeting on 5.7.2022
  • 6th Fasci-nation of Plants Day around the 18th May – join the initiative!
  • EPSO Plant Science Seminar starts a second year as a feature in the Plant Science calendar
  • Stick to Science campaign – Put science collaboration before politics
  • Meeting of the EPSO WG Agricultural Technologies 23.11.2021
  • EPSO 5th informal science – policy meeting on genome editing in Europe, online, 4.11.2022
  • The Outreach and Public Dialogue Working Group welcomes your contributions
  • Weave – supporting excellent collaborative research projects across borders
  • Joint Call on Agrobiodiversity by SusCrop ERA-Net and FACCE-JPI
  • SusCrop seminar on sustainable crop production & workshop on innovation – 10-12.05.2022
  • The Future Proofed Crops Working Group will meet first in Brussels in October 2022
  • EPSO workshop linking Diverse Crops, Cropping Systems and Diets for Food and Nutritional Security, 26.10.2021

Members’ news

  • The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany – welcome as member
  • CHIC will release videos to better understand the project in 8 languages!
  • Austrian initiative ‘Medicines for Future’ launches development of COVID-19 therapy
  • Towards an increased efficiency of photosynthesis in field food crops within the next decade
  • CropBooster-P assesses the economic, social, and environmental impact of identified strategies
  • The International Barley Hub is looking for collaborators
  • Discover InnCocells’ progress through its podcast and Academy events
  • Engineering betalain biosynthesis in tomato for high level betanin production in fruits
  • Blue light inhibits immune response of potato to late blight disease
  • ASTER – Agroecology-inspired Strategies and Tools in tomato
  • Grant opportunities within the Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) for plant science
  • StressKnowledgeMap compile global knowledge on plant responses to stress
  • Join the 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium, IPPS 2022, 26-30.09.2022

National, European and global funding

  • National Research Funding Opportunities in Sweden
  • National Research Funding Opportunities in Austria
  • Apply to COST open call by 20.10.2022 and attend the EPSO-COST Info session on 29.04.2022
  • LIFE Calls 2022 are expected to be published on 17.05.2022

Career opportunities and meetings

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