NEWS
Stay updated on the latest developments in plant science policy and EPSO activities!
We are happy to share with you the success you and plant scientists across the world already made possible with over 785 events in 54 countries which have been uploaded on the Fascination of Plants Day (FoPD) website https://plantday18may.org/ . The peak was on the 18th May, with interactive events spreading into summer an autumn 2022.
A big thank you to you and the 61 National Coordinators!
Actions you can take now:
- You can still organize FoPD events in summer / autumn 2022 at your university, institute, schools, public places …… – Get inspired by the FoPD 2019 success stories
- Contact your national FoPD coordinator (listed on your country page) to upload events you did / will organise to the FoPD website https://plantday18may.org/
- Send your success stories to [email protected] .
Click here to read:
- Facts and Figures FoPD 2022, 23.6.2022
- FoPD Press Release, 16.5.2022
- FoPD slide to include in your presentations to encourage more events, 23.6.2022
Any help needed with uploading events to the website, pls contact [email protected] .
Looking forward to your events and success stories 😊
Alexandra, Przemo, Trine and Karin
FoPD Global Coordinators Przemysław Wojtaszek (AMU / PL), Trine Hvoslef-Eide (NMBU / NO), Alexandra Barnoux and Karin Metzlaff (EPSO)
Contacts:
- Karin Metzlaff, EPSO Executive Director
- Alexandra Barnoux, EPSO Publications Officer
The EPSO Working Group on Plant Health has the pleasure to announce the programme for its first workshop to take place online on 5 July 2022, 10:00 – 15:40.
This first workshop has three aims. First, we will hear short introductions from each participant to get familiar with each other and start networking scientists in the WG. Second, we will discuss in detail the draft statement of the WG on ‘Healthy Plants for a sustainable production’. Third we will discuss next steps of the WG.
Recommendations from the workshop will be further discussed in three dedicated online sessions later this year and then provided to the scientific community, the European Commission and national agencies.
Find the programme in the full announcement file.
WG members are listed at https://epsoweb.org/working-groups/plant-health/.
WG members who did not confirm their participation yet can still do so to Sofia and cc Karin M and the chairs until 20 June.
Registered participants will receive the zoom link on 28 June.
EPSO member organisations who did not confirm their 2 experts for this WG yet can still discuss this in their organisation and reply to Karin, cc Sofia and the chairs to become a member of this WG best by end June 2022 (we suggest 1-2 expert scientists per organisation interested in this subject). To enrol an expert, please provide the name, function in the institute, 1-3 keywords on the expertise and contact details. Pls confirm as well if the expert(s) will join the 1st meeting on 5.7.2022 by 20 June.
We look forward to e-meeting you in July!
Beat Keller, Tina Romeis, Maria Pozo, Gian Paolo Accotto, Andreas Voloudakis and Karin Metzlaff
Click here to read: The workshop Programme 10.06.2022
Contacts: Beat Keller, Tina Romeis, Maria Pozo, Gian Paolo Accotto, Andreas Voloudakis and Karin Metzlaff
The 14th European-wide seminar of the series supported by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) and aimed at the Plant Science community and its stakeholders.
TTT: usually, the seminar will be held online each third Thursday of the month at three (CET). This time it will be exceptionally on the fourth Thursday as the EPSO General Meeting wil be held the week before.
On 23rd June 2022 at 15:00 (CET) we will present three talks exploring the “Future Proof Crops”
Dr. René Klein Lankhorst, Waginingen Plant Research, The Netherlands – “Towards the CropBooster Program”
Prof. Hans Lambers, University of Western Australia, Australia – “Exploring the potential to increase photosynthetic phosphorus-use efficiency”
Prof. Steve Long, University of Illinois, USA & University of Lancaster, UK – “Enhancing and Adapting Photosynthesis for Food Security under Climate Change”
The seminars will be hosted on Zoom and last approximately 1.5 hours. Numbers will be limited to 300 attendees and therefore please register early if you would like to join. There will be ample opportunities to ask questions and join the debate. So please join us to support this new and exciting initiative for European Plant Science by following this link just prior to the start of the seminar.
EPSO members register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdeGvrzsuGNU2lIQ5Ro_1fa2v55IDv5a6
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
In the coming months we will be on the lookout for talented plant scientists among the EPSO membership to present their findings and perspectives to the EPSO seminar series. If we approach you to talk, we hope you will be happy to support the initiative. This is a fantastic opportunity for both eminent world leaders and talented up-and-coming early career researchers to present their research to an international audience and to network with potential collaborators. If you wish to suggest a theme for one of the autumn seminars and / or nominate yourself or one of your colleagues to give a seminar, we most welcome your suggestions. Please contact Tim George ([email protected]) to provide your name and potential talk title.
We look forward to seeing you all for the 14th EPSO seminar on the 23rdJune 2022
Tim George, Alan Schulman and Marie-Theres Hauser
EPSO Plant Science Seminar Series Organising Committee
Click here to read: Full EPSO news item
Contacts:
- Tim George, Hutton / UK & EPSO Board
- Alan Schulman, LUKE / FI & EPSO President
- Marie-Theres Hauser BOKU / AT & EPSO Board
For 2022, 56 countries joined the 6th edition of the worldwide event Fascination of Plants Day to offer over 358 plant-based outreach activities for all interested people from toddlers to grandparents. More events will come as they can be organized six months around its peak on 18 May 2022.
All information about this plant scientists’ initiative can be accessed via www.plantday18may.org.
Fascination of Plants Day is supported world-wide by a network of National Coordinators who voluntarily promote and disseminate the activity within their countries and turn it into a success.
To organize an event in your country, contact its National Coordinator on the FoPD country page. Scientific institutions, universities, botanical gardens, and museums, together with farmers and companies, will open their doors. To enjoy the interactive events, check the same country page.
To read the full press release click here.
The 13th European-wide seminar of the series supported by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) and aimed at the Plant Science community and its stakeholders.
TTT: The seminar will be held online each third Thursday of the month at three (CET).
On 19th May 2022 at 15:00 (CET) we will present three talks exploring the “Variation and Sustainability in Forestry”
Dr Ivan Scotti, INRA, Avignon, France – “Scales of genetic variation in forest tree populations: from continent to stand level”
Prof Markku Keinänen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland – “Intraspecific and within-tree variation in in silver birch leaf spectral reflectance and chlorophyll a fluorescence transients”
The seminars will be hosted on Zoom and last approximately 1.5 hours. Numbers will be limited to 300 attendees and therefore please register early if you would like to join. There will be ample opportunities to ask questions and join the debate. So please join us to support this new and exciting initiative for European Plant Science by following this link just prior to the start of the seminar.
EPSO members register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMoceypqTssGdYgmPo2vO317PkKtsxbQUg6
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
In the coming months we will be on the lookout for talented plant scientists among the EPSO membership to present their findings and perspectives to the EPSO seminar series. If we approach you to talk, we hope you will be happy to support the initiative. This is a fantastic opportunity for both eminent world leaders and talented up-and-coming early career researchers to present their research to an international audience and to network with potential collaborators. If you wish to suggest a theme for one of the autumn seminars and / or nominate yourself or one of your colleagues to give a seminar, we most welcome your suggestions. Please contact Tim George ([email protected]) to provide your name and potential talk title.
We look forward to seeing you all for the 13th EPSO seminar on the 19th May 2022
Tim George, Alan Schulman and Marie-Theres Hauser
EPSO Plant Science Seminar Series Organising Committee
Click here to read: Full EPSO news item
Contacts:
- Tim George, Hutton / UK & EPSO Board
- Alan Schulman, LUKE / FI & EPSO President
- Marie-Theres Hauser BOKU / AT & EPSO Board
EPSO highlights three funding programmes supporting research and policy implementation : 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 supporting policy implementation in the fields of environment and climate . The respective briefings are updated on the Members’ Only section.
Weave is a bottom-up, cross-European initiative by national funders to support excellent collaborative research
It aims to simplify the submission and selection procedures of collaborative research proposals that involve researchers from up to three European countries or regions. Proposals go through a single evaluation procedure followed by coordinated but autonomous decision processes of the involved funding organisations.
Weave currently comprises 12 national and regional research funders from 11 European countries: FWF / AT; FNRS & FWO / BE; HRZZ / Croatia; GACR / CZ; DFG / DE; FNR / LUX; RCN / NO; NCN / PL; ARRS / SV; FORMAS / SE; SNSF / CH.
WEAVE is presented in the spring EPSO newsletter on the members only website.
COST, providing networking for researchers, for which you are invited to the EPSO-COST webinar on 29.4.2022 at 10 -11:45 am (CET)
COST is part of Horizon Europe under the Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area. The COST open call aims to fund pan-European research networks in all science fields through bottom-up networking activities. Collection dates are once a year, this year on the 20.10.2022.
To develop your proposal, check the EPSO COST briefing (1.03.2022) and register to the EPSO-COST webinar with EC colleagues on 29 April 10-11.45 AM with presentations and Q&A.
Up to 70 new COST Actions are expected to be approved under the 2022 call, subject to available budget. COST does not fund research itself but only COST Actions (networking) for a period of four years
LIFE support policy implementation in the fields of Climate en environment
LIFE is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. It is not part of the Horizon Europe programme, but under the same EU multi-annual financial framework. LIFE projects support policy implementation. Research is not the main focus but should be part of a LIFE project. LIFE projects only provide co-financing. Thus, you always need another financial source for the remaining amount.
Access the EPSO updated briefing on the LIFE Work Programme 2021 at the EPSO Members-Only Website. As LIFE Calls 2022 are expected to be published on the EC’s Funding & tender opportunities portal on 17.5.2022, EPSO will update its briefing shortly afterwards.
EPSO Members, except external Personal Members, can contact Sofia Ciravegna [email protected] for access to the EPSO Members’ Only website.