OUTREACH WORKING GROUP
Chairs:
Maija Malnaca – EPSO, BE / Ursula Ross-Stitt – Formerly Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, DE
Activities:
The Outreach working group brings together the EPSO PR network to support communication and dissemination on Plant Science, and the organisation and animation of Fascination of Plants Day. The group serves as a mutual support network for PR officers, to exchange information about upcoming events, awards, grants, discoveries etc. In this way, working group members can broaden their sphere of influence by pooling and sharing information on plant science, and build dense networks across the EPSO membership base.
Fascination of Plants Day is a key international activity. Its goal is to stimulate as many people as possible around the world to become fascinated by plants and enthused about the importance of plant science for agriculture, in sustainable food production, as well as horticulture, forestry, and non-food products such as paper, timber, chemicals, energy, and pharmaceuticals. The role of plants in environmental conservation is also a key message.
The next official event takes place around 18 May 2026, and events are encouraged on the non-official years too. Read the success stories from 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 & 2024
Meetings:
The WG held a quarterly meeting on 30 September 2024. The next quarterly meeting will be scheduled in the near future. Please contact [email protected] if you wish to attend.
EPSO news developed by this WG:
Members:
Muriel Arimon Bedós – CRAG, ES
Margarita Calderon-Peter – BOKU, AT
Mia Cerfonteyn – TSL, UK
Miguel Costa – Univ Lisbon, PT
Franck Curk, – INRAE, FR
Manuela Dahinden – ETH Zurich, CH
Bettina Fernsebner-Kokert – BOKU, AT
Maija Malnaca, EPSO – (FoPD Global Coordinator)
Jens Freitag, IPK Gatersleben
Simone Gatzke – FZ Juelich, DE
Erwin Grill – TUM, DE
Ike de Haan – AFSG, WUR, NL
Pierre Hilson – INRAE, FR
Anne Honsel – UPSC, SE
Maarten Houben – KU Leuven Plant Institute
Trine Hvoslef-Eide – UMB, NO (FoPD Global Coordinator)
Alina-Louise Kramer – HGU, DE
Beatriz Lucas, MPIB, DE
Susana de Lucas – CSIC, ES
Anna Manourova – SLU, SE
Karin Metzlaff, EPSO – (FoPD Global Coordinator)
Ana Morais – IGC, Oeiras, PT
Silvana Moscatelli – CNR (DISBA), IT
Andreas Müller – FZ Juelich, DE
Gintarė Naujokienė – LAMMC, LT
Colin Nosworthy – IBERS, UK
Aneta Piechalak – PAS, PL
Christine Raines – Univ. Essex, UK
Alexandre Reteau, Univ. Bordeaux, FR
Ursula Ross-Stitt – MPI, DE
Christian Schafmeister, IPK Gatersleben
Mia von Scheven- MPIPBR,DE
Aarón Seyller – CBGP (UPM-INIA), ES
Sharon Simpson– JHI, UK
Federica Tenaglia – CNR (DISBA), IT
Johanna Torkkel – LUKE, FI
Marike van Woerkom – WUR, NL
Inês Zêzere – IBET, Oeiras, PT