News Archive

Summer Students Funds available

22 Feb 2010

The BSPP funds a number of undergraduate vacation bursaries support work for students during the summer. The closing date for this years's round of applications is 1st April. More details...

Latest Jobs

07 Jan 2010

PhD studentship 'Interaction between viruses (& pathogens) and stomata during pathogen attack' - University of Bristol Details...

New Disease Reports: Special Notice

23 Dec 2009

From 1st January 2010, New Disease Reports will be published as a peer-reviewed stand-alone on-line journal with the objective of providing rapid publication of new and unusual reports on plant diseases. However, papers which were submitted to NDR before 1st January 2010 will also appear in Plant Pathology (in print and on-line). The BSPP is committed to continue to develop NDR in order to maintain and enhance the publication value of the papers published by NDR.

Molecular Plant Pathology: special

19 Oct 2009

2009 celebrates the 25th anniversary of the cloning of a type III effector gene from a bacterium. In recognition of this discovery, a special issue of Molecular Plant Pathology will be published. More...

New board members elected

20 Aug 2009

Dr Robert Jackson (University of Reading) and Professor Ralph Dean (North Carolina State University) have been elected to the BSPP Board for the period 2010 – 12.

BSPP Treasurer required

25 Jun 2009

The BSPP require a new treasurer from 1st January 2010. More information about this position and how to apply are now online. More...

Online Membership Payment

25 Jun 2009

The BSPP now has an online payment system for new and existing members and signing up only takes 5 min. Existing members can also earn £10 for anyone they introduce to the Society More...

North-south divide: climate change & oilseed rape

18 May 2009

Scientists at Rothamsted Research have predicted that climate change will result in increased yields of oilseed rape in Scotland, but not in England. More...

Make your own TV documentary

06 Mar 2009

"You Choose the News" is a new computer game created by SCRI scientist Eleanor Gilroy supported by BSPP. The game involves creating a news report about the EU pesticide ban and its effects. More...

Publicity: carrot bugs

27 Feb 2009

If you are planning a school or public activity in plant pathology, we have some 'carrot bugs' that you can give away to inspire the next generation of plant doctors. Get a bug...

Welcome to BSPPWeb 2.0

06 Jan 2009

The BSPP Website has been updated and moved to a new server. Although there have been a few cosmetic changes, over the last few months there have been extensive changes, re-organisation, and re-writes behind the scenes. All intended to create a more dynamic responsive website. We hope you like it, but if there are any teething problems, please bear with us and report them to the webmanager. More...

New Board Members

26 Dec 2008

Louise Cooke (Queen's University Belfast) and Heiko Ziebell (University of Cambridge) have been elected to the board.

Hot Topic: Sudden Oak Death

01 Dec 2008

The BSPP's journal Molecular Plant Pathology has just published a pathogen profile for Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of Sudden Oak Death. Abstract

Winter Newsletter now online

21 Nov 2008

Including 'bicycling biologists' and photos from the Presidents meeting. More...

Board News

21 Nov 2008

The BSPP is sorry to announce that Prof John Whipps, has decided not to become President-Elect in 2009 on grounds of ill health. We wish him all the best for the future. More...

The BSPP Blog

10 Nov 2008

The BSPP is inviting plant pathologists to keep a blog. The invited blogger is currently Eric Boa, a member of BSPP board and manager of the Global Plant Clinic. Read what he has to say...

Live Blog Feed

10 Nov 2008

BSPP Skills Audit

09 Nov 2008

An audit was commissioned by the BSPP in response to a perception that the nature of employment within the profession was changing and that employment opportunities were declining. More...

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