These are just a few of the events listed on the UKPSF Events Calender.
Register now for the GARNet New Technologies to Advance Plant Research workshop: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/news/newtech
Warwick Crop Centre are holding an Open Afternoon on 19th September. Visitors will be able to view the facilities, including field and glasshouse trials, and learn about the research and training opportunities.
Also on 19th September, EBI are holding a training course for PhD students and post-docs to train them to use the new PhytoPath resource.
The BBSRC funded Wheat Improvement Strategic Programme are running a course on wheat genetics at the John Innes Centre on 19-22 November 2012. There are only 10 places available but it will be a good introduction to cereals research and crop breeding for undergraduates, postgraduates or junior breeders. Apply here until 1 October.
There will be an international meeting on Imaging in Cell Biology in Windsor Great Park on 14-17 October. There are free places for graduate students and post-docs.
The International Symposium on Plant Photobiology will be held in Edinburgh in June 2013. To mark the launch of the event, a special launch price is available until 2 September – book early to get the good rate!
And something else…
Help GARNet assess the use of new Arabidopsis lines by doing a very short survey on MAGIC lines.
New open access resource for plant pest and disease management, detailed on PlantSci.
PLoS ONE have put together an impressive collection of all their synthetic biology papers.