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Three ancient hormonal cues co-ordinate shoot branching in a moss

27 March 2015

Yoan Coudert and Jill Harrison have been working closely with Wojtek Palubicki and Ottoline Leyser at the Sainsbury Laboratory and others to work out what regulates gametophytic branching in mosses. They have used a combination of developmental, genetic and computational techniques to tackle the problem, and the results...

CLASlite, Global Forest Watch pave way for contemporary forest monitoring efforts

25 March 2015

Remote sensing is gaining considerable traction in modern forest monitoring efforts, with the Carnegie Landsat Analysis System lite (CLASlite) software package and the Global Forest Change dataset (GFCD) being two of the most recently developed optical remote sensing-based tools for analysing forest cover and change. New...

Science Festival 2015

20 March 2015

The Science Festival event on Saturday 14th March was a real success thanks to everyone who volunteered from the Department of Plant Sciences, NIAB and the Sainsbury Laboratory. W e had over 1500 visitors and the highest marks in all the feedback forms (plus we had the prettiest feedback poster ! ). There was much...

Getting serious about saving energy

27 February 2015

2015 signals a new phase in Plant Sciences' efforts to reduce energy consumption and be greener. Martin Howes has arrived to fill the new role of Energy Co-ordinator, getting to grips with the department’s usage and deliver improvements. By area, the Plant Growth Facility is the most energy intensive building of the entire...

Plants at the upcoming Science Festival

27 February 2015

There's a lot going on that's plant related at the Science Festival this year. For details of all events, the brochure and a map see University of Cambridge Science Festival . From 10am–4pm on Saturday 14th March Plant Sciences can be found in the Marquee on the Downing Site outside the Department : Enlightened plants...

Beverley Glover joins the Board of Trustees at RBG Edinburgh

27 February 2015

The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Food and Environment in Scotland has announced the appointment of Professor Beverley Glover , Director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden , as a Trustee of the Board of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh . Beverley is enthusiastic about the opportunities for knowledge and...

Oliver Rackham - champion of woodlands

18 February 2015

Professor Oliver Rackham, who died on 12 February, was known around the world for his publications in historical ecology. His impact was not only on the scholarly community, but also on members of the public who appreciated his clear lively writing style, humour and original approach to the history of woodlands and of the...

Inspiring the Next Generation of Plant Scientists

17 February 2015

The Department has been awarded £18,500 from the University's Widening Participation Project Fund to establish the Cambridge Colleges Biosciences Experience project. Year 11 (16 year old) students from schools with low Oxbridge participation will visit Cambridge for the day, and will spend morning in a partner college. The...

Professor Oliver Rackham 1939-2015

13 February 2015

The Department is saddened and shocked by the news of the death of Professor Oliver Rackham OBE, FBA. Oliver had a long-standing association with the Department, and once held the post of Demonstrator. As a Fellow of Corpus Christi College he became renowned for his insights into the historical ecology of the English...

Plasma membrane targeted PIN proteins regulate shoot development in a moss

2 December 2014

The plant hormone auxin is a key regulator of plant development, with roles in meristem function, leaf initiation and vascular patterning that are conserved within the vascular plants. In Arabidopsis, many papers have identified pivotal contributions of PIN-FORMED gene family members to auxin action by regulating auxin...

Three ancient hormonal cues co-ordinate shoot branching in a moss

CLASlite, Global Forest Watch pave way for contemporary forest monitoring efforts

Science Festival 2015

Getting serious about saving energy

Plants at the upcoming Science Festival

Beverley Glover joins the Board of Trustees at RBG Edinburgh

Oliver Rackham - champion of woodlands

Inspiring the Next Generation of Plant Scientists

Professor Oliver Rackham 1939-2015

Plasma membrane targeted PIN proteins regulate shoot development in a moss

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