Happy new year, and welcome to the first 2017 issue of the Global Plant Council's monthly e-Bulletin! We can't wait to see what amazing discoveries another year of plant science will hold!
The GPC's e-Bulletin is a monthly round-up of the latest plant science news, events, reports, funding opportunities and blog posts from the GPC community. If you have anything you would like us to help promote then please do get in touch! Contact Lisa, GPC's Outreach & Communications Manager: lisa@globalplantcouncil.org.
If you have a conference, meeting, workshop, training course or other event coming up, we can include it in our Events calendar! Please email lisa@globalplantcouncil.org
Phenome 2017 10–14 February 2017, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Lots of new reports, and an archive of useful documents from the last few years, are available on our website. Head to the Resources page and click 'Reports'.
Updated statement from EPSO: Crop Genetic Improvement Technologies
EPSO acknowledges the interpretation of the EU GMO legislation as both process- and product-based and considers that this could help to clarify the legal status of the NPBTs. In its update EPSO includes recently published reports from Belgium and Italy.
In case you missed it: Genome editing: an introduction to CRISPR/Cas9
At the end of December, Dr. Damiano Martignago (Rothamsted Research) gave us an introduction to CRISPR/Cas9 in plant science.
Please contact Ruth Bastow (ruth@globalplantcouncil.org) to find out how your organization can join the Global Plant Council.
The GPC is a coalition of plant and crop science societies and affiliates from across the globe. The GPC seeks to bring plant scientists together to work synergistically toward solving the pressing problems we face.
