UK Plant Sciences Federation

The UK Plant Sciences Federation (UKPSF) aims to bring together the plant science community in the UK and create a coordinated approach to research, industry, funding and education in this vital sector of the biosciences.

UKPSF was launched in November 2011 and is currently formed from 29 member organisations from across the plant sciences that make up our Advisory Group that determine and set the strategy and operational direction of the Federation.  The Executive Group is voted from and by the Advisory Group. They develop and manage the specific activities of the UKPSF.

Executive
Chair – Professor Jim Beynon, GARNet
Vice Chair – Dr Sarah Perfect, Syngenta
Scientific Advisor – Dr Ruth Bastow MSB, GARNet
Dr Celia Knight – Gatsby Plant Science Summer School
Dr Penny Maplestone FSB – British Society of Plant Breeders
Dr Sandra Knapp - The Linnean Society
Ginny Page – Science and Plants for Schools
Professor Ian Crute CBE FSB – Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Professor Christine Raines - Society for Experimental Biology (Co-opt)

If your organisation would like to be part of this exciting new initiative, please contact Jackie Caine at jackiecaine@societyofbiology.org

More details about the Federation can be found at the UKPSF main website;  plantsci.org.uk

The UK Plant Sciences Federation operates with financial support from the Society for Experimental Biology and The Gatsby Charitable Foundation.