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Festival of Plants 2015

It was a busy weekend at SLCU, with several events associated with the Festival of Plants happening inside and outside the Laboratory. On Friday, the Laboratory hosted a panel discussion on sustainable agriculture. Caroline Drummond, Chief Executive of Leaf UK , Jane Hill from the University of York and Charles Godfray...

SLCU receives Athena Swan Bronze Award

SLCU is pleased to have been awarded an Athena Swan Bronze Award . The awards recognise commitment to advancing women’s careers in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine in higher education and research. Attaining this award is part of SLCU’s wider determination to provide a diverse and inclusive research...

SLCU postdocs chatting to members of the public at the 2015 Festival of Plants

Pop up Plant Science and Feeding the World without Costing the Earth

SLCU to offer a range of activities as part of the Festival of Plants on Saturday 16 May

Professor Ottoline Leyser awarded Genetics Society Medal

Professor Ottoline Leyser awarded Genetics Society Medal Professor Ottoline Leyser has been awarded the Genetics Society Medal for 2016. The award given annually by the Genetics society seeks to recognise outstanding research contributions to genetics. Professor Leyser is the second scientist whose research focusses on...

The future of sustainable agriculture: Land sharing or land sparing?

SLCU will host a panel discussion on evidence-based approaches to sustainability in agriculture.

March Outreach at SLCU

March was a busy month for SLCU researchers participating in a range of public engagement activities. As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, Alba Rodriguez, Claudia Martinho and Anna Brestovitsky participated in the Schools Roadshow. They visited Histon and Impington Junior School, where an eager group of KS2 pupils...

New outreach materials available online!

SLCU is making some of its outreach materials available online after requests from teachers at the Big Biology Day

EMBO Conference delegates viewing scientific posters in the SLCU atrium

EMBO conference on interdisciplinary plant development

EMBO conference on interdisciplinary plant development The Sainsbury Laboratory welcomed over 100 delegates from 19 countries to the EMBO Conference on Interdisciplinary Plant Development. Sessions focussed on: Physical forces, the cell wall and development Self-organising tissue systems Self-organising cell systems...

Open Cambridge 2014

Dozens of people enjoyed tours of the Sainsbury Laboratory as part of Open Cambridge. The tours were given by architects from Stanton Williams and included an exploration of the conceptual ideas behind the design of the building as well as explanations of how materials were chosen and the building constructed. Architecture...

‘This workshop really opened my eyes to the opportunities in plant sciences!’

A-level students from across the UK were challenged to understand new scientific concepts and techniques, assess raw data from real experiments and formulate hypotheses during a visit to SLCU. The workshop took the visitors through a two stage process: looking at some ways in which plant growth and temperature appear to be...

Plant science at Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is home to one of the largest concentrations of plant research anywhere in the world. Visit the below organisations to find out about their work in sustainable agriculture, conservation and fundamental research.

Department of Plant Sciences

Crop Science Centre

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Cambridge University Herbarium

Cambridge Global Food Security

Cambridge Centre for Physical Biology

Conservation Research Institute

Plants @ Cambridge Hub

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