The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School 2020
The 2020 Gatsby Plant Science Summer School will be held at The Hawkhills conference centre in Easingwold, north of York, Sunday 28 June - Thursday 2 July 2020.
The summer school is a unique opportunity for first year (or second year in Scotland) students studying at the below universities, to discover the challenge and opportunities of studying plant science, through talks from leading scientists, careers sessions, eye-opening practicals and thought-provoking discussions with researchers and peers.
The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School was established by the University of Leeds in 2005 and is now part of the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme at the University of Cambridge. The academic advisor for the school is Dr Celia Knight, the project manager is Dr Stephanie Smith and the project coordinator is Claire Pennycuick.
The 2020 programme is here.
See lectures from past years on the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme YouTube channel.
If you have any additional questions about the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, please contact upsp@hermes.cam.ac.uk.
| Gatsby Mentor | University |
| Dr Tolga Bozkurt | Imperial College London |
| Dr Verena Kriechbaumer | Oxford Brookes University |
| Professor Alessandra Devoto | Royal Holloway University of London |
| Professor Adam Price | University of Aberdeen |
| Dr Paula Kover | University of Bath |
| Dr Daniel Gibbs | University of Birmingham |
| Dr Jill Harrison | University of Bristol |
| Professor Julian M. Hibberd | University of Cambridge |
| Professor Claire Halpin | University of Dundee |
| Professor Keith Lindsey | University of Durham |
| Dr Colwyn Thomas | University of East Anglia |
| Professor Andrew Hudson | University of Edinburgh |
| Professor Tracy Lawson | University of Essex |
| Dr David Studholme | University of Exeter |
| Dr Matt Jones | University of Glasgow |
| Dr Mike Roberts | University of Lancaster |
| Dr Stefan Kepinski | University of Leeds |
| Professor Dave Twell | University of Leicester |
| Dr James Hartwell | University of Liverpool |
| Dr Jon Pittman | University of Manchester |
| Professor Anne Borland | University of Newcastle |
| Prof Zoe Wilson | University of Nottingham |
| Professor Liam Dolan | University of Oxford |
| Dr Jonathan Mitchley | University of Reading |
| Professor Andrew Fleming | University of Sheffield |
| Professor Matthew Terry | University of Southampton |
| Professor Lorenzo Frigerio | University of Warwick |
| Professor Richard Waites | University of York |