The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School 2021
The Gatsby Plant Science Summer School (GPSSS) was established by the University of Leeds in 2005 and is now part of the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme (GPSEP) at the University of Cambridge. In 2020 the 16th Gatsby Plant Science Summer School moved online for the first time. The 2021 summer school will take place online in late June/early July.
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 workshops and thought-provoking discussions with researchers and peers.
To see what this year's summer school will involve, take a look here.
See lectures from past years on the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme YouTube channel.
The academic advisor and co-founder for the school is Dr Celia Knight, the project managers are Dr Charlotte Carroll and Claire Pennycuick, and the project coordinator is Andrea Paterlini..
eGPSSS21 team: Charlotte Carroll (left), Claire Pennycuick (middle) and Andrea Paterlini (right).
If you have any additional questions about the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, please contact Andrea at ap969@.cam.ac.uk.
The recruitment of students for GPSSS is aided by Gatsby Mentors working in the participating Universities. A full list of the mentors is provided below.
| Gatsby Mentor | University |
| Professor Pietro Spanu | 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 |
| Dr Piers Hemsley | 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 Eirini Kaiserli | 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 |
| Dr Francesco Licausi | 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 |
