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Freshwater Taxonomy course

by Leonardo Cherin | April 7, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

The Natural History Museum, London, is offering a 5-day course on Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality funded by NERC, 19-23 May 2025. This course will deliver training in taxonomic skills from algae to invertebrates and field...

CCAP online algaculture course

by Leonardo Cherin | April 7, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP) is running a 2-day online course on Algaculture for Biotechnology on the 23rd and 24th April 2025. Please see the first website ([1]) for more details! Links:------[1]...

66th Meeting of the Czech Phycological Society

by Leonardo Cherin | February 28, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Dear friends of phycology, we are pleased to announce that registration for 66th Meeting of the Czech Phycological Society, 10. - 12.9. 2025 in Ceske Budejovice is now open!You can register on the conference website, where you will find all the...

Membership Price Changes

by Leonardo Cherin | February 19, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Dear BPS members, From the 1st of April 2025 there will be the following changes to the membership subscription prices: New Membership Options CategoryNo JournalWith JournalWith Journal (online only)Ordinary Member£14.00£40.00£36.00Student...

AlgaeCytes Exclusive Site Visit

by Leonardo Cherin | February 10, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Are you working in the field of algal biotechnology? BBSRC are funding a unique opportunity to visit AlgaeCytes, a company harnessing the power of microalgae to produce sustainable health and wellness ingredients. We are inviting 10 algae professionals (CSOs, PhD...