Welcome to the British Phycological Society’s Website. The Society, a charity devoted to the study of algae founded in 1952, was one of the first to be established in the world, and is the largest in Europe.

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UKHA Group: Advancing strategies, collaboration and understanding on the science and impacts of marine and freshwater harmful algae/bacteria in the UK

UKHA Group: Advancing strategies, collaboration and understanding on the science and impacts of marine and freshwater harmful algae/bacteria in the UK Second meeting, Tues June 13th & Weds 14th 2023 Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen General arrangements The...

IBC Symposium Proposal Deadline 30 December 2022

The deadline for submitting symposium proposals for the International Botanical Congress (IBC) that will be held in Madrid, Spain in July 2024 is coming up very soon – 30 December 2022.  Researchers can submit symposium proposals on a variety of topics and find...

Seaweed ID Course 2023

British Phycological Society in association with the University of Plymouth Collecting & Identifying Seaweeds   Wednesday 17th to Friday 19th May 2023 at Plymouth University Marine Station, Plymouth For more details, please see the MarineSeen website.

Journal of Microscopy – Special Issue December 2022

The December 2022 issue of the Journal of Microscopy is a special issue featuring papers by Early Career researchers, “A Lens on the Future: Next Generation Microscopy by Next Generation Microscopists”. The issue features research articles from across the ECR...

The Phycologist 103 – Autumn 2022 Released

The latest issue of The Phycologist has been released, members, please head here to download the PDF (note you must be logged in). TABLE OF CONTENTSEditorial 371st Annual Meeting Registrations 4Cosmarium latifrons P. Lundell 5BPS Funded Projects Reports 7Hilda...

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