by Andy Davies | Aug 22, 2018 | News
After some time in the making, The British Phycological Society is proud to release its new website. The previous version was developed by Mike Guiry, and has served the Society very well over the last few years. However, with Mike rolling off as the Society’s...
by Andy Davies | Jul 25, 2018 | News
Congratulations to BPS Members and Winter Meeting attendees Pilar Diaz, Heroen Verbruggen, John West and Christine Maggs, who won the Phycological Society of America’s Provasoli award for the best paper in Journal of Phycology last year. The award was presented...
by Andy Davies | Jul 22, 2018 | canter-lund, News
This award was established by the British Phycological Society in recognition of Hilda Canter-Lund, whose stunning photographs will be known to many members. Her photomicrographs of freshwater algae combined high technical and aesthetic qualities whilst still...
by Andy Davies | Apr 27, 2018 | News
Francis Bunker in The Phycologist The red alga Bostrychia scorpioides occurs all around Britain and Ireland (Maggs and Hommersand, 1993), It lives at the top of the shore, primarily in estuaries, where it grows in amongst saltmarsh plants but also on sheltered rocky...
by Andy Davies | Mar 5, 2018 | News
Chara antheridia from The Lizard, Cornwall UK was taken by longstanding BPS Member Chris Carter and Hilda Canter-Lund winner. Collected by Paul Gainey. This was one of the short-listed entries for The Times photographic competition in 2017 on the theme of ‘The Hidden...
by Andy Davies | Feb 2, 2018 | News
Francis Bunker in The Phycologist Based in the imposing Radisson Park Hotel in Southend-on-Sea, the 2018 BPS conference venue overlooked the mouth of the Thames Estuary and the UK’s longest pier. It was a setting that reminded me of cruise liner. It’s as if conference...
