New Phytologist Now
New Phytologist Now is an online event series where you can discover the latest and most exciting plant science research.
Autumn 2023 – Tansley Medal winners
- 19 October | Leander Anderegg: Why can't we predict traits from the environment?
- 23 October | Moi Exposito-Alonso: Understanding local plant extinctions before it's too late
These events are held on Zoom Webinar and will be recorded and available on demand on the New Phytologist Now Cassyni page. Subscribe on Cassyni to keep up to date with all the webinars, or register for the individual event.
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Past events
Frontiers of plant–microbe interactions
Tuesday 13 June and Thursday 15 June, 9:00 - 10:30 BST / 16:00 - 17:30 CST (UTC+8)
An exciting two-part webinar highlighting the latest research in plant–microbe interactions, hosted by Francis Martin.
Full details of Frontiers of plant–microbe interactions
Autumn 2022 – Tansley Medal winners
- Anna Trugman, University of California, Santa Barbara – Integrating plant physiology and community ecology across scales through trait-based models to predict drought mortality
- Michal Bogdziewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University – How will global change affect plant reproduction? A framework for mast seeding trends
- Tommaso Jucker, University of Bristol – Deciphering the fingerprint of disturbance on the three-dimensional structure of the world’s forests
- Jana Sperschneider, CSIRO - Machine learning in plant–pathogen interactions: empowering biological predictions from field scale to genome scale
Spring 2022 - First Authors
In the spring of 2022 we hosted five webinars which featured up to three authors presenting their work on a common theme, hosted by a New Phytologist Editorial or Advisory Board member, followed by a live audience Q&A. All events were recorded and are available to watch on demand.
- Circadian Clocks
- Plant adaptation, domestication and invasion ecology
- Plant signalling and stress
- Stomata
- Plant–animal interactions
December 2021 – Tansley Medal winners
In December of 2021 we launched the inaugural season of New Phytologist Now with three talks from recent New Phytologist Tansley Medal winners. Watch all the events on demand.
- Philippa Borrill, John Innes Centre, UK – Blurring the boundaries between cereal crops and model plants - Held on 2 December 15:00 UTC
- Kai Zhu, UC Santa Cruz, USA – Understanding forest dynamics by integrating age and environmental change - Held on 9 December 16:30 UTC
- Liana Burghardt, Penn State University, USA – Evolving together, evolving apart: Measuring the fitness of rhizobial bacteria in and out of symbiosis with leguminous plants - Held on 16 December 15:00 UTC
The New Phytologist Tansley Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to research in plant science by an individual in the early stages of their career (including students and any researcher with up to five years’ experience since gaining / defending their PhD). Shortlisted candidates are invited to author a Tansley insight review for publication in New Phytologist and the winner(s) receives a prize of £2,000 (GBP).