Welcome
This is the website of the British Society for Protist Biology formerly known as the British Section of the Society of Protozoologists.
The BSPB exists:
- To promote the study, teaching and dissemination of all aspects of protozoology.
- To provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of results obtained from original research and for an exchange of information on experimental design and techniques.
- To encourage developing and novel aspects of protozoology.
- To represent the interests of protozoology on other professional bodies.
- To assist young scientists researching in protozoology to attend professional meetings.
BSPB Spring meeting 2012: April 2-3rd Strathclyde University
This year we are organising a special programme to honour the contributions of two outstanding protozoologists, Keith Vickerman and John Darbyshire.
This meeting is also unusual in that we will be running immediately prior to the Spring BSP meeting - 50 years of Parasitology in the UK (3-5th April) at the same venue allowing opportunity to attend both meetings.
Outline Programme:
- Flagellate ultrastructure and phylogeny
- Keith Vickerman
- Soil protists
- John Darbyshire
- plasmodiophorids (cercozoan parasites of plants and heterokonts, including causative agent of clubroot, powdery potato scab, etc.)
- Sigrid Neuhauser
- Protist pathogens with environmental transmission routes (eg. Giardia and free-living amoebae)
- Julia Walochnick
BSPB delegates will be able to attend the BSP civic reception at the city chambers before the BSPB conference dinner. "The BSP Spring Meeting opens with annual Public Understanding of Science lecture by Professor Mike Barrett followed by a civic reception at Glasgow City Chambers on the 2nd April."
The BSPB will offer a number of student bursaries on a first come first served basis, students will be expected to present a poster or oral presentation.
Please send abstracts to Fiona Henriquez and contact William Gaze for further details of bursaries. Presentations are welcomed in any area of protist biology, as well as the three themes listed above.
Further details of registration costs and accommodation booking procedures will be circulated shortly.
Contact details
We are updating our contacts database and can everyone who is interested or a member contact Will Gaze with their current contact details.
Downloadable resources
Protozoology resources are available from the Natural History Museum - London. You can access approximately 1500 video clips as quicktime movies. These are free to download and use for non-commercial purposes:
You can also access 23000 microscope slide collection (mainly medical). This slide resource includes the collections of significant figures such as Garnham, Penard, Hoare etc..
For further information about these resources please contact
Dr D.McL. Roberts,
Dept. Zoology,
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London
SW7 5BD
Great Britain
Web page: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/euk-extreme/