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.
Registration is now open for the BSPB Spring Meeting , to held at the University of Strathclyde from the 1st – 3rd of April. Please complete the registration form, noting that accommodation should be booked separately through the link provided. Abstracts should be submitted to Fiona Henriquez (address on registration form) by the 15th March, we would welcome offered papers in any area including “Ultrastructure and Phylogeny”, “Soil Protistology” and “Protist Pathogens with Environmental Transmission Routes”. Posters are also welcomed, particularly from student members who can apply for a bursary to contribute to conference costs. Applicants for bursaries should contact Will Gaze (William.gaze@pcmda.ac.uk) or Humphrey Smith (apx191@coventry.ac.uk) as soon as possible as bursaries will be awarded on a first come first served basis.
Please see our Meetings page for more details.
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/