Find out about Cas’ internship learning bioinformatics techniques to support our understanding of the elm genome.
Month: May 2025
CFP attend RHS Green Careers Event
Our team attended the Royal Horticultural Society Green Careers event recently promoting the many interesting careers available in forestry and forestry science.
Intern diary – Josh the nematode nerd
Josh became quite an expert in identifying tiny microscopic worms!
Learn about pests and diseases with our e-learning module
Learn about some of the key pest and disease threats to our trees and woodlands.
Intern diary – Katy on methods to detect a bacterial threat
This National Plant Health Week – find out about Katy’s internship experience working on lab methods to detect bacteria that are a potential threat to our trees.
Intern diary – Apoorva on annotating the genome of an ash tree
This National Plant Health Week find out about Kew intern Apoorva’s tree health work supporting genomics research into high and low susceptibility to ash dieback.
Defra Announces New Funding for the Centre for Forest Protection
The Centre for Forest Protection has been awarded £4m to support 17 more projects in 2025-26.
Intern Diary – Catherine on Mapping Elm
This National Plant Health Week, find out about Catherine’s intern project mapping elm that survived Dutch elm disease in the UK.
Intern Diary – Jack on public perceptions of ‘lost’ tree species
During National Plant Health Week, Find out about Jack’s experience as a CFP intern working on a social science project on elm trees.