by Louise Gathercole | May 14, 2025 | Blog
Josh spent his six month internship with the Centre for Forest Protection learning all about identifying nematodes. He worked with PhD student Talor in the Holt Lab containment facility at Forest Research and became quite an expert in identifying the different parts...
by Louise Gathercole | May 12, 2025 | News
On this International Day of Plant Health we are pleased to announce the launch of an e-learning module introducing some of the key pest and disease threats to our trees and woodlands. The CFP is developing continuous professional development (CPD) training for those...
by Louise Gathercole | May 8, 2025 | Blog
Katy spent her six month internship working with PhD student Jiaqi at Forest Research’s state-of-the-art containment laboratory, the Holt Lab and at the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Forestry Research (BIFoR). You can find out about Katy’s...
by Louise Gathercole | May 7, 2025 | Blog
Apoorva spent her six month internship working with researchers at RBG, Kew as part of the ash pangenome project. She was annotating a reference genome from an individual tree that seemed to be less susceptible to the devastating fungal tree disease ash dieback. You...
by Louise Gathercole | May 6, 2025 | News
British woodlands and trees will benefit from new research aimed at boosting protection against environmental and socioeconomic threats. This National Plant Health Week we are delighted to announce that Defra investing £4 million in the Centre for Forest Protection...
