British Phycological Society

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British Phycological Society
Formation1952
Legal statusNot-for-profit organisation
PurposePhycology
Region served
Worldwide
President
Saul Purton
Website Phycological Society

The British Phycological Society, founded in 1952, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom promoting the study of algae. Members interests include all aspects of the study of algae, including both natural biodiversity and applied uses. It is the largest learned phycological society in Europe. Its membership is worldwide, although predominantly within the UK.

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Activities

The Society currently: [1]

The Society is a member of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies. [1]

The Society is registered charity No. 246707 in England and Wales. [1]

History

The society was founded in 1952, following a meeting of phycologists the previous year at University College, Bangor in North Wales. [9] As a result, a group of nine led the formation of the society. These were Kathleen Drew-Baker, Elsie M. Burrows, Sheila Lodge, Elsie Conway, Margaret Trevena Martin, Mary Parke, Helen Blackler, Mr. F. T. Walker, and Harry Powell. [10] Máirin de Valéra from University College, Galway was also at the meeting in Bangor and was involved in the foundation of the new society. [11]

The first official meeting of the Society was in Edinburgh. [10] From the beginning, the Society planned to eventually produce a comprehensive list of the British marine algal flora (also called seaweed). [9] To help with this, the Society's members planned structured records of the algal distributions as well as to add reference specimens to a national herbarium collection. Members were also interest in practical uses of algae and their products from the start of the Society. [12]

The new Society published a scientific journal, British Phycological Bulletin from 1952 until 1968, when it was renamed the British Phycological Journal. In 1993 it underwent another change of name to European Journal of Phycology. [3]

Presidents

Has included:

Vice-Presidents

Has included:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "British Phycological Society". British Phycological Society. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Annual Meetings". British Phycological Society. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 "European Journal of Phycology". Taylor&Francis. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Applied Phycology". British Phycological Society. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Phycologist". British Phycological Society. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "British Phycological Society Prizes". European Journal of Phycology. Taylor&Francis. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Hilda Canter-Lund 2020". British Phycological Society. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "British Phycological Society". NBN Atlas. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  9. 1 2 Powell, H T (1952). "Bangor meeting — September 1951". Phycological Bulletin. 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1080/00071615200650011 . Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. 1 2 3 Reid, Geraldine (2018). "From the Shore to the Sublittoral: Liverpool's Algal Women". Collections. 14 (4): 455–475. doi:10.1177/155019061801400405. S2CID   198412630.
  11. 1 2 Guiry, M.D.; Dixon, P.S. (1985). "Máirín de Valéra (1912–1984)". British Phycological Journal. 20 (1): 81–84. doi:10.1080/00071618500650091.
  12. ↑ "Standard algal record cards". Phycological Bulletin. 1 (1): 6–7. 1952. doi: 10.1080/00071615200650051 .
  13. ↑ Inglis-Arkell, Esther (2017-11-19). "How an unpaid UK researcher saved the Japanese seaweed industry". Ars Technica .
  14. ↑ Imbler, Sabrina. "How Pink Slime Saved Sushi". atlas Obscura. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  15. ↑ Walsby, A. E. (2006). "Gordon Elliott Fogg CBE. 26 April 1919 -- 30 January 2005: Elected FRS 1965". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 52: 97. doi: 10.1098/rsbm.2006.0008 .
  16. 1 2 British Phycological Bulletin. 1960. p. 398. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  17. ↑ "President 1987–88". British Phycological Journal. 24 (3): 201. August 1989. doi: 10.1080/00071618900650211 . ISSN   0007-1617.
  18. ↑ "Gill Malin is President of the British Phycological Society". arine Knowledge Exchange Network. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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