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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

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Head of Department
  
Liam Dolan

Phone
  
+44 1865 275000

Website
  
www.plants.ox.ac.uk

Parent organization
  
University of Oxford

Purpose
  
Research and teaching in plant biology

Key people
  
Liam Dolan Nicholas Harberd Chris J. Leaver

Address
  
S Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK

The Department of Plant Sciences, at the University of Oxford, England, focusses on research and teaching in plant and fungal biology.

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Senior academic staff

As of 2015 senior academic staff (full professors) include:

  • Hugh Dickinson, Emeritus Professor of Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Liam Dolan FRS, Sherardian Professor of Botany and Head of Department
  • Nicholas Harberd FRS, Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Sciences
  • Andrew Hector, Professor of Ecology, Plants for the 21st Century
  • Paul Jarvis, Professor of Plant Cell Biology
  • Jane A. Langdale, FRS Professorial Research Fellow
  • Chris J. Leaver FRS, Emeritus Professor
  • John Mackay, Wood Professor of Forest Science
  • Phil Poole, Professor of Plant Microbiology
  • George Ratcliffe, Professor of Plant Sciences
  • Andrew Smith, Professor of Plant Sciences
  • Miltos Tsiantis, Professor of Plant Developmental Genetics

    • In total, the Department has:

  • 28 academic staff and independent research fellows.
  • 60 postdoctoral researchers and Doctor of Philosophy students.
  • 40 technicians and administrative staff.

    • Research

    The Department has three research groups:

  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Comparative Developmental Genetics
  • Evolution, Ecology and Systematics

    • Teaching

  • A Biology undergraduate course is currently run in conjunction with the Department of Zoology at Oxford.

    • Herbaria

    The Department houses the Oxford University Herbaria that consists of two herbaria:

  • Fielding-Druce Herbarium.
  • Daubeny Herbarium.

    • In total the collections contain 800,000 specimens and the department has close links with the University's Oxford Botanic Garden.

    History

    Forestry was an important part of the university under the name of the Imperial Forest Institute, from 1924, later the Commonwealth Forest Institute from 1939. The Oxford Forestry Institute was incorporated into the Department of Plant Sciences in 2002, and research relating to forestry is now undertaken under the department's name. It ran a post graduate MSc forestry course for many years: Forestry and its Relation to Land Use.

    References

    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford Wikipedia
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