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==Senior academic staff==
==Senior academic staff==
{{As of|2015}} senior academic staff (full [[professor]]s) include:<ref>[http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/staff/ ]{{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref>
{{As of|2015}} senior academic staff (full [[professor]]s) include:<ref>[http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/staff/ ] {{wayback|url=http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/plants/staff/ |date=20130625192826 |df=y }}</ref>
* Hugh Dickinson, Emeritus Professor of Plant Reproductive Biology
* Hugh Dickinson, Emeritus Professor of Plant Reproductive Biology
* [[Liam Dolan]] FRS, [[Sherardian Professor of Botany]] and Head of Department
* [[Liam Dolan]] FRS, [[Sherardian Professor of Botany]] and Head of Department
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==History==
==History==
[[Forestry]] was an important part of the university under the name of the ''Imperial Forest Institute'', from 1924,<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/137573a0 | title = Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford | journal = Nature | volume = 137 | issue = 3466 | pages = 573 | year = 1936 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/139731a0 | title = The Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford | journal = Nature | volume = 139 | issue = 3522 | pages = 731 | year = 1937 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref> later the [[Commonwealth]] Forest Institute from 1939.<ref>''The History of the University of Oxford''. Trevor Henry Aston, J. I. Catto, T. A. Ralph Evans, James McConica, Nicholas Tyacke, Lucy Stuart Sutherland, Leslie George Mitchell, Michael G.. Brock, Mark C. Curthoys and Brian Howard Harrison. [[Oxford University Press]], 1984. ISBN 0-19-822974-7, ISBN 978-0-19-822974-2</ref> The Oxford Forestry Institute was incorporated into the Department of Plant Sciences in 2002, {{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} 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''.<ref>[http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/ofi/pubs/annrep94.htm ]{{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref>
[[Forestry]] was an important part of the university under the name of the ''Imperial Forest Institute'', from 1924,<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/137573a0 | title = Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford | journal = Nature | volume = 137 | issue = 3466 | pages = 573 | year = 1936 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1038/139731a0 | title = The Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford | journal = Nature | volume = 139 | issue = 3522 | pages = 731 | year = 1937 | pmid = | pmc = }}</ref> later the [[Commonwealth]] Forest Institute from 1939.<ref>''The History of the University of Oxford''. Trevor Henry Aston, J. I. Catto, T. A. Ralph Evans, James McConica, Nicholas Tyacke, Lucy Stuart Sutherland, Leslie George Mitchell, Michael G.. Brock, Mark C. Curthoys and Brian Howard Harrison. [[Oxford University Press]], 1984. ISBN 0-19-822974-7, ISBN 978-0-19-822974-2</ref> The Oxford Forestry Institute was incorporated into the Department of Plant Sciences in 2002, {{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} 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''.<ref>[http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/ofi/pubs/annrep94.htm ] {{wayback|url=http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/ofi/pubs/annrep94.htm |date=20070703052247 |df=y }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:35, 25 January 2016

PurposeResearch and teaching in plant biology
Head of Department
Liam Dolan
Key people
Parent organization
University of Oxford
Websitewww.plants.ox.ac.uk

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

Senior academic staff

As of 2015 senior academic staff (full professors) include:[1]

  • 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:[when?][citation needed]

Research

The Department has three research groups:[citation needed]

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

Teaching

Herbaria

The Department houses the Oxford University Herbaria that consists of two herbaria:[citation needed]

  • Fielding-Druce Herbarium.
  • Daubeny Herbarium.

In total the collections contain 800,000 specimens[2] 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,[3][4] later the Commonwealth Forest Institute from 1939.[5] The Oxford Forestry Institute was incorporated into the Department of Plant Sciences in 2002, [citation needed] 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.[6]

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Oxford Plant Systematics". Herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford". Nature. 137 (3466): 573. 1936. doi:10.1038/137573a0.
  4. ^ "The Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford". Nature. 139 (3522): 731. 1937. doi:10.1038/139731a0.
  5. ^ The History of the University of Oxford. Trevor Henry Aston, J. I. Catto, T. A. Ralph Evans, James McConica, Nicholas Tyacke, Lucy Stuart Sutherland, Leslie George Mitchell, Michael G.. Brock, Mark C. Curthoys and Brian Howard Harrison. Oxford University Press, 1984. ISBN 0-19-822974-7, ISBN 978-0-19-822974-2
  6. ^ [2] Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

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