BMS Events
25 Sept 2024
19:00 – 20:30
19:00 – 20:30
Annual General Meeting 2024 Society
Online
The Annual General Meeting will be held online from 7pm, and will be followed by a talk from Guest Speaker, Dr Ali Ashby: "Welcome to the ‘fungal zeitgeist’ – will our future with fungi be fruitful?"
Ali will join members after the formal business of the Annual General Meeting to talk about why and how we are leveraging fungi to tackle some of humanities most pressing challenges, from fungal coffins, fungal fashion and fungal yoghurts to designer soils, fungal medicines and emerging fungal diseases.
"Our future with fungi hangs in the balance - not only in the quest for a more sustainable world, but also for our survival on planet Earth."
6 Oct 2024
09:00 – 19:00
09:00 – 19:00
Fungi Around the World Education
Webinar | Free and open to all | 3 sessions to cover all time zones | Recordings available afterwards
Featuring speakers from across the globe, and covering a variety of mycology topics, this event is part of the UK Fungus Day celebrations.
Fungi are essential players in all ecosystems on all of Earth's continents, and in seas, oceans and freshwater ecosystems too. They are also important in agriculture, food and medicine.
This webinar will have speakers from across the globe talking on a wide range of topics. The webinar is divided into 3 sessions, across the morning, afternoon and evening UK-time, to allow attendees from all continents to attend some of the talks live, and recordings will be available to view at a later date. Each session will include four 30-minute talks, followed by general discussion.
28 Oct 2024 – 4 Nov 2024
Autumn Field Meeting 2024 Field
Taking place in the Forest of Dean, with 7 nights' accommodation, breakfast and dinner at the Bells Hotel and Country Club, Coleford, Gloucestershire.
This event is now fully booked.
If you'd like to be added to the waiting list, please email Sally Hawkes at sally@britmycolsoc.info
The Coleford base for this meeting lies between the Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Both areas are rich in ancient semi-natural woodland: 800 hectares in the limestone Wye Gorge which also has 45 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the designated area, and the more managed environment of mature Oaks and Douglas Fir in the Forest of Dean, which was designated the first national Forest Park in 1938. Both areas are strongholds for nature: beavers have been recently introduced and wild boar frequent the forest.
Geoffrey Kibby has kindly offered to tutor this event. So we can expect his expertise will enrich our week!
Costs
- BMS Member - Single room - £490
- BMS Member - Sharing a room - £420 per person (£840 for two)
- Non-Member - Single room - £630
- Non-Member - Sharing a room - £560 per person (£1120 for two
Location
Bells Hotel and Country Club, Lords Hill, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8BE
Payment:
- A minimum payment of the deposit (per person, per event) is due at the time of booking.
- Full payment will be due on request, usually no later than six weeks before the event.
- Payment can be made by bank transfer, debit/credit card or by cheque.
In the event of cancellation:
- Deposits are non-refundable.
- Full Payments minus the Deposit will only be refunded if a replacement participant is found. Waiting lists are held however we cannot guarantee that the place will be filled, particularly for late cancellations.
- Refunds may be given for cancellations made under extenuating circumstances, at the discretion of the BMS.
- You may wish to take out travel insurance to help cover your costs.
If you have any queries regarding the Autumn Meeting, please contact Sally Hawkes, Events and Member Services Officer, at sally@britmycolsoc.info
30 Nov 2024
BMS Autumn Open Meeting
The Autumn Open Meeting is held in-person at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and features a morning of fascinating talks from invited speakers on a variety of topics.
Taking place in the Lady Sainsbury Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
Programme:
09:40-10:00: Entry via Jodrell Gate on Kew Road TW9 3DS.
09:55-10:00: Welcome, Martin Bidartondo, Imperial College London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
10:00-10:30: Jorinde Nuytinck, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre & U. of Ghent Taxonomist and evolutionary biologist investigating Mycena.
10:30-10:55: Brian Steidinger, University of Edinburgh
Ecologist investigating catastrophic shifts in symbioses.
10:55-11:20: Matthew Wainhouse, Natural England
Fungal conservation.
11:20-11:40 Short break
11:40-11:55: Jane Lawson, visual artist and activist inspired by fungi.
11:55-12:20: Ricardo Arraiano Castilho, University of Lausanne.
Ecologist investigating Swiss mycobiomes and ecosystem functioning.
12:20-12:50 David Mitchel, Northern Ireland Fungus Group.
Citizen scientist monitoring and databasing the UK's threatened grassland fungi.
12:50 Close of meeting.
Other Events
23 Sept 2024 – 26 Sept 2024
V International Symposium on Fungal Stress 2024 Research
Fóz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
The International Symposium on Fungal Stress, 23-26 September 2024, will be hosted by the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – Dois Vizinhos, Paraná, Brazil. The meeting venue will be in the city of Fóz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil. The event includes a post-meeting visit to the famous and stunningly gorgeous Iguazu Falls.
23 Oct 2024 – 25 Oct 2024
IUMS Congress 2024 Research
Florence, Italy
The 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) offers a unique opportunity to bring together scientists working on Bacteriology, Virology and Mycology from around the world, to share and discuss the most recent advances and future perspectives.
