The Second Mathematics in the Plant Sciences Study Group (MPSSG), hosted by GARNet and the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology, will take place at the University of Nottingham from 5-8th January 2009.

The Study Group aims to promote interactions between mathematicians and experimentalists working within Plant Science. The assembled theoreticians will tackle problems presented by Plant Scientists on the first day of the meeting. The insights generated by using mathematical modelling approaches can often lead to interesting and previously unthought-of ideas for tackling problems.

Problems presented at the last meeting: http://cpib.info/problems.shtml

Some feedback from Plant Scientists at MPSSG I:

“A tremendously useful exercise which has changed my whole perspective on the problem.”

“Coming to the study group was very interesting and rewarding.”

We are currently looking for interesting scientific problems from industry or academia to be presented at the meeting from any area of the Plant Sciences. Please note that previous mathematical modelling or input is not a stipulation for bringing a problem to the meeting.

If you have a problem that you would like us to tackle during the meeting then please contact Ruth Bastow or Marcus Tindall.

For further information about the meeting please visit the Study Group website: http://cpib.info/study2008/