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Our presentation to SEF 2016

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Bill Horne

Julio Casero gave us a warm and heartfelt introduction to delegates in the Teatro Principal on the Thursday morning of the Congress and noted that we had mounted a crowdsourcing campaign to attend as visual artists. He also explained that … Continue reading →

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Reunions

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Bill Horne

We felt very lucky to reconnect in Palencia with the organizers, as well as some of the speakers and delegates we had met at previous IUFRO conferences, and it was a pleasure to make some new friends, too. Having lunch … Continue reading →

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Opening of the 18th Spanish Plant Pathology Society Congress

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Bill Horne

The Congress opened at Palencia’s Teatro Principal, an elegant building downtown, with speeches and welcoming remarks by representatives of various levels of government and of course, organizer Julio Casero from the University of Valladolid, who is the current President of … Continue reading →

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Setting up in Palencia

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Bill Horne

Our exhibition was located in the City of Palencia’s Culture Centre, a lovely building downtown just a few blocks from the Teatro Principal where the keynote speeches and many presentations were to take place. We rolled our suitcase of art … Continue reading →

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Travel and Transition

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Bill Horne

Because the flights are long and Spain is nine hours ahead of the Pacific time zone in which we live, we planned to spend our first three days in Gernika to try to recover before carrying on to Palencia to … Continue reading →

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Art to Science

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Bill Horne

Both of us feel honoured to have been invited to this prestigious gathering and excited to present our work to plant pathologists. We hoped to inspire them in their work and to learn from their latest research. Many thanks to all … Continue reading →

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Preparing to take our art to Palencia

Posted on August 16, 2016 by messagefromthebeetle

Both of us feel honoured to have been invited to this prestigious gathering and excited to present our work to plant pathologists. We hope to inspire them in their work and to learn from their latest research. Many thanks to all … Continue reading →

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IUFRO Banff 2013: day 4

Posted on October 11, 2013 by messagefromthebeetle

On our last morning we heard the seven more presentations on the theme of Climate Change & Altered Disturbances. Among them were Amber Marciniak talking about western spruce budworm and Anthony Robinson’s models and scenarios to calculate how long it … Continue reading →

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IUFRO Banff 2013: day 3

Posted on October 3, 2013 by messagefromthebeetle

On the Wednesday morning we heard seven presentations on the effects of climate change on species such as spruce bark beetles, pine weevils, MPB and defoliators. Among them, Maartje Klapwijk of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences wove together Hungarian … Continue reading →

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IUFRO Banff 2013: day 2

Posted on October 3, 2013 by messagefromthebeetle

Tuesday’s presentations were on trophic & effects of weather and & climate. For example, Adriana Arango-Velez from the University of Alberta discussed lodgepole & jack pine responses to a blue fungus associated with MPB under water deficit conditions, Ken Raffa … Continue reading →

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