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The 14th IMPR will be held July 14-19, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain

The updated First Circular is now available! Preregister now and submit your abstracts - the abstract deadline has been extended to 31st October 2024.

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ICPM: Inter- and intra- observer variation in phytolith morphometry

Just published: Important new study on phytolith morphometry, including ICPM recommendations for standardization!

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New Feature – IPS Envoys!

The IPS is delighted to introduce IPS Envoy posts, a new feature on the website designed to increase communication among phytolith researchers. Because the phytolith research community is so large and global, it is difficult to keep up with research conducted by laboratories outside one’s own region.

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Watch a video of the workshop on "Unravelling the Complex Relationship between Plant Physiology, Phytoliths, and the Environment"

Friday, June 7th, 2024 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (Room 20.287).

Video Link!

Latest IPS Envoy posts!

Check out the sixth post from Chinese Envoy Xinxin Zuo -- Dr. Li Rencheng's Phytolith Research in Southwest China.

IPS Envoy Posts!

Announcing the Launch of PHYTO-CHAT-L!

We strongly encourage all phytolith researchers (IPS membership is not required) to join PHYTO-CHAT_L.

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Want to learn more about how to do Open Access phytolith science?

Check out the new Open Science Skills Clinics presented by ICOPS!

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The new code for phytolith nomenclature, version 2.0 IS NOW published !

The paper with its supplementary material can be downloaded for free on the Annals of Botany website.

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Access rare publications on phytoliths archived by Rand Evett, including papers, master and doctoral theses!
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Latest scientific publications:

Wang, W., Zhuang, X., Yin, X., Song, P., Wang, M., Fan, J., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, B. (2024). Mineralization and physicochemical characteristics of Lycium barbarum L. leaf cellulose detected using the basic alkali/acid extraction. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 7, 100413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpta.2023.100413
Zhang, J., Jiang, L., Yu, L., Huan, X., Zhou, L., Wang, C., Jin, J., Zuo, X., Wu, N., Zhao, Z., Sun, H., Yu, Z., Zhang, G., Zhu, J., Wu, Z., Dong, Y., Fan, B., Shen, C., & Lu, H. (2024). Rice’s trajectory from wild to domesticated in East Asia. Science, 384(6698), 901–906. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ade4487
Gao, X., Hao, Q., Wang, L., Song, Y., Ge, J., Wu, H., Xu, B., Han, L., Fu, Y., Wu, X., Deng, C., & Guo, Z. (2024). Changes in monsoon precipitation in East Asia under a 2°C interglacial warming. Science Advances, 10(20), eadm7694. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adm7694
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International Phytolith Society Board Members

Rand R. Evett

University of California, USA

President

Yansheng Gu

School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

President-elect

Doris Barboni

French Institute of Pondicherry, India

Past-President

Mikhail Blinnikov

St. Cloud State University, USA

Treasurer

Welmoed Out

Moesgaard Museum, Denmark

Secretary

Ofir Katz

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Member-at-large

Marcia Regina Calegari

Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Brasil

Member-at-large

Chad Yost

Indiana State University, USA

Editor (non-voting)

Carolina Glaeser Benincá

Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná – Unioeste, Brazil

Web envoy

Marina Solomonova

Department of Botany at Altai State University

Web envoy

Xinxin Zuo

Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Web envoy

Gayathri R

Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences (MCNS), Manipal, Karnataka, India

Web envoy