# Announcements
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## [About the Announcements category](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/about-the-announcements-category/12)
**Author:** [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\
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## [Contribute to the special issue on Resilience to drought](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/contribute-to-the-special-issue-on-resilience-to-drought/382)
**Author:** [@insilicoPlants](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/insilicoPlants)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/contribute-to-the-special-issue-on-resilience-to-drought/382 "2025-08-18T22:21:48Z")
As part of Interdrought VIII, in silico Plants is publishing a special issue dedicated to the latest advances in modeling approaches that contribute to understanding and improving crop resilience under drought and other …
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## [A wikipedia page for FSPM - Community effort](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/a-wikipedia-page-for-fspm-community-effort/356)
**Author:** [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/a-wikipedia-page-for-fspm-community-effort/356 "2025-07-08T12:23:28Z")
Hi, I noticed that there is no wikipedia page about Functional structural plant models. I think that we should create one since wikipedia is often the first step for many new students to get to know a topic or a discipl…
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## [New Forum Section: Helios](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/new-forum-section-helios/374)
**Author:** [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\
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**Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/new-forum-section-helios/374 "2025-06-16T19:33:34Z")
A new section, Helios, is now available on the FSPM forum. This section is dedicated to the Helios plant modeling software developed by the Bailey Lab at UC Davis. The first post in this section, Getting started with He…
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## [Summer School Advanced Soil Physics: Soil-Plant-Water Flow](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/summer-school-advanced-soil-physics-soil-plant-water-flow/346)
**Author:** [@aschnepf](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/aschnepf)\
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**Last updated:** [February 11, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/summer-school-advanced-soil-physics-soil-plant-water-flow/346 "2025-02-11T16:07:17Z")
Dear all, We are pleased to announce the upcoming 2nd Summer School on Advanced Soil Physics: Soil-Plant-Water Flow, which will take place at UCLouvain, Belgium, from 8 to 12 September 2025. The summer school is design…
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## [Announcement: New article type for teaching plant models, tools and platforms](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/announcement-new-article-type-for-teaching-plant-models-tools-and-platforms/344)
**Author:** [@insilicoPlants](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/insilicoPlants)\
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**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/announcement-new-article-type-for-teaching-plant-models-tools-and-platforms/344 "2025-01-17T15:29:02Z")
The in silico Plants (isP) journal is launching a new article type that can be used for teaching plant models, tools and platforms to those unfamiliar with modelling. Methods for Plant Modeling papers present new or exi…
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## [Invitation to GroIMP User and Developer Workshop - 5-6 December, 2024](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/invitation-to-groimp-user-and-developer-workshop-5-6-december-2024/322)
**Author:** [@ksmolen](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/ksmolen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/invitation-to-groimp-user-and-developer-workshop-5-6-december-2024/322 "2024-12-06T00:26:05Z")
Hi all, The next GroIMP User and Developer Workshop will take place on 5-6 December 2024 at Wageningen University & Research (in-person and online). This is a nice opportunity to learn about the latest FSP models and a…
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## [L-systems presented by a popular youtube channel!](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/l-systems-presented-by-a-popular-youtube-channel/262)
**Author:** [@michele.butturini](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/michele.butturini)\
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**Last updated:** [March 9, 2024, 9:23am UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/l-systems-presented-by-a-popular-youtube-channel/262 "2024-03-09T09:23:05Z")
Computerphile is a very cool YouTube channel that makes very interesting videos about computer related topics. A few days ago, they shared a nice introductory video to L-systems and virtual plants!
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## [GroIMP online workshop on 9 October, 2023](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/groimp-online-workshop-on-9-october-2023/223)
**Author:** [@gaetanH](https://fspm.discourse.group/u/gaetanH)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://fspm.discourse.group/t/groimp-online-workshop-on-9-october-2023/223 "2023-10-09T07:14:22Z")
Hello everyone, There will be an GroIMP online workshop on October 9. You are welcome to participate. More information can be found on the following document.