Association of Applied Biologists
@aabiologists.bsky.social
Learned society bringing together a community of applied biologists around the world under a broad mission to improve agricultural productivity.
https://www.aab.org.uk/
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🌱 One week to go until our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil! 🌱
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
Happy to say that our Applied Plant Pathology specialist group is once again organising a session at BSPP's annual conference #PPATH2026
🦠 Join them in Norwich this September!
Registration is open 👉 www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
#plantscience
🦠 Join them in Norwich this September!
Registration is open 👉 www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
#plantscience
February 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Happy to say that our Applied Plant Pathology specialist group is once again organising a session at BSPP's annual conference #PPATH2026
🦠 Join them in Norwich this September!
Registration is open 👉 www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
#plantscience
🦠 Join them in Norwich this September!
Registration is open 👉 www.bspp.org.uk/plant-pathol...
#plantscience
🌱 One week to go until our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil! 🌱
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
🌱 One week to go until our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil! 🌱
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
Register for free 👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
Submit your abstracts now for Photosynthesis 2026!
👉️ photosynthesis2026.com
📆 26 - 30 July 2026
📍 Liverpool UK
Submit by 31st March for your chance to present to an international audience at one of our 25 concurrent sessions!
#plantscience #photosynthesis
👉️ photosynthesis2026.com
📆 26 - 30 July 2026
📍 Liverpool UK
Submit by 31st March for your chance to present to an international audience at one of our 25 concurrent sessions!
#plantscience #photosynthesis
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Submit your abstracts now for Photosynthesis 2026!
👉️ photosynthesis2026.com
📆 26 - 30 July 2026
📍 Liverpool UK
Submit by 31st March for your chance to present to an international audience at one of our 25 concurrent sessions!
#plantscience #photosynthesis
👉️ photosynthesis2026.com
📆 26 - 30 July 2026
📍 Liverpool UK
Submit by 31st March for your chance to present to an international audience at one of our 25 concurrent sessions!
#plantscience #photosynthesis
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026!!
🌟 We belong in Science, and our inclusion fosters and drives innovation 🌟
🌱 Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shares her journey in a new blog post 👉️ aab.org.uk/idwgs2026/
#WomenInScience #IDWGS #plantscience
🌟 We belong in Science, and our inclusion fosters and drives innovation 🌟
🌱 Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shares her journey in a new blog post 👉️ aab.org.uk/idwgs2026/
#WomenInScience #IDWGS #plantscience
February 11, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026!!
🌟 We belong in Science, and our inclusion fosters and drives innovation 🌟
🌱 Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shares her journey in a new blog post 👉️ aab.org.uk/idwgs2026/
#WomenInScience #IDWGS #plantscience
🌟 We belong in Science, and our inclusion fosters and drives innovation 🌟
🌱 Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shares her journey in a new blog post 👉️ aab.org.uk/idwgs2026/
#WomenInScience #IDWGS #plantscience
Register now for 'Acrylamide in Cereal Products: Progress and Prospects'
📆 3 - 4 June 2026
📍 Palermo, Sicily
👉️ cvent.me/XaaVZ9
@ilsieurope.bsky.social
📆 3 - 4 June 2026
📍 Palermo, Sicily
👉️ cvent.me/XaaVZ9
@ilsieurope.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Register now for 'Acrylamide in Cereal Products: Progress and Prospects'
📆 3 - 4 June 2026
📍 Palermo, Sicily
👉️ cvent.me/XaaVZ9
@ilsieurope.bsky.social
📆 3 - 4 June 2026
📍 Palermo, Sicily
👉️ cvent.me/XaaVZ9
@ilsieurope.bsky.social
🚨 Final day to register for Crop Production in Northern Britain 2026 🚨
Join us in Dundee 25- 26 February
👉️ cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
Join us in Dundee 25- 26 February
👉️ cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🚨 Final day to register for Crop Production in Northern Britain 2026 🚨
Join us in Dundee 25- 26 February
👉️ cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
Join us in Dundee 25- 26 February
👉️ cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
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Tune in to our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil Biology
📅 24 Feb - 1pm GMT
🔗 buff.ly/dcXsZR4
& hear from Gustavo Ferreira da Silva 'all aabout' his recently published paper 👇
#plantscience @aabiologists.bsky.social
📅 24 Feb - 1pm GMT
🔗 buff.ly/dcXsZR4
& hear from Gustavo Ferreira da Silva 'all aabout' his recently published paper 👇
#plantscience @aabiologists.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Tune in to our next webinar 'all aabout' Roots & Soil Biology
📅 24 Feb - 1pm GMT
🔗 buff.ly/dcXsZR4
& hear from Gustavo Ferreira da Silva 'all aabout' his recently published paper 👇
#plantscience @aabiologists.bsky.social
📅 24 Feb - 1pm GMT
🔗 buff.ly/dcXsZR4
& hear from Gustavo Ferreira da Silva 'all aabout' his recently published paper 👇
#plantscience @aabiologists.bsky.social
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Are you a researcher looking to help the next generation of plant scientists gain valuable experience? Then consider applying to host a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship this summer!
📆Apply by Tues 10 March
Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...
#PlantHealth
📆Apply by Tues 10 March
Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...
#PlantHealth
February 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Are you a researcher looking to help the next generation of plant scientists gain valuable experience? Then consider applying to host a Plant Health Undergraduate Studentship this summer!
📆Apply by Tues 10 March
Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...
#PlantHealth
📆Apply by Tues 10 March
Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...
#PlantHealth
ICYMI - last week's mini symposium from our friends over at ISRR is now available to watch online 👇
We hosted the ISRR Mini Symposium last week with 14 talks on roots from a whole range of research fields. If you want to catch up on this the link to the recording is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqD...
@rootscientists.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQqD...
@rootscientists.bsky.social
'Between the Roots' ISRR Mini Symposium 2026
YouTube video by ISRR-International Society of Root Research
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:18 PM
ICYMI - last week's mini symposium from our friends over at ISRR is now available to watch online 👇
February's here - and with it the first signs of spring and our latest newsletter!
🌱 Featuring our latest events, reports from early career travel awardees & a ton of opportunities in the wider applied biology community 🌱
Read it now 👉️ buff.ly/bcs7n7M
🌱 Featuring our latest events, reports from early career travel awardees & a ton of opportunities in the wider applied biology community 🌱
Read it now 👉️ buff.ly/bcs7n7M
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
February's here - and with it the first signs of spring and our latest newsletter!
🌱 Featuring our latest events, reports from early career travel awardees & a ton of opportunities in the wider applied biology community 🌱
Read it now 👉️ buff.ly/bcs7n7M
🌱 Featuring our latest events, reports from early career travel awardees & a ton of opportunities in the wider applied biology community 🌱
Read it now 👉️ buff.ly/bcs7n7M
⏰ There's just under 1 week left to apply (or nominate a colleague!) for the BiPS Research Excellence Award!
🌱 Celebrating outstanding community contributions and recognising the work and innovations carried out by UK-based ECRs of black heritage
Don't miss out: applications close Monday 9th Feb!
🌱 Celebrating outstanding community contributions and recognising the work and innovations carried out by UK-based ECRs of black heritage
Don't miss out: applications close Monday 9th Feb!
At Black in Plant Science celebrating excellence is one of main pillars. So if you would like to apply or nominate anyone, applications are now open. We are looking for Black Heritage Early Career Researchers, if this is you, or someone you know, then please don't hesitate to apply! buff.ly/RrP7DM9
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
⏰ There's just under 1 week left to apply (or nominate a colleague!) for the BiPS Research Excellence Award!
🌱 Celebrating outstanding community contributions and recognising the work and innovations carried out by UK-based ECRs of black heritage
Don't miss out: applications close Monday 9th Feb!
🌱 Celebrating outstanding community contributions and recognising the work and innovations carried out by UK-based ECRs of black heritage
Don't miss out: applications close Monday 9th Feb!
Register now for the next webinar in our series 'all aabout' #plantscience & #sustainableagriculture
🌱 This month we're 'all aabout' Roots & Soil, ft. talks from Eva Oburger @bokuvienna.bsky.social & Jason Banda @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
🌱 This month we're 'all aabout' Roots & Soil, ft. talks from Eva Oburger @bokuvienna.bsky.social & Jason Banda @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
February 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Register now for the next webinar in our series 'all aabout' #plantscience & #sustainableagriculture
🌱 This month we're 'all aabout' Roots & Soil, ft. talks from Eva Oburger @bokuvienna.bsky.social & Jason Banda @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
🌱 This month we're 'all aabout' Roots & Soil, ft. talks from Eva Oburger @bokuvienna.bsky.social & Jason Banda @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th Feb - 1pm GMT
👉️ buff.ly/dcXsZR4
🌾 Check out this recent opinion in @annalsapplbio.bsky.social by @sganie.bsky.social & Ricardo A. Azevedo
Read it now 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70050
Read it now 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70050
Why are stress-resistant crops still rare? Bridging the gap between discovery and the field buff.ly/gnIupta via @universityofessex.bsky.social #Plantscience
Why are stress-resistant crops still rare? Bridging the gap between discovery and the field - The Global Plant Council
Over the past three decades, plant scientists have identified thousands of genes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) linked to tolerance against drought, heat, salinity, and other environmental…
globalplantcouncil.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🌾 Check out this recent opinion in @annalsapplbio.bsky.social by @sganie.bsky.social & Ricardo A. Azevedo
Read it now 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70050
Read it now 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70050
🦜 Don't miss out: Early-bird rates end today!!
Thinking of joining us in Cambridge for #MONOGRAM26 ??
💸 There's only one week left to save on registration! 💸
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🐦 Early-bird registration rates end 2nd Feb 🐦
@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
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🐦 Early-bird registration rates end 2nd Feb 🐦
@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🦜 Don't miss out: Early-bird rates end today!!
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5 days remain to submit your speaker abstracts, travel grant applications and early-bird registrations for the 47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extending the limits of thermal life!
📅 2–5 June 2026
📍 Córdoba, Spain
Deadline: 2 February 👇
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
📅 2–5 June 2026
📍 Córdoba, Spain
Deadline: 2 February 👇
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
Explore how extreme heat affects plants and other ectothermic organisms that underpin ecosystem productivity.Abstract submission now open
www.newphytologist.org
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
5 days remain to submit your speaker abstracts, travel grant applications and early-bird registrations for the 47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extending the limits of thermal life!
📅 2–5 June 2026
📍 Córdoba, Spain
Deadline: 2 February 👇
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
📅 2–5 June 2026
📍 Córdoba, Spain
Deadline: 2 February 👇
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
#PlantScience
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃
Drum roll please..
Introducing our fantastic line-up of Plenary Speakers for Photosynthesis 2026!
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Join us! 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
✍️ Abstract submission is open!
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
Drum roll please..
Introducing our fantastic line-up of Plenary Speakers for Photosynthesis 2026!
🧵 1/10
Join us! 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
✍️ Abstract submission is open!
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 AM
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃
Drum roll please..
Introducing our fantastic line-up of Plenary Speakers for Photosynthesis 2026!
🧵 1/10
Join us! 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
✍️ Abstract submission is open!
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
Drum roll please..
Introducing our fantastic line-up of Plenary Speakers for Photosynthesis 2026!
🧵 1/10
Join us! 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
✍️ Abstract submission is open!
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
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Starting in an hour, join this free online root symposium! #plantscience
🌱 ISRR Mini-Symposium Registration is now open!
📅 Jan 28th 2026
Join us online to dig into the latest in #root and #rhizosphere science! Don't miss out on this chance to grow your knowledge and network with fellow enthusiasts!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
📅 Jan 28th 2026
Join us online to dig into the latest in #root and #rhizosphere science! Don't miss out on this chance to grow your knowledge and network with fellow enthusiasts!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
International Society of Root Research - Mini Symposium
Join us online for the International Society of Root Research Mini Symposium to dig into the latest in root and rhizosphere science!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Starting in an hour, join this free online root symposium! #plantscience
Final week to register for CPNB 2026!
🚜 Join us in Dundee, 25-26 February, for 'Crop Production in Northern Britain' - the foremost conference on environmental management & crop production in northern environments
Register by 4th February:
🔗 cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
🚜 Join us in Dundee, 25-26 February, for 'Crop Production in Northern Britain' - the foremost conference on environmental management & crop production in northern environments
Register by 4th February:
🔗 cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Final week to register for CPNB 2026!
🚜 Join us in Dundee, 25-26 February, for 'Crop Production in Northern Britain' - the foremost conference on environmental management & crop production in northern environments
Register by 4th February:
🔗 cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
🚜 Join us in Dundee, 25-26 February, for 'Crop Production in Northern Britain' - the foremost conference on environmental management & crop production in northern environments
Register by 4th February:
🔗 cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
🚨 Closing tomorrow 🚨
Are you an early career biologist with an interest in science policy?
Last chance to apply for Voice of the Future 2026 and represent the AAB in UK parliament this March 👇
Are you an early career biologist with an interest in science policy?
Last chance to apply for Voice of the Future 2026 and represent the AAB in UK parliament this March 👇
If you would like to be considered please submit your expression of interest & a question focused on science policy (rather than detailed scientific topics) via the online form by 28th January: buff.ly/GXrHrn3
Candidates must be available to travel to London on Thursday 19 March 2026.
Candidates must be available to travel to London on Thursday 19 March 2026.
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 AM
🚨 Closing tomorrow 🚨
Are you an early career biologist with an interest in science policy?
Last chance to apply for Voice of the Future 2026 and represent the AAB in UK parliament this March 👇
Are you an early career biologist with an interest in science policy?
Last chance to apply for Voice of the Future 2026 and represent the AAB in UK parliament this March 👇
Thinking of joining us in Cambridge for #MONOGRAM26 ??
💸 There's only one week left to save on registration! 💸
Register now
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🐦 Early-bird registration rates end 2nd Feb 🐦
@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
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🐦 Early-bird registration rates end 2nd Feb 🐦
@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Thinking of joining us in Cambridge for #MONOGRAM26 ??
💸 There's only one week left to save on registration! 💸
Register now
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🐦 Early-bird registration rates end 2nd Feb 🐦
@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
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🚨 CLOSING TODAY 🚨
Abstract submission for MONOGRAM 2026 closes today!
🌾 Don't miss your chance to present at the annual Monogram UK meeting 🌾
Register now 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience @monogram-uk.bsky.social
Abstract submission for MONOGRAM 2026 closes today!
🌾 Don't miss your chance to present at the annual Monogram UK meeting 🌾
Register now 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience @monogram-uk.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🚨 CLOSING TODAY 🚨
Abstract submission for MONOGRAM 2026 closes today!
🌾 Don't miss your chance to present at the annual Monogram UK meeting 🌾
Register now 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience @monogram-uk.bsky.social
Abstract submission for MONOGRAM 2026 closes today!
🌾 Don't miss your chance to present at the annual Monogram UK meeting 🌾
Register now 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
#plantscience @monogram-uk.bsky.social
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Looking forward to seeing everyone at the ISRR Mini Symposium next week — a day of online presentations focused on roots 🌱
#ISRR
@rootscientists.bsky.social
@hutton.ac.uk
#ISRR
@rootscientists.bsky.social
@hutton.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the ISRR Mini Symposium next week — a day of online presentations focused on roots 🌱
#ISRR
@rootscientists.bsky.social
@hutton.ac.uk
#ISRR
@rootscientists.bsky.social
@hutton.ac.uk
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃
Join our incredible line-up of Keynotes & Plenary Speakers at Photosynthesis 2026 in Liverpool this July!
✍️ Register & submit an abstract now
👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
Join our incredible line-up of Keynotes & Plenary Speakers at Photosynthesis 2026 in Liverpool this July!
✍️ Register & submit an abstract now
👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
January 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃
Join our incredible line-up of Keynotes & Plenary Speakers at Photosynthesis 2026 in Liverpool this July!
✍️ Register & submit an abstract now
👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
Join our incredible line-up of Keynotes & Plenary Speakers at Photosynthesis 2026 in Liverpool this July!
✍️ Register & submit an abstract now
👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience 🧪 #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
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ECRs in plant–microbe interactions:
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
www.tsl.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:03 AM
ECRs in plant–microbe interactions:
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)
Join us in Norwich for an intensive, interactive 1.5-week Summer Conference at TSL (20–31 July). Lots of opportunities for networking and deep discussions.
(We also plan to offer hands-on practical sessions using our technologies 🔬🧬)