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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're delighted to announce the 2026 AAB President's Medallists! 🎉 Celebrating excellence, impact and leadership across applied biology, our 2026 Medallists were nominated by members of the global community & appointed by highly competitive judging process Congratulations to our three winners!

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Registration is now OPEN for... 🪱 Advances in Nematology 2026 🪱 👉️ cvent.me/0EwGbB 📅 10th December 📍 The Linnean Society, London & Online Join our invited speakers: 🪱 Mark Blaxter @sangerinstitute.bsky.social 🪱 André Bertran @w-u-r.bsky.social 🪱 Giulia Torrini @giuliatorrini.bsky.social

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste don't miss our FREE webinar all 'aabout' Nematology Featuring what promises to be a fantastic talk from Dr James Price @hutton.ac.uk on how they're combatting potato cyst nematodes (PCN) to protect potato yields 🥔🪱 #FLWday @fao.org

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨🚨 Final week to register!! 🚨🚨 Don't miss our fantastic line-up of keynotes, workshops, early-career science & networking opportunities across academia & industry 💡The full schedule is now online! Join us in Nottingham 👇

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Save the Date! The AAB-PlantEd group are delighted to announce... 🌱🧬 PlantEd Conference 2027 🧬 🌱 📅 28 - 30 September 2027 📍 John Innes Centre, UK 🌾 What the EU can learn from the UK’s approach to deregulating #NGT plants and in-field testing @johninnescentre.bsky.social

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us this November for #UKHorticultureMonth at Horticulture and Healthy Diets 2026 🍎 📅 26th Nov, Kent Featuring Keynotes, panels & sessions on #horticulture #nutrition, #plantscience & #diet Check out our programme & register now! 👉 cvent.me/9ox5Xn ⏰ Registration closes 12th November

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Less than a week to get your abstracts in for 🌾 Sustainable Crop Nutrition 🌾 at the stunning Guildhall York! ⏰ Oral abstract submission Monday 28th September ⏰

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1 week to go... 🪱 Don't forget to register for our next webinar all aabout Nematology! 👇👇 #nematode #soilhealth #planthealth #plantscience

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some more #ISRFG2026 conference magic over on our YouTube channel now 💫 👉 youtube.com/shorts/AA_9s...

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ICYMI - you can watch this week's PlantEd webinar online now! 📜 Ralf Wilhelm: “The EPSO Working Group on Agricultural Technologies and the EU Legislation on NGT” 🔗 buff.ly/E29hzcd 🧬 Robert Hoffie: "Targeted Diversity: Base Editing to engineer Virus Resistance in Barley" 🔗 buff.ly/hyLDRCP

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 "Moving from fundamental research to application - changing your focus within science" Rebecca Joynt @adasgroup.bsky.social will be joining for 'Early Career Essentials' this October, sharing insights from her career in #crop #pathology 🌾🦠 Join her 👉👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ICYMI - our September newsletter is back online! 🍃 Catch up on all the latest news & opportunities, as well as the next batch of reports from Photosynthesis 2026 #ICPR26 Read it now 👉️ buff.ly/uQ3vrfe Missed our September deadlines? Ignore the dates inside! We've extended abstract submission...

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Don't miss today's FREE webinar on plant genome editing 👇 #NGT #plantscience

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🌾🌾 ISRFG 2026 🌾🌾 A few highlights from a phenomenal week at The Royal Society for the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 2026 🌾 @oryzanet.bsky.social @royalsociety.org #plantscience #isrfg2026

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨🚨 Closing soon!! 🚨🚨 Submit an abstract now 👇

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 Only 2 days left to submit an abstract!! 🚨 Present your work at Sustainable Crop Nutrition this November👇 #plantscience #soilhealth

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don't miss your chance to present at 'Horticulture and Healthy Diets' this November 🍎 Submit an abstract by 15th Sept 👉 cvent.me/9ox5Xn 💡We encourage early-career researchers & professionals to submit an abstract - if selected you'll receive free registration! #plantscience #horticulture

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1 week to go... 🧬 All 'aabout' plant genome editing 🧬 Register for free 👇

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Missed the abstract deadline for Early Career Essentials?? Have no fear - registration is still open (and we're still accepting poster abstracts!) 🌱 Register by 1st October to join us in person! 👉️ cvent.me/8o1kkP #earlycareer #plantscience #agronomy #forestry #agtech #scicomm

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 1 week left to submit an abstract!! 🚨 🧑‍🔬🧪>🧑‍🌾🚜 Bringing IPM technologies from the lab into the field: 🐛 Prevention 📡 Detection & Decision Support 🪲 Control ♻️ Integration Submit an abstract now! 👉 cvent.me/EyM7bm

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We're still working on the website, but please save the date if you are interested in Plant Education. Following on from the successful 2025 event (See nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...), we are planning "Plant Education 2" next April in Cambridge, UK. www.aab.org.uk/event/plant-...

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Plant Biology Education 2: Partnerships, Learning, Audiences and Networks for Teaching (PLANT). - Association of Applied Biologists

AAB are delighted to be organising a follow-up meeting to the very successful Plant Science Education meeting held in Lancaster in January 2025. We were delighted to publish a ‘Manifesto […]

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Don't miss your chance to present at Sustainable Crop Nutrition 🌾 🚨 Abstract submission closes in 1 week!! 🚨 #plantscience #cropscience #soilhealth #sustainableagriculture

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

📣 The next webinar in our series all 'aabout' #plantscience & #sustainableagriculture will be... All 'aabout' Nematology 🪱 📅 Tuesday 29th September 🕙️ 2pm BST | 3pm CEST | 9pm CST | 9am EDT Register & join for FREE! 👉️ buff.ly/eulcd8Z @hutton.ac.uk @annalsapplbio.bsky.social #nematode

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⏰⏰ Abstract submission closes today!! ⏰⏰ Join us this October to grow your career & develop your network 🌱 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Just 4 days left to submit an abstract to present at 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists'🌱 📍Nottingham & Online, 20- 21 Oct Join us to expand your skills & network! 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP Today we're happy to announce two more speakers! 👇 #plantscience #DEI

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Plant Biotechnology Journal @plantbiotechj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌱 RESEARCH 🌱 Multiplexed Engineering of Disease Resistance and Lodging Tolerance in Wheat Via a Single Xylan Modifying Glycosyltransferase - Sun et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

⏰ Abstract Deadline ⏰ Don't miss you chance to present at IPPM 2026: Technological Innovation for Integrated Pest, Pathogen and Weed Management 🐛🦠🌱 📅 Submit your abstract by 13th Sept 👉 cvent.me/EyM7bm #IPM #planthealth #plantpathology #plantscience #cropprotection #biocontrol

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Join us for a webinar with 2025 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal winner Camille Delavaux! 📅 4 September ⌚ 13:30 UTC Register to attend. It's free! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PlantScience

Photo of Camille Delavaux. Text reads: 2025 Tansley Medal winner Camille Delavaux. 13:30 UTC | 4 September 2026.

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🚨 1 week left to submit an abstract 🚨 Don't miss your chance to present at 🌱 Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists 🌱 📅 20-21 Oct 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP ⏰ Deadline 1st Sept Join our multidisciplinary line-up of speakers from industry, academia & beyond 🌟 📣 Today we're sharing 2 more speakers..

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Join industry leaders at Horticulture & Healthy Diets 📆 26/11/26 Ft. Keynotes from 🥦 Henry Dimbleby (author of UK National Food Strategy & School Food Plan) 💊 Martin Warren @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @vitaminb12lab.bsky.social Register now 👉 cvent.me/9ox5Xn ⏰ Early bird savings end 1st Sept⏰

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🌾Sustainable Crop Nutrition - AAB President's Meeting 2026 🌾 📅 17 - 18 Nov 📍York & Online ⏰ Abstract submission closes 12th Sept! 👉 cvent.me/Q55K5Q Join us to discuss the latest in.. 🌱 plant-soil interactions 🪱 soil health 🚜 fertiliser use 🌾 nutrient uptake 🌽 nutritional quality & more!

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join Adrian Searle as he explores the principles behind public science communication & government behaviour change work 🗣️🏛️ Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists 📅 20-21 Oct 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP @adriansearle.bsky.social @forestresearchuk.bsky.social #scicomm

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Join us for the next webinar in our PlantEd series 🌱 📅 Tuesday 15 Sept 🕑 2PM BST | 3PM CEST 🧬 Ft. talks from: Ralf Wilhelm @jki-research.bsky.social @epsoeurope.bsky.social Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social @leibnizipk.bsky.social Register for free 👉 buff.ly/8eXxZEh #plantscience #NGT

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🌾 SAVE THE DATE 🌾 Long Term Experiments 2027 is coming to South Africa! 📆 22 - 24th June 2027 Find out more 👉 longtermexperiments2027.com 🔎 LTEs: Lessons Learnt and Future Sustainability in #agriculture #agronomy #agroecology #soilscience #cropscience

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Don't miss your chance to present at 🍃 Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists 🍃 Share your science & build new connections in the wider #plantscience, #agriculture & #ecology community 🌍 📆 20-21 October 2026 📍Nottingham & Online Abstract submission closes 1st September ⏰ 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New paper featuring friends of the AAB, including our #Biocontrol & #IPM specialist group member Joe Roberts! If this is your jam don't forget abstract submission is still open for IPPM26: Technological Innovation for Integrated Pest, Pathogen and Weed Management 👉 cvent.me/EyM7bm

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We're hiring 🔬🌱🦠 We're looking for someone with confocal microscopy expertise to join our work on plant–microbe interactions @thesainsburylab.bsky.social . A whole new suite of genetically encoded reporters + 3D spatial gene expression tools like PHYTOMap and more. Please share!

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 12/08/2026

📢 One week left to apply! 🧪🌾 There is still time to apply for the Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) position in Plant Physiology at UPSC & SLU. 🌲🧬 📅 Interested? Apply by 19 August!

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The summer edition of our newsletter is out now!! ☀️ Ft. all the latest from the AAB & wider community! 🚑 News 🌱 Events 💼 Opportunities 📝 Meeting Reports #ICPR26 @costprogramme.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk Read it in full 👉 buff.ly/qDC6TiM

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join Kieran Woof @rsb.org.uk for as he shares his expertise in the 'Shaping Science Policy' workshop at 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists' 📆 20-21 Oct 📍 Nottingham & Online Register now 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP #plantscience #sciencepolicy #earlycareer

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And just like that it's the final day of #ICPR26, which of course means it's time for our awards! 🏆 🏅 First up with the Robert Hill Award, we hear from this year's winner Chris Gisriel @uwbiochem.bsky.social on "Multiple routes to red-shifted chlorophyll d-based photosynthesis" 🌈🌱

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

#ICPR26 Plenaries continuing this morning with Lisa Ainsworth, Angad Mehta & Jaideep Mathur Taking us from canopies & future atmospheres to engineering artificial photosynthetic life forms to plastids & dynamic plant stress repsonses 🫘🌱> 🧪 > 🔬 @ibioillinois.bsky.social @ripeproject.bsky.social

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Final few days to register for #Auxin2026! ⏰ Registration closes 1st Aug! ⏰ 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience

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Plant Biotechnology Journal @plantbiotechj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

👥 MEET THE EDITOR 👥 Calling #ICPR26 attendees 📣 Join our Editor-in-Chief Johnathan Napier and esteemed colleagues for Demystifing Scientific Publishing 🌱 📅 Tomorrow at 11am @johnathan-n.bsky.social @rothamsted.ac.uk #plantscience

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Annals of Applied Biology @annalsapplbio.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

💬 Meet the Editor 💬 Prof. Martin Parry @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social 📣Calling all Photosynthesis researchers - our special issue on Novel Applications of Photosynthesis for Improved Productivity is accepting submissions. If you're at #ICPR26 come and talk to Martin about your paper! 🌿

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Plant Biotechnology Journal @plantbiotechj.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

👥 MEET THE EDITOR 👥 For those of you at Photosynthesis 2026: Ben Long, the editor of our special issue on Engineering Photosynthesis, is here all week. 🗨️ Do you have a paper to submit? Come and have a chat! #ICPR26 #plantscience #photosynthesis @botbml.bsky.social

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

📢 Tomorrow at #ICPR26 - don't miss the panel on Demystifying scientific publishing: authors' experiences and editors' insights ⌚ 11:00–12:30 29 July, Hall 1C - Level 1 Including @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social's Managing Editor, Bennett Young!

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In honour of #ICPR26 this week, we're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting some of JXB's photosynthesis collections from recent years! 🌿☀️ 📚 2025 – Photosynthesis Virtual Issue 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #ICPR26 #PlantScience 🧪

A photograph of the front cover of the first issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany, published in March 1950. Note the articles on transpiration, stomata and photosynthesis.

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