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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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🎉 Registration is OPEN for Photosynthesis 2026 🎉

📆 26 - 30th July 2026
📍 ACC Liverpool, UK

🐦 Register by 31st March to secure your early-bird rate!
Find out more 👉 photosynthesis2026.com

#photosynthesis #plantscience #ICPR26
🚨 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
January 23, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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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
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January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
🍃🎤🍃 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
January 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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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 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...
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
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2026 UK plant biomechanics workshop on 17th April 2026 in Nottingham.

Abstract submissions deadline is 13 Feb, and registration is open.

🌱🧪🌿🔬#PlantSci
Home - Plant Biomechanics Workshop 2026 - East Midlands Conference Centre
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January 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
⏰ Final week to submit an abstract for MONOGRAM 2026 ⏰

📍 Cambridge, UK: 23- 26 March

Don't miss out! Abstract submission closes next Friday 23rd January

🌾 Find out more 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo

#plantscience @monogram-uk.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🎆 Happy New Year from the AAB! 🎆

The first 2026 issue of our newsletter is out today, along with a fresh dusting of AAB events to go with the snowfall here in Northern Europe ❄️

Read it now: buff.ly/BnKEr1Q
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
📣 Registration is open for Auxin 2026!!

Join us as we delve into the latest advancements in auxin biology by the sea in the beautiful Algarve!
🦞 4 - 8th October
🌊 Albufeira, Portugal

Register now 👉 auxin2026.info

#plantscience #auxin2026
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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📣New opportunity for three members to join the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) for UK Government Defra 🧪

Application deadline 2 February 2026

▶️ apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9084?t...

#plantsci #agriculture #vaccines #insects
Appointment details – Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment - Scientific expert members – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK
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January 7, 2026 at 10:59 AM
🎉 Registration is OPEN for Photosynthesis 2026 🎉

📆 26 - 30th July 2026
📍 ACC Liverpool, UK

🐦 Register by 31st March to secure your early-bird rate!
Find out more 👉 photosynthesis2026.com

#photosynthesis #plantscience #ICPR26
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Calling all pesticide application researchers, advisors, manufacturers, practicioners & regulators 🚜🛩️

🚨 Registration closes today for IAPA26!

Join us in Sardinia 👉 cvent.me/kv2xkO
⏰ Closing soon ⏰

Register by January 5th to join us in Sardinia for 'International Advances in Pesticide Application 2026'

🗓️ 20 - 22 January
📍 Cagliari, Sardinia & Online

Register now: cvent.me/kv2xkO
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Last chance to enter!

💸 Prize draw closes today!
💸 Win a year's free AAB membership!!! 💸

Fill in our 2025 Members Survey by the 19th December for your chance to win membership worth up to £65
👉👉 forms.gle/cH7Ryik5U44imXqx7

🗣️ Have your say & help shape our society's future 🌱
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
⏰ Closing soon ⏰

Register by January 5th to join us in Sardinia for 'International Advances in Pesticide Application 2026'

🗓️ 20 - 22 January
📍 Cagliari, Sardinia & Online

Register now: cvent.me/kv2xkO
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
💸 Win a year's free AAB membership!!! 💸

Fill in our 2025 Members Survey by the 19th December for your chance to win membership worth up to £65
👉👉 forms.gle/cH7Ryik5U44imXqx7

🗣️ Have your say & help shape our society's future 🌱
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
⏰ HAPPENING TODAY 1-2pm (GMT) ⏰

✨ Are you giving a flash talk at a conference next year? Or signed up for 3MT?

Join sci-comm expert Suzanne Whitby for this FREE online workshop on flash talk fundamentals! 👇

#scicomm #plantscience
✨ Flash Talk Fundamentals for Applied Biologists ✨

An interactive online workshop for early career researchers & professionals - perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to deliver a great conference flash talk or 3MT!

📆 12th December, 1pm GMT

Register now 👉 buff.ly/OiDYE93
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🎤 AAB Live

Watch PhD student Anika Damm's fantastic talk at our annual 'Advances in Nematology' held at the Linnean Society of London last week 👉 youtu.be/-Ha58jVjSmQ

@anikadamm.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social #plantscience
Anika Damm - From host signals to parasitism
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December 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Great to see a paper highlighting the importance of sharing negative results to guide future research 👩‍🔬🧪

#plantscience
Sharing negative results to stop others from falling down “research rabbit-holes”…

🦠 Virus-enabled reverse genetics (VERG) is a powerful tool, but robust data shows this tried-and-tested method just doesn’t work in rice!

👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.70087

@rothamsted.bsky.social @plantenv.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Don't miss this Friday's FREE(!!!) 1hr online workshop: Flash Talk Fundamentals ✨

Join us 👇
✨ Flash Talk Fundamentals for Applied Biologists ✨

An interactive online workshop for early career researchers & professionals - perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to deliver a great conference flash talk or 3MT!

📆 12th December, 1pm GMT

Register now 👉 buff.ly/OiDYE93
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
✨AAB Wrapped ✨

Our 2025 year in review!

💚 Our biggest membership ever - thank you to everyone in the applied biology community for your support this year!

Read more in our December Newsletter out today: buff.ly/ZS086xb
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We're back at the Linnean Society of London today for Advances in Nematology 2025!

🪱 First to the podium this morning is Hans Helder @w-u-r.bsky.social introducing us to Nem-Emerge, a Horizon Europe project

@horizoneu.bsky.social @nememerge.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
To share 🌍 research we have printed posters from delegates ahead of ‘Advances in Nematology 2025’ on December 4th @linneansociety.bsky.social
🇰🇪 🇬🇧 🇿🇲 🇲🇦 🇬🇭 🇨🇦 🇬🇪
Online registration still open!
web.cvent.com/event/a9b472...
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Delighted to share that the 2026 Rank Prize for Nutrition has been awarded to Professor David E. Salt & Martin Broadley! 🏆👏 Congratulations both!

Read more 👉 www.rankprize.org/prize/nutrit...

@uniofnottingham.bsky.social @rothamsted.bsky.social #plantscience
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Registration is now open for MONOGRAM 2026! 🌾

📝 Submit your abstract by 23rd January
🐦 Early-bird registration closes 2nd February

Register now 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo

@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#NationalTreeWeek

How can phages be used to effectively tackle bacterial canker in fruit trees??

New research from Mojgan Rabiey @mojganrabiey.bsky.social presented at IPPM25 earlier this month shows how bees can be harnessed to deliver this biocontrol to cherry trees 🐝🌸

👉 youtu.be/fAdDO6NIZvY
Dr Mojgan Rabiey - Bee-mediated delivery of phage to control cherry canker
YouTube video by Association of Applied Biologists
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November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community!

www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM