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Association of Applied Biologists
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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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🍂 🍁 November's Newsletter is here and as the leaves continue to fall this month we're dropping our brand new early career group, exciting new additions to our conference programme & our 2025 Members Survey! 🍁 🍂

🍵 Put your feet up & read it now 👉 buff.ly/6qMIJS8
www.aab.org.uk
We're in Leicester today for Advances in Integrated Pest and Pathogen Management #IPPM25

🚜 Martin Lines @nffn.bsky.social kicking things off with a reminder of the value of creating habitats to let nature back into our farmland 🐛
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our 2025 Members Survey is open!
👉 buff.ly/xgGup1V

🗣️ Have your say on our activities & help shape our society's future 🌱

💸 Enter by 19th December for your chance to win a year's free membership worth £65 💸
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November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Anna Taylor @foodfoundation.bsky.social kicks off ‘Resource Efficiency in Horticulture’ at East Malling @niab-uk.bsky.social with an overview of the (poor) state of UK consumption of fruit and veg 🍓 🍅
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📆 Save the Date...

🌾 Monogram 2026 🌾
23rd – 26th March📍Cambridge, UK

🌱 Connect, collaborate and shape the future of sustainable crop innovation

Abstract submission now open!
👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo

#plantscience
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🍓 Badges & books have arrived for Thursday's Resource Efficiency in Horticulture at East Malling Trust!

Good news! There's still a few spaces left if you'd like to join us 👉 cvent.me/DMwPzZ
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🍂 🍁 November's Newsletter is here and as the leaves continue to fall this month we're dropping our brand new early career group, exciting new additions to our conference programme & our 2025 Members Survey! 🍁 🍂

🍵 Put your feet up & read it now 👉 buff.ly/6qMIJS8
www.aab.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happening tomorrow!! 🌲🌳🪾

There's still time to join us!
Mark your diaries now...

🍂 Our November webinar is all 'aabout' Trees & Forest Biology!

4th November - 1pm GMT

🖱️ Register for free: buff.ly/juq7L4e

@drelunadiez.bsky.social #plantscience #trees
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by Association of Applied Biologists
🌿 Exciting news! Our new webinar series with #PlantBiotechJ kicks off 24 Nov!

"Translating Research from Lab-to-Field-to-Application"

Prof Edgar Cahoon & Dr Hyojin Kim

🗓️ 24 Nov 2025 | 🕔 17:00 CET

Register now: buff.ly/L6n7YGx #PlantScience

@sebiology.bsky.social @aabiologists.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Great to see this manifesto for plant science education out!

Shaped by discussions at our "Plant Biology Education: Creating a Vision for the Future" conference co-organised with @sebiology.bsky.social earlier this year - it outlines 5 key themes to cultivate a future for plant science 🌱
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
✨ Meet our brand new ECPro committee! ✨

As the newest of our specialist groups, the ECPros (Early Career Professionals) have been brought together to support, connect and empower our early-career applied biology community 🌱

With big plans in the pipeline.. watch this space!
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🌱 Connect
🌱 Celebrate
🌱 Cultivate

... These were the themes of last week's Black in Plant Science (BiPS) Conference in Leeds!

🌿 Truly inspiring and a real celebration of great science, diversity & inclusivity! 🌿

Thank you @blackinplantsci.bsky.social for having us!
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🎃 Trick or Treat? 🎃
(Hint it will be a real treat!)

Registration for #Roots2RegenAg closes this Friday 31st October! 👻

Join us in York this November, as we connect science & farming to explore the evidence for regenerative agriculture>> cvent.me/0Zo9ae

#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨 Registration closes today!
Just 1 week left to register for Resource Efficiency in Horticulture!

🍎🌍Exploring sustainability in the edible horticulture sector; how to deliver fresh produce while reducing consumption & environmental impact 🌍🍎

Find out more: cvent.me/DMwPzZ
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Save the Date! The "Dundee Conference" is back...

🥔 Crop Production in Northern Britain (CPNB) will return to Dundee 25-26th February 2026 🥔

Submit your abstract by 1st December:
👉 cpnb.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Mark your diaries now...

🍂 Our November webinar is all 'aabout' Trees & Forest Biology!

4th November - 1pm GMT

🖱️ Register for free: buff.ly/juq7L4e

@drelunadiez.bsky.social #plantscience #trees
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🚨 in AAB-owned PBJ ->
'Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation'.

Interesting read that explores the workability of proposed 20nt limits @epsoeurope.bsky.social
@sebiology.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation
The European Commission (EC) proposal for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) of July 2023 specifies that Category 1 NGT (NGT1) plants, which are considered equivalent to conventional plants, that is those...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
ICYMI - you can find all our past webinars on our new YouTube channel 👉👉 buff.ly/tRID1iB

Catch up on last week's webinar all 'aabout' Plant Health 🌱 as well as September's CRISPR special featuring @sadiyehayta.bsky.social 🧬
October 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Don't miss out - its your final week to register & join us in-person for #IPPM2025!

📆11-12th Nov
📍Leicester & Online

👉 Registration closes Friday (24th): cvent.me/ER78Wy
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Just 1 week left to register for Resource Efficiency in Horticulture!

🍎🌍Exploring sustainability in the edible horticulture sector; how to deliver fresh produce while reducing consumption & environmental impact 🌍🍎

Find out more: cvent.me/DMwPzZ
October 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This #BiologyWeek we have been sharing the diverse careers in our Applied Biology community

🔬 Today join Dr Jason Banda, a plant scientist @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, as he takes us through a day in the lab exploring how plants sense & respond to stress

#IAmABiologist #plantscience @rsb.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Association of Applied Biologists
We're running our #IAmABiologist campaign throughout #BiologyWeek to inspire future biologists by highlighting the diverse roles available in the biosciences.

Today’s video is from Dr James Fortune, an agronomist specialising in disease management. He's also a member of @aabiologists.bsky.social.
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week for #BiologyWeek we've been working with @royalsocbio.bsky.social to highlight the diverse careers in (applied) biology 🌱

And as 3 of our 4 staff members are biologists with a PhD in #plantscience we thought we'd introduce ourselves today👋

#IAmABiologist
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A day in the life of an Applied Biologist...

All through #BiologyWeek we're sharing the diverse careers in our Applied Biology community alongside @rsb.org.uk's #IAmABiologist campaign.

Today join Elysia Bartel, a horticulture entomologist at ADAS, as she takes us through some recent projects 🐛
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Check-out the programme for Roots to Regenerative Agriculture!
👉 cvent.me/0Zo9ae

Ft. a fantastic line-up of talks, panel discussions, poster presentations & networking opportunities.

This synthesis of science & agriculture is not to be missed!

📍York & Online, 18-20th Nov

#plantscience #regenag
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A day in the life of an Applied Biologist..

Today join Megan Webb, a Growing Media & Fertilizer Specialist at Fargro, as she visits her horticultural clients to help them maximise the potential of their crops 🪴

#IAmABiologist
October 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM