🌱 Join us at #Nitrogen2026 – The 6th International Symposium on the Nitrogen Nutrition of Plants! Top experts in nitrogen transport, plant nutrition & NUE will join us in Quedlinburg, Germany 🇩🇪 📅 Early bird: 31 May 2026 📄 Abstracts: 12 July 2026 #PlantScience #Agriculture #CropScience

🌱 Welcome to our new EPSO member: Jan IngenHousz Institute (JII)! JII is a nonprofit open science institute advancing photosynthesis research to improve crop productivity and tackle global food security challenges openjii.org Welcome to EPSO 🌍https://bit.ly/3RyOoY4

Statement and submission from EPSO to the European Commission’s consultation on the EU Community Plant Variety Rights (CPVR) Regime. bit.ly/48IakWH #PlantScience #EUAgriVision #FoodforEurope #HorizonEU

53rd EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 21st May 2026 at 15.00 CET discussing ‘AI in Plant Science’ with Marek Mutwil, Yiliang Ding and Fraser Macfarlane. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for autumn seminars bit.ly/42f6KQi. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

📢 ERC update: 2027 re-submission rules adjusted Following feedback from the research community, the European Research Council Scientific Council will keep 2027 blocking periods for StG, CoG & AdG re-applications aligned with current rules. #ERC #ResearchFunding #HorizonEurope

📢 The 63rd EPSO Spring Newsletter is out! 🌱 The public short version is now available, while EPSO members can access the full edition in the Members’ Only section. 🗓️ Next issue: Autumn 2026 Send your articles by the end of October! 📚✨ 👉https://bit.ly/3QJptAQ

EPSO welcomes the Council’s adoption of the Trilogue agreement on the legislative proposal for regulation of New Genomic Techniques in plants. EPSO offers to contribute on a scientific basis. #PlantScience #Biodiversity #EUAgriVision #Food2040 #Bioeconomy #LifeSciences bit.ly/4eFkkn8

🌱 #PlantsDay2026 is live! 200+ events | 66 countries 🌍 Join in: organise, share, and celebrate plant science! 📅 Events until Nov 2026 🔗 www.plantday18may.org

52nd EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16th April 2026 at 15.00 CET discussing ‘Genome Editing Public Consultation Outcomes’ with Janne Artell, Gabi Waldhof and Mia Olsson. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for autumn seminars bit.ly/41jzkzn. #PlantScience

Report and recommendations from the workshop ‘Induced resistance in plants: from mechanisms to applications in crop protection’ of the EPSO Plant Health WG, next meeting online 20 October 2026. bit.ly/4lQPSrL #PlantScience #PlantHealth #SDG #HorizonEU

🌱 Contributions from plant #research and #innovation to Building Food 2040 - EPSO submission and position paper to the European Commission’s consultation on the new Strategic R&I Agenda on Food Systems. 👉 bit.ly/4rn3wUJ #PlantScience #Food2040 #FoodforEurope #HorizonEU

🌱EPSO congratulates Young Plant Scientist Award winners Stijn Daems (fundamental research) and Yuhang Meng (applied research)! They will present their research at the EPSO Science Day during the General Assembly in Dundee on 17.06.2026. #PlantScience

Report and recommendations from the Plant Factories Science Meeting ‘Advances in Plant Factory Systems’ of the EPSO Plant Factories WG bit.ly/4rkXFzu. #PlantScience #Bioeconomy #Biotechnology #EUCompetitiveness #HorizonEU

🌱📢51st EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 19th March 2026 at 3 PM discussing ‘Forest Health in the face of climate, pests and pathogens’ with Elina Oksanen and Annika Perry. EPSO members suggest themes and speakers for seminars bit.ly/4u3eEIW. #PlantScience #SDG #EUAgriVision #EUForestry

🌱Contributions from plant #research and #innovation to Future-Proofing EU Agri-Food - EPSO submission and position paper to the European Commission’s consultation on the AGRI R&I Strategy. 👉https://bit.ly/4bzrQi2 #PlantScience #EUAgriVision #FoodforEurope #HorizonEU #EUAgriFoodDays

EPSO submission including position paper to the European Commission’s consultation on the European Research Area (ERA) Act. #PlantScience #HorizonEU #ERA #research #innovation 👉https://bit.ly/4c76LvA

50thEPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 19 February 2026 at 15.00 CET discussing Communicating Plant Science – Examples from Fascination of Plants Day with Valeria Bianciotto, Maruša Pompe-Novak and Trine Hvoslef-Eide. bit.ly/4bCatNL #PlantScience #PlantsDay2026

49 EPSO seminar for EU Plant Scientists: 22/01 at 3 PM CET discussing Microproteins – Small Proteins with Strong Impact on Growth and Adaptation with Stephan Wenkel, Naveen Shankar, Ylenia Vittozzi and Anne Van Humbeeck. bit.ly/450gjo1 #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #ERC

49 EPSO seminar for EU Plant Scientists: 22/01 at 3 PM CET discussing Microproteins – Small Proteins with Strong Impact on Growth and Adaptation with Stephan Wenkel, Naveen Shankar, Ylenia Vittozzi and Anne Van Humbeeck. bit.ly/450gjo1 #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #ERC

Join the International “Fascination of Plants Day” around May 18, 2026 – a global celebration of plants! buff.ly/5oRINHp via @epsoeurope.bsky.social #FoPD #PlantScience

Strawberry Fields forever Fall color on strawberry plant. #macromonday #minimalmonday #minimalism #strawberry #gardening #digitalart #autuumn

Tim was elected President of EPSO (European Plant Science Organisation). Join us to help the plant science voice be heard in Europe. 🌾🌿 epsoweb.org @epsoeurope.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk @intbarleyhub.bsky.social

🌱 📢 8th Fascination of Plants Day 2026 is officially launched! Join us by organising interactive events engaging the public around the 18 May 2026 or as a participant. More info: www.plantday18may.org 👉 bit.ly/4oVTuZw #PlantsDay2026 #Plants #PlantScience

The FoPD 202 PR Toolbox is updated! 🌿 New flyer + customisable promo materials now available to help you promote your events. Download on the FoPD website and get ready for #PlantDay2026! 🌱👉https://bit.ly/4pthuo1

🌱The new FoPD 2026 flyer inviting to organise activities is now live in PR Toolbox on FoPD website! It features the list of participating countries and their National Coordinators. If a country is not listed but wants to join, contact [email protected] 👉 bit.ly/4pATPCc

48th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 18 December 2025 at 15.00 CET discussing Roots for future crops: Horizon Europe Projects on Roots with Kati Retzer, Christopher Barnes, Charlotte White and Rafaella Balestrini. bit.ly/4pHuNkl. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

🌱📢EPSO wishes to encourage the development of ideas and imaginative thinking in #PlantScience and offers two awards to young scientists to present at the EPSO General Assembly Science Day on 17th June 2026. Submission deadline is 31.1.2026. 👉https://bit.ly/43cbx5Q.

💡 EPSO welcomes the provisional agreement reached by the Trilogue on the legislative proposal for regulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) in plants. EPSO offers to contribute on a scientific basis. 🌱 #PlantScience #Biodiversity #Food2030EU #Bioeconomy #LifeSciences 👉 bit.ly/48Mds37

48th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 18 December 2025 at 15.00 CET discussing Roots for future crops: Horizon Europe Projects on Roots with Kati Retzer, Christopher Barnes, Charlotte White and Rafaella Balestrini. bit.ly/4pHuNkl. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

📢Shared vision, unified voice: ISE joins universities and research institutes in Europe proposing joint Framework Programme 10 #FP10 amendments.👉 bit.ly/4ivmc1W & ISE Statement to the EC’s proposal on MFF including FP10, 29.10.2025

Great news! 🌱 The Global Plant Council has featured Fascination of Plants Day 2026 in its November newsletter 👉 bit.ly/4ity2cT. and more in the announcement 👉 bit.ly/4pg8jHp. Get involved! Contact your National Coordinator via the “Countries” section on www.plantday18may.org 🌿

Join the International “Fascination of Plants Day” around May 18, 2026 – a global celebration of plants! buff.ly/5oRINHp via @epsoeurope.bsky.social #FoPD #PlantScience

📢 EPSO Newsletter #62 is out! Read the public short version now, and EPSO members can log in for the full edition. 🗓️ Next issue: Spring 2026 Got news? Send your articles by end of March! Happy reading! 📚👉 bit.ly/4ijoIZ8

🌱📢 Switzerland is back in Horizon Europe! With the EU Programmes Agreement signed on 10 Nov 2025, Swiss researchers and innovators can once again apply as full Beneficiaries in all Horizon Europe calls—retroactively from 1 Jan 2025. A big boost for science, innovation & collaboration!

EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome. bit.ly/43jUtLg #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork

🌱47th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 20/11/2025 at 3 pm discussing Understanding the impact of plant insect interactions. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉 bit.ly/47yqvnV . #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

🌱📢EPSO wishes to encourage the development of ideas and imaginative thinking in #PlantScience and offers two awards to young scientists to present at the EPSO General Assembly Science Day on 17th June 2026. Submission deadline is 31.1.2026. 👉https://bit.ly/43cbx5Q.

🌱ISE supports the decision that most of Framework Programme 10 will not be absorbed in the European Competitiveness Fund – ISE calls for the entire FP10 including the four policy windows to remain outside the ECF, while maintaining links to it. bit.ly/4qAvopm #MFF #FP10

Induced resistance in plants: from mechanisms to applications in crop protection - 3rd Workshop of the Plant Health WG, held online, 21 October 2025 – outcome bit.ly/47jMbE9 #PlantScience #PlantHealth #SDG #HorizonEU

EU project InnCoCells identifies new plant-based anti-inflammatory and anti-ageing ingredients for sustainable cosmetics, 16.10.2025 bit.ly/48u2vEI #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #EULifeSciences #Bioeconomy #Cosmetics #ingredients

EPSO published its briefing on HE ERC WP 2026 and Draft Work Programmes pillars II (Cluster 6 ‘Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture & environment’). and III on the Members’ only Website. We encourage our members to apply, especially to #ERC. bit.ly/3IFD8W6 #PlantScience #HorizonEU

🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

🌱Choose Europe for Life Sciences - A European Commission strategy to position the EU as the world’s most attractive place for life sciences by 2030 – EPSO statement, 2.10.2025 👉http://bit.ly/4pQnNmd #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #EULifeSciences

Plant ETP Strategic Research&Innovation Agenda 2025–34 published to guide European R&I in plant biology and breeding from fundamental research to crop production & distribution. Plant ETP & EPSO offer to collaborate with policy makers to implement it. bit.ly/473p166 #PlantScience #EUCompetitiveness

💡🌱Join on 4 December for #PlantLink Day 2025! From Blindness to Awareness – Plant Research and Communication for a Greener Future 🌍✨ How plant science—combined with effective communication—can help shift perspectives toward a greener future. 👉http://bit.ly/4q41REm #PlantScience #PlantLink

🌱📢 Green ERA-Hub 3rd Call opened 30.9.2025 ‘Sustainable production and Utilisation of Biomass’. Webinar for applicants on 15.10.2025; Submit pre-proposals by 28.11.2025 and full proposals by 25.3.2026 - see 👉 bit.ly/3WeYBYT #HorizonEurope #PlantScience #GEH

🌱📢Induced resistance in plants: from mechanisms to applications in crop protection - 3rd Workshop of the Plant Health WG, online, 21 October 2025 - Register & offer talk by 6 October. 👉 bit.ly/46Ks6a4 #PlantScience #plantHealth #SDG #HorizonEU

Contributions from plant research and innovation to the EU call for evidence for the #EULifeSciences Strategy – EPSO statement and evidence submitted 17.4.2025. bit.ly/46SMSoX #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

📢 InnCoCells video 6: Research project achievements - A first look at some promising plant 🌱ingredients for the cosmetics industry is released. Get fascinated by the five examples we present to you! Watch the video on YouTube youtu.be/pN2FW-ER9mo #InnCoCells #Horizon2020

45th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 18.09.2025 at 15.00 CET on Navigating the Nagoya Protocol, Impacts on Plant Sciences with Melania Muñoz-García, Sebastian Bromander, Jens Sundström, Amber Hartman Scholz and Jens Freitag. #PlantScience #Nagoya bit.ly/46j4YAg