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⏰ 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

💸 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 🌱

⏰ 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

🎤 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

Great to see a paper highlighting the importance of sharing negative results to guide future research 👩‍🔬🧪 #plantscience

Don't miss this Friday's FREE(!!!) 1hr online workshop: Flash Talk Fundamentals ✨ Join us 👇

✨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

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

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...

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

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

#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

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...

🍃 Save the date 🍃 Photosynthesis 2026 is coming to Liverpool! 📆 26 - 30th July 2026 📍 ACC Liverpool, UK Join us - abstract submission is now open! Find out more 👉 photosynthesis2026.com #photosynthesis #plantscience #ICPR26

⌛ CLOSING SOON ⌛ 🫘 Our Special Issue on 'Legumes in Science and Practice' closes 30 November It's not too late to submit your paper! 👉 👉 buff.ly/AdIE8NP #plantscience

Learn something new for @thetreecouncil.bsky.social's #NationalTreeWeek and catch up on talks from last month's webinar all 'aabout' Trees & Forest Biology! @vilasjohn.bsky.social 🌳 👉 youtu.be/qfU_2hporAo?si=qyFiNL8EpUlOSLGJ @drelunadiez.bsky.social 🧬👉 youtu.be/ef31SaHOIcc?si=DB9NxwxJNRPM_xzz

🚨 Final week to submit an abstract for Crop Production in Northern Britain (CPNB) 2026 🚨 🌾Join our invited speakers: Pete Smith, Caroline de Rouffignac, @jonathandgjones.bsky.social, David Kenyon & Paul Gosling Deadline is Monday 1st December!! 👉 cpnb.org #sustainableagriculture #cropproduction

✨ 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

Another snowy start for our final day of Roots to Regenerative Agriculture ❄️ Our plenary speaker @kengiller.bsky.social starting the day with some food for thought and a plea to follow the scientific evidence not the herd 🌱🦠 👏 Thank you to @rankprize.bsky.social for sponsoring the session!

And we're back in a suddenly snowy York for Day 2 of Roots to Regenerative Agriculture! #AABRegenAg

This week we're in York for #Roots2RegenAg at the historic Guildhall! All set for 3 days of great discussions connecting science and farming 🧪🚜 There's still chance to join us online 👉 cvent.me/0Zo9ae #plantscience #regenag #sustainableagriculture #AABRegenAg

Another AAB conference week begins for ‘Roots2RegenAg’ in York. #AABRegenAg Online registration remains open -> web.cvent.com/event/6f375f...

Today is a big day as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force 🌱 @kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿

Working in plant health and want showcase your achievements? Then why not apply for our new Plant Health Professional Development Award! Visit the award webpage to find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health... #PlantHealth

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 🐛

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 💸

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 🍓 🍅

📆 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

🍓 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'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

Happening tomorrow!! 🌲🌳🪾 There's still time to join us!

🌿 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

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 🌱

✨ 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!

🌱 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!

🎃 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

🚨 Registration closes today!

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

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

🚨 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/...

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 🧬

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

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

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

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.

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

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 🐛

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

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