Our Expert View in the @jxbotany.bsky.social (bit.ly/47uMYTT) has found its place in the special issue "Seed biology: the birth of plant life" (bit.ly/47qcrxH). Thanks to all coauthors, @limcheeliew.bsky.social, James Whelan, and @lewseylab.bsky.social Made in @latrobe.edu.au and ZJU.

PhD candidate, Yufei Wu, recently put some Tasmanian grown traditional Chinese medicinal herbs to the test with some aroma testing. It’s all part of the Research Hub for Traditional Chinese Herbs. We’re continuing to undertake trials examining the prospect of growing the herbs in Tasmania.

#PlantSuccess March 2026 #newsletter is out now! 👀 Read it here: bit.ly/PS-newslette... 📨 Subscribe here: bit.ly/PS-News-Subs...

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🎓 ASPS 2026 Student Travel Grants OPEN! Support for students to attend ASPS2026 conference Requirements: ✓ ASPS member (you & supervisor) ✓ Present at conference (poster/oral) Deadline: 31 July 2026 Apply to: [email protected] www.asps.org.au/phytogen/feb... #StudentOpportunity

🌍 International Opportunity Saclay Plant Science Symposium coming up! Details: 2026-saclay-plant-sciences.symposium.inrae.fr Australian plant scientists encouraged to attend #AusPlantSci #PlantScience

🎉 Congratulations Dr Sunita Ramesh! ASPS Diversity & Inclusion Rep won free ComBio 2026 registration via random draw at ASPS2025 See you in Sydney! 🌱 #AusPlantSci #ComBio2026

📅 ComBio 2026 | 29 Sept-1 Oct, ICC Sydney Abstract submissions & early bird registration OPEN ASPS joins ASBMB, NZSBMB, ANZSCDB & A-RNA for 3 days of life sciences Register: www.combio.org.au #ComBio2026 #AusPlantSci

🏆 Australian Academy of Science Honorific Awards OPEN Recognizing outstanding contributions to Australian science Plant scientists: apply or nominate colleagues! Details: science.org.au/news-events/... #AusPlantSci #Awards

🌍 Fascination of Plants Day 2026 | May 18 Global celebration with 680+ events in 65+ countries! Topics: agriculture, conservation, climate, biodiversity, food security & more Official site: www.plantday18may.org Australian Coordinator: Mary Byrne ([email protected]) #FoPD2026 #AusPlantSci

🌿 Member Spotlight: Dr Francine Perrine-Walker Shares her visit to 'Alchemy of a Rainforest' at Sydney's Calyx featuring 18,000+ plants & one of the Southern Hemisphere's largest living green walls Read her experience in Phytogen! www.asps.org.au/phytogen/feb...

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🎓 ASPS2025 Travel Award Recipients Share Experiences. Available in February Phytogen: www.asps.org.au/phytogen/feb...

📸 ASPS2025 Conference photos now available! 4 days of science in Adelaide captured by our volunteer photographers Download & share: drive.google.com/drive/folder... Tag @asps-oz.bsky.social & use #ASPS2025 #AusPlantSci

🎉 Welcome Prof Christine Beveridge as ASPS President-Elect! Director of @ARCPlantSuccess, Fellow of @AustAcadScience & highly cited researcher. Her work on shoot branching discovered strigolactones as plant hormones & sugar signaling in apical dominance. #AusPlantSci

⏰ ASPS Awards close 6 March! Peter Goldacre Award Jan Anderson Award RN Robertson Fellowship Education & Outreach Award FINAL WEEK to apply! Details: www.asps.org.au/peter-goldac... #AusPlantSci #Awards

Welcome 2026! First Phytogen for 2026 has been published and can be viewed by this link: www.asps.org.au/phytogen/february-2026-phytogen-9ngpz-ac8l3-sdrkm

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2026 Awards Open 🏆 Reminder: 2026 ASPS Awards close 6 March! Peter Goldacre Award Jan Anderson Award RN Robertson Travelling Fellowship Education & Outreach Award Details: www.asps.org.au/peter-goldac...

ASPS Links Hub 🔗 Bookmark our new ASPS Links Hub! One central location for: 🌐 Website 📰 Phytogen 🎓 Conference info 📱 Social media asps-oz.github.io/asps-links/ #AusPlantSci

ComBio 2026 ⏰ Don't forget: ComBio 2026 registrations are OPEN! 📅 29 Sept-1 Oct 2026, ICC Sydney 📝 Abstract submissions open 🎟️ Early bird rates available ASPS joins ASBMB, NZSBMB, ANZSCDB & A-RNA for 3 days of life sciences research. Register: www.combio.org.au #ComBio2026 #AusPlantSci

📝 Reminder: We're still seeking a Phytogen Co-Editor for 2026! Edit our monthly newsletter, coordinate content, collaborate with our comms team & build your science communication skills. Students, EMCRs & researchers welcome! Contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

🎄 From the Phytogen team: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thank you for an incredible 2025! 255 attendees at our Adelaide conference, outstanding research shared, new connections made & the future of Australian plant science looking bright! 🌱 bit.ly/3MFsgcc Phytogen returns early 2026! ✨

🏆 2026 ASPS Awards - Applications OPEN! Closing 6 March 2026: Peter Goldacre Award Jan Anderson Award RN Robertson Travelling Fellowship Education & Outreach Award Start your applications over summer! Details: www.asps.org.au/peter-goldac... #AusPlantSci #Awards

🔗 New ASPS Links Hub is live! One central location for: 🌐 Website 📰 Phytogen 🎓 Conference info 📱 Social media Bookmark: asps-oz.github.io/asps-links/ Free, mobile-friendly & easy access to everything ASPS! 🌱 #AusPlantSci

📅 ComBio 2026 - Sydney, 29 Sept-1 Oct Abstract submissions & early bird registration NOW OPEN! 🎉 Bringing together ASBMB, NZSBMB, ANZSCDB & ASPS for 3 days of cutting-edge life sciences research at ICC Sydney. bit.ly/3MFsgcc Register: www.combio.org.au #ComBio2026 #AusPlantSci

📝 Join our team! ASPS seeks a Phytogen Co-Editor for 2026 Edit our monthly newsletter, coordinate content, showcase Australian plant science & build your communication skills! Students, EMCRs & researchers welcome to apply. Contact: [email protected] or [email protected] bit.ly/3MFsgcc

👋 Meet our 2026 Student Representatives! Gabriella Jessica (USyd) Qinqin Yang (USyd) Lucas Auroux (La Trobe) Daniel Wallis (USyd) Soumitra Patekar (QUT) bit.ly/3MFsgcc

🔬 Welcome new Discipline Representatives! Genetics & Molecular Biology: Dr. Stephanie Kerr (QUT) & Dr. Farhad Masoomi-Aladizgeh (USyd) Plant Physiology: Dr. Sajitha Biju (La Trobe) Plant Development: Dr. Stephanie Conway (UQ) & Dr. Eduardo Flores Sandoval (Monash)

👋 Welcome Joseph Pegler as ASPS Honorary Treasurer from 2026! Joseph joins us from the University of Newcastle and will guide the Society's financial management. Thank you to outgoing Treasurer Mark Waters for your dedicated service! 🙏 bit.ly/3MFsgcc #AusPlantSci

🎤 ASPS2025 Best Presentation Awards: 🥇 Best Student Talk: Louise Walker (La Trobe) 🥈 Student Runner-up: Qinqin Yang (USyd) 🔬 Best ECR Talk: Stephanie Kerr (QUT) Exceptional presentations showcasing the future of Australian plant science! 🌱 #ASPS2025 #AusPlantSci bit.ly/3MFsgcc

🏆 Congratulations to our ASPS2025 Poster Award Winners! Session 1: Daniel Wallis & Szczepan Glewicz Session 2: Guilherme Ventura Yoshikawa & Jasmine Divinagracia Outstanding science on display! 📊 bit.ly/3MFsgcc #ASPS2025 #AusPlantSci #StudentResearch

🎉 ASPS 2025 by the numbers: 255 registrants (130+ students!) 4 days of exceptional science in Adelaide Quality talks & posters across all sessions Unforgettable social events at McLaren Vale, Mt Lofty & Waite Campus Such a success! 🌱 bit.ly/3MFsgcc #ASPS2025 #AusPlantSci

📰 December Phytogen is out now! Final edition of 2025 featuring: 🏆 ASPS2025 conference award winners 👋 New committee members & discipline reps for 2026 📅 ComBio 2026 in Sydney - registrations open! 🎓 Message from Conference Chair Crystal Sweetman Read here: bit.ly/3MFsgcc #AusPlantSci #Phytogen

🔬 Meet our Plant-Microbe Interactions Rep: Dr. Ronan Broad (La Trobe)His research uses CRISPR to enhance nitrogen fixation in legumes (cowpea & soybean), targeting the FUN gene to delay nodule senescence.Goal? Better beans with reduced need for synthetic fertilizers! www.asps.org.au/phytogen/ono...

📱 Connect with ASPS! asps-oz.github.io/asps-links/ Find us on: 🌐 Official website 📰 Phytogen newsletter 🎓 Conference updates 🦋 Bluesky @asps-oz.bsky.social 💼 LinkedIn 🐦 Twitter/X @asps_ozplants Join Australia's plant science community! 🌱 #AusPlantSci #PlantScience

🌏 Happy World Soil Day! Today we join in acknowledging that soil is the foundation of our future. At QAAFI, soil is at the heart of much of what we do from understanding root systems to developing techs and innovations that help farmers build resilience and boost productivity.

Presented my single cell omics analysis work at the @asps-oz.bsky.social 2025 conference in beautiful Adelaide, Australia. Also happy to have co-chaired the ''new tech and AI" session with David Kainer. Research made in @lewseylab.bsky.social Thanks ASPS for the travel grant award.

Thank you so much to the @asps-oz.bsky.social for the 2025 Peter Goldacre medal 🌱 It was a privilege to speak at the annual conference last week on my last 10 years of research into plant-mycorrhiza associations and zinc nutrition.

🎬 Relive the highlights from #ASPS2025 in Adelaide - incredible science, networking, and collaboration across four amazing days! 🌱 See you at ComBio 2026 in Sydney! 👋 #AusPlantSci #PlantScience #ASPS2025 #ComBio2026​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

🏆 Congratulations to our #ASPS2025 Award Winners! Best Posters: Session 1: Daniel Wallis & Szczepan Glewicz Session 2: Guilherme Ventura Yoshikawa & Jasmine Divinagracia Best Presentations: 🎓 Student: Louise Walker (Winner), Qinqin Yang (Runner-up) 🔬 ECR: Stephanie Kerr

🎉 #ASPS2025 Day 4 Wrap-Up - Thursday 27 November What a fantastic final day! 🌱 Morning Sessions:🔬 Plant Biotic & Abiotic Stress Signaling 📚 Teaching, Outreach & Indigenous Afternoon:🧬 Frontiers in Genetics & Molecular Biology. See you next year!

Congratulations Dr. Liu Yin!

Could you be our next prize winner? To be eligible for this award, you must be the first author of a paper published in #FunctionalPlantBio, be enrolled for a PhD or be within 10 years post-PhD, and a member of the @asps-oz.bsky.social. Find out more on our website: connectsci.au/fp/pages/awa...

☀️ #ASPS2025 Day 3 - Wed 26 November Afternoon Session 7: Fields of Opportunity Chair: Michael Eyres Industry-focused session featuring: 🎤 Keynote: Chris Davey (Next Level Agronomy), Industry perspectives from Field Systems, Mallee Sustainable Farming, Omnia, Panel Q&A

☀️ #ASPS2025 Day 3 - Wed 26 November Session 6: Beneficial Plant–Microbe Interactions Chairs: Ronan Broad (La Trobe) & Eloise Foo (UTAS) 🦠🌱 Exploring symbiotic relationships with: 🎤 Invited speaker Dr. April Hastwell (UQ) 📊 Talks from Ronan Broad, Jiacan Sun & Zhe Zhang 🎯

☀️ #ASPS2025 Day 3 kicks off! Session 5: New Technologies & AI in Plant Science Chairs: David Kainer (UQ) & Lucas Auroux (La Trobe) 🤖 Exploring cutting-edge applications of AI and new tech in plant research with talks from: Great start of the day! 🌱 #ASPS2025

ASPS2025 Tuesday Recap Afternoon Adventures: What an incredible social afternoon exploring Adelaide! 🍇McLaren Vale wineries tour - tastings at iconic SA vineyards 🏔️Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens - stunning views & plant collections 🔬Waite Campus - The Plant Accelerator, historic Arboretum &Campus Winery