🚨 Session proposals are closing tomorrow for SEB Florence 2026 Annual Conference! Deadline is tomorrows: 1 October 2025 Submit your ideas now via → www.sebiology.org/resource/ses... 💡 Want to lead a session in these areas? Check out our special interest groups in the thread

🚨 Hurry! Only 3 days remaining to submit your session proposals for SEB Florence 2026. Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up! 🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology. Apply now: www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...

Do not miss the deadline for this superb opportunity

🌱📖 RESEARCH 🌱📖 Bascom et al. used CRIPSR/Cas9 to produce a septuple AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR mutant in the model bryophyte Physcomitrium patens , revealing the developmental consequences of the complete loss of auxin-mediated gene activation 🌱📖 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

📰 The SEB September 2025 Newsletter is here! Inside you’ll find: 🌍 Upcoming events & webinars 📅 Key deadlines (don’t miss session proposals for #SEBFlorence2026!) 💼 Member opportunities & funding support 📸 Highlights from recent SEB activities 👉 Dive in: www.sebiology.org/resource/seb...

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🧬🌽 RESEARCH 🧬🌽 🧬🌽 Genetic and transcriptome analyses of ZmNRL1, a DUF630 and DUF632 domains-containing protein, revealed its positive role in regulating the response of maize to nitrogen starvation – Zheng et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🚀 Calling early-career biologists! The @biologists.bsky.social Travel Grant gives you up to £800 to attend conferences, workshops, or lab visits. 🗓️ This round closes 30 September — don’t miss it! ✅ Apply here: www.sebiology.org/grants/grant... #ScienceFunding #TravelGrant #Biology

🚀 Explore how AI is shaping assessment & feedback! Join Nigel Francis for the first session of SEB’s OED Webinar Series. Free for member & online – don’t miss it! Book now: www.sebiology.org/events/ems-event-calendar/oed-webinar-1.html

The SEB was delighted to return to the Bristol University Biology Careers Fair for the 3rd year running! Our OED Trustee, Sheila, and our Membership Manager had a fantastic time chatting with final year students about the many benefits of joining an academic society !

💡🔬 TECHNICAL INNOVATION 💡🔬 Neubauer et al. developed a Nostoc reporter strain enabling high-throughput quantitative monitoring of hormogonia differentiation in cyanobacteria as a response to biotic and abiotic factors. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 @peterszovenyi.bsky.social

🧬🌱RESEARCH 🧬🌱 🧬🌱 Overexpression in Brassica napus of Arabidopsis G-protein genes increases biomass of seedling plants under low and high nitrogen conditions, and increases nitrogen use efficiency and yield under low nitrogen condition – Xie et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Submit your session proposals for the SEB Annual Conference in Florence 2026 (July 7–9). Deadline: October 1, 2025. Don't miss your chance to shape the future of experimental biology. More information: www.sebiology.org/resource/onl... #SEBconference #ExperimentalBiology #FlorenceConference

🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨 JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪 ✨ You’ll gain: 🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience 📝 Write commentary pieces 🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩‍💻 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social

📣 Attention SEB members! Your input can shape the future of our journals. Take part in the Member Survey – Publications today! 🗣️ Share your views and help guide our publishing strategy: www.sebiology.org/resource/seb... #SEB #AcademicPublishing #ExperimentalBiology

📣 NEW ISSUE 📣 🔬 Issue 14 of 2025 is out 🔬 ✨ COVER: Arabidopsis flower bud expressing a transcriptional reporter of PRESSED FLOWER under a laser scanning confocal 🔬 (by Ruoyu Liu et al.) 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... Full issue 👉 academic.oup.com/jxb... #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

Had an amazing time at PEPG Workshop 2025 in Lisbon! It was great to gain hands-on experience in plant physiology techniques including chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange. Grateful to @sebiology.bsky.social and #PEPG for the opportunity to learn and connect with such a brilliant community!”

Thrilled to join the #JXB75 Symposium, marking the 75th anniversary of the @jxbotany.bsky.social , founded by @sebiology.bsky.social The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!

Definitely a great event !

🌟 The final session of the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference 🌟 Here we look to the future where there are many challenges, but exciting opportunities in plant science research 🌱 Chaired by Franziska Fichtner (HHU Düsseldorf) & Aleksandra Skirycz (Michigan State University) #JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

🌿 Kicking off Day 3 of the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference! 🌿 We began with Session 3: Maturity Chaired by Madelaine Bartlett (University of Cambridge, UK) & Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK) #JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Call for Session Proposals – SEB #Conference 2026 We invite you to propose a session for our Conference in Florence 7–9 July 2026, themed Resilience. 📌 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025. 📍More information : www.sebiology.org/events/propose-a-session-or-event/session-proposal-form.html

The September @theplantjournal.bsky.social Editor’s Choice is here! Written by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social, it highlights how riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies. Read the article: www.sebiology.org/resource/sep...

🌱 Part 2 of Session 1: Beginnings & Roots Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting: “Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿 #JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

What a start !

The #JXB75 Symposium continues ....

🧪 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧪 Nitro-oxidative nucleotide modifications are a symptom of damage but may also act as sensors in the complex redox signalling network helping adjust metabolism in both plants and associated microorganisms - Chmielowska-Bąk et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience

The SEB team is at the #JXB75 Symposium (17–19 Sept 2025, Edinburgh)! Come by our Membership stand to discover why joining SEB could boost your career. More info: www.sebiology.org/events/journal-of-experimental-botany-symposium.html @jxbotany.bsky.social

🚨 Lecturer in Animal Science position at the University of Southern Queensland. Candidates with a strong teaching background in Animal Science are encouraged. 📷 Toowoomba, Australia Closes: 8th October 2025 🔗 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

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PEPG Techniques Workshop 2025 going down a treat 🌿 Photos from yesterday's workshop on water relations and today's on chlorophyll fluorescence, as well as pastel de nata and Quinta horses @sebiology.bsky.social

🚨 LAST CALL 🚨 Free online registration for #JXB75 closes tonight (midnight BST)! ⏳ Don’t miss your chance to join us online 🎥🌱 👉 bit.ly/JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

Saved the best till last - really enjoyed today's gas exchange workshop with Yazen and Steven from @w-u-r.bsky.social at the 2025 PEPG Field Techniques Workshop. @sebiology.bsky.social Can't wait to get stuck into some A-Ci curves and chlorophyll fluorescence once I'm back in Aus 🥳

Here's a summary of the confirmed review papers so far... 🧬🔬🌿 @meristemania.bsky.social @schaefferlab.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 (2/2)

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🌱 Souza et al ✍️ Metabolic fluxes from the TCA to the GS/GOGAT cycle are regulated by the mitochondrial thioredoxin system, linked to both direct & indirect thioredoxin-mediated mechanisms ⚡️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

More pictures from theDay 2 for the PEPG 2025 workshop Many thanks to Mengjie Fan for an impressive video

Day 1 of the #PEPGWorkshop kicked off with inspiring talks on leaf gas exchange, fluorescence, water relations, roots & soil, and ecosystems 🌱✨ Afternoon = hands-on + networking!

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Excited to be at this year's PEPG Field Techniques Workshop in beautiful Portugal! Highlight of day one was putting names to faces in person and making new connections 😁 @sebiology.bsky.social @cavycavs.bsky.social @lornamca.bsky.social @erikmurch.bsky.social @moore-science.bsky.social

💻 Did you know we have a virtual attendance option for #JXB75? ✨ Online registration is open until this Friday, Sept 12th — and the best part is, it’s FREE! 🎥 Join the live stream and be part of our 75th anniversary celebrations 🎂 👉 Sign up: bit.ly/JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

🌽 RESEARCH 🌽 The switch from active monomers to inactive dimers in plant adenosine kinases impacts overall enzyme activity and represents a novel negative feedback loop mechanism to maintain steady levels of adenosine and AMP - Kopečný et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Did you spot the signs of spring? Back in March, we asked members to report the first signs of spring and the results are in! 🥳 More information: www.sebiology.org/resource/did...

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🌾 RESEARCH 🌾 Phillips et al. characterized the wheat GA 3-oxidase family revealing diversified functions. GA3OX2 plays an essential and conserved role in vegetative & reproductive development, while GA3OX3/GA1OX1 variation impacts grain development 🧬 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

☠️🥔 RESEARCH 🥔☠️ The potato immune receptor Gpa2 recognises the nematode effector GpRBP-1 in the cytoplasm, but the triggering of plant cell death depends on a balanced nucleocytoplasmic distribution in the cells - Zheng et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🚀 Ready to shape the future of experimental biology? Join the SEB leadership team as a Special Interest Group Convenor! Expand your network, influence research, and develop your leadership skills. Apply now: www.sebiology.org/resource/joi...

🌿 A big thank you to Plant Biotechnology Journal for sponsoring the Poster Session at #PlastidPreview2025! 🧬✨ Your support helps early career researchers share their exciting work and spark new collaborations. @sebiology.bsky.social @johnathan-n.bsky.social

Time to go

🧬 Check out the SEB August 2025 Newsletter! Highlights include project proposals for the SEB 2026 Florence conference, recent JOSHA article from SEB’s Task Force, outreach and seasonal magazines. Dive in: www.sebiology.org/resource/seb...

Massive thanks to our #PlastidPreview2025 sponsors! Gatsby Charitable Foundation, New Phytologist Foundation, New Phytologist, @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, @sebiology.bsky.social, @jxbotany.bsky.social, Plant Biotechnology Journal, @universityofessex.bsky.social & @rainca.bsky.social‬