Association of Applied Biologists
@aabiologists.bsky.social
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/
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join Kieran Woof @rsb.org.uk for as he shares his expertise in the 'Shaping Science Policy' workshop at 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists' 📆 20-21 Oct 📍 Nottingham & Online Register now 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP #plantscience #sciencepolicy #earlycareer
Missing #ICPR26 already?? You can watch our highlights reel online now 👉 youtube.com/shorts/YlMY9... #plantscience #photosynthesis
ICPR26 - International Conference on Photosynthesis Research 2026
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And just like that it's the final day of #ICPR26, which of course means it's time for our awards! 🏆 🏅 First up with the Robert Hill Award, we hear from this year's winner Chris Gisriel @uwbiochem.bsky.social on "Multiple routes to red-shifted chlorophyll d-based photosynthesis" 🌈🌱
#ICPR26 Plenaries continuing this morning with Lisa Ainsworth, Angad Mehta & Jaideep Mathur Taking us from canopies & future atmospheres to engineering artificial photosynthetic life forms to plastids & dynamic plant stress repsonses 🫘🌱> 🧪 > 🔬 @ibioillinois.bsky.social @ripeproject.bsky.social
Final few days to register for #Auxin2026! ⏰ Registration closes 1st Aug! ⏰ 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience
Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last mo.🦞 Auxin biology by the sea 🦞 Not only is Auxin 2026 in a stunning location but we have a fantastic line-up of speakers from around the world 🌍️ Check-out the preliminary programme online now! auxin2026.info
👥 MEET THE EDITOR 👥 Calling #ICPR26 attendees 📣 Join our Editor-in-Chief Johnathan Napier and esteemed colleagues for Demystifing Scientific Publishing 🌱 📅 Tomorrow at 11am @johnathan-n.bsky.social @rothamsted.ac.uk #plantscience
New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · last wk.📢 Tomorrow at #ICPR26 - don't miss the panel on Demystifying scientific publishing: authors' experiences and editors' insights ⌚ 11:00–12:30 29 July, Hall 1C - Level 1 Including @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social's Managing Editor, Bennett Young!
💬 Meet the Editor 💬 Prof. Martin Parry @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social 📣Calling all Photosynthesis researchers - our special issue on Novel Applications of Photosynthesis for Improved Productivity is accepting submissions. If you're at #ICPR26 come and talk to Martin about your paper! 🌿
Annals of Applied Biology@annalsapplbio.bsky.social · 2mo ago📣 Call for Papers 📣 Novel Applications of Photosynthesis for Improved Productivity Improving photosynthetic potential 🍃 🌾 New breeding technologies 🚜 Field-level experiments 🌍️ Genotype × Environment interactions Submit your paper by 1 April 2027 👉️ buff.ly/gHKDZ5x #plantscience
👥 MEET THE EDITOR 👥 For those of you at Photosynthesis 2026: Ben Long, the editor of our special issue on Engineering Photosynthesis, is here all week. 🗨️ Do you have a paper to submit? Come and have a chat! #ICPR26 #plantscience #photosynthesis @botbml.bsky.social
📢 Tomorrow at #ICPR26 - don't miss the panel on Demystifying scientific publishing: authors' experiences and editors' insights ⌚ 11:00–12:30 29 July, Hall 1C - Level 1 Including @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social's Managing Editor, Bennett Young!
In honour of #ICPR26 this week, we're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting some of JXB's photosynthesis collections from recent years! 🌿☀️ 📚 2025 – Photosynthesis Virtual Issue 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #ICPR26 #PlantScience 🧪
We're very pleased to be at #ICPR26 in Liverpool this week! @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social Managing Editor Bennett Young, Editor @marjorielundgren.bsky.social, and New Phytologist Production Manager Sarah Gibbons will be on our stand in the exhibition space - come and say hi! #PlantScience
#ICPR26 morning coffee migration ☕
Can’t wait to meet & chat with delegates at #ICPR26 this week! Don’t miss our session: ‘Publishing your way to the top with PCP‘ 🗓️ Monday 27th July 🕑 2pm 📍Meeting room 7, level 2 👥Academic editors: R Tanaka, @watarusakamoto.bsky.social, S Matsubara Managing editor: L Costa See you all soon!🤩
Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · 2w agoLess than 1 week to go until Photosynthesis 2026 and our programme books and goodie bags have arrived at AAB HQ 🎉 🌿 Looking forward to welcoming our delegates to Liverpool on Sunday!! #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
The calm before the #ICPR26 storm! We're all set-up and our helpers are ready to welcome you to Photosynthesis 2026 - registration opens 2pm 🌱
Fantastic start to #ICPR26 with today's PEPG ECR satellite meeting (all the acronyms!!) 🤩 @sebiology.bsky.social #PEPGworkshop #plantscience
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join Dana MacGregor as she talks weed persistence & resilient cropping systems 🌱🌾 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists' 📆 20-21 Oct 📍 Nottingham & Online Register now 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP #plantscience #sustainableag @plantenv.bsky.social @rothamsted.ac.uk
Please share! 🌱🤖 Permanent W2 Professorship in crop & plant sciences @ PhenoRob, University of Bonn. Especially encouraged: crop genome engineering, sustainable pest control, or sustainable disease control. Expertise in one area is enough. Apply by Sept. 30, 2026. www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
"Nitrogen Climate Smart: Cutting UK agricultural emissions using a farmer-focused theory of change" 👨🌾 💡 Fantastic new Forum piece in Annals of Applied Biology from our very own ECPro group member Emily Guest & colleagues incl. @tomallenstevens.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk
Annals of Applied Biology@annalsapplbio.bsky.social · 2w agoBridging the research-practice-policy gap needs a "Theory of Change" 🌱 In this new forum Guest et al. present a blueprint: farmer-led trials, peer networks & knowledge-sharing platforms designed to make research stick beyond a project's funding cycle 🚜♻️ 👉 doi.org/10.1111/aab.... #sustainableag
📢Registration is now open! This year we will be welcoming the incredible Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso (Professor at the University of Leeds) and a surprise Special Guest as our plenary speakers. Early Bird Registration is open until Friday 18 September - £30. Register here: buff.ly/tRc4Sdg
Less than 1 week to go until Photosynthesis 2026 and our programme books and goodie bags have arrived at AAB HQ 🎉 🌿 Looking forward to welcoming our delegates to Liverpool on Sunday!! #ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker Announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Join Malcolm Bennett at 'Early Career Essentials for Applied Biologists' 🌱 As he discusses the 'hidden half', moving from fundamental science to in-field applications and how to succeed in research 🧪 📆 20-21 Oct '26 📍 Nottingham & Online Register now 👉 cvent.me/8o1kkP
⏳ Time is running out to join us at the Royal Society of London this September for ISRFG 2026! ⏳ Registration closes 1st August 👉 cvent.me/8VvnrA #plantscience #genomics #rice @oryzanet.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
We’re happy to publish this type of results from a well-performed study. Hopefully it will save significant time and costs for other researchers who otherwise wouldn’t know about these findings!
Annals of Applied Biology@annalsapplbio.bsky.social · last mo.Guilherme Turra takes us through his recent paper published with @plantenv.bsky.social @rothamsted.ac.uk 👉 youtu.be/ND7UBydV0Ns "Insights from controlled, comparative experiments highlight the limitations of using BSMV and FoMV for virus-enabled reverse genetics in rice" 🌾 doi.org/10.1111/aab....
ICYMI ✨ Catch up on this week's webinar all 'aabout' Rice over on our YouTube channel... 🍚 Ari Sadanandom 👉 youtu.be/a0SRDQiFC4Y 🦠 Moe Moe Kyi Win 👉 youtu.be/kt8ERVWclGw 🧬 Guilherme Turra 👉 youtu.be/ND7UBydV0Ns #plantscience @annalsapplbio.bsky.social @oryzanet.bsky.social
All aabout Rice - Ari Sadanandom
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Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last mo.Don't miss our next webinar! All 'aabout' Rice 🌾 📅 Next Tuesday (30th June) 🕙️ 10am BST | 11am CEST | 4pm ICT | 6am BRT Register & Join for FREE! 👉️ buff.ly/HtlfeBx @oryzanet.bsky.social #plantscience #agriculture
🚨 Also closing today!! 🚨 #plantscience
Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last mo.⏰️ 1 week left ⏰️ Don't miss your chance to share your science at Auxin 2026 🌊 📍 Albufeira, Portugal 📅 4 - 8th October Abstract deadline for posters is next Tuesday (30th)! 👉️ auxin2026.info #plantscience #auxin
🚨 CLOSING TODAY 🚨 Don't miss your chance to present your science and save with our early-bird rates!
Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last mo.⏳️ Hurry - there's just over 1 week left to submit an abstract and secure early-bird rates for ISRFG 2026: International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 🌾 📝 Abstract deadline for posters: 30th June Register now to save £120! 👉️ cvent.me/8VvnrA @oryzanet.bsky.social #plantscience
🚨🚨 TOMORROW!! 🚨🚨 Join us for a free sneak peak at the latest rice research, ahead of the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 2026 🌾 👇👇
Association of Applied Biologists@aabiologists.bsky.social · last mo.Don't miss our next webinar! All 'aabout' Rice 🌾 📅 Next Tuesday (30th June) 🕙️ 10am BST | 11am CEST | 4pm ICT | 6am BRT Register & Join for FREE! 👉️ buff.ly/HtlfeBx @oryzanet.bsky.social #plantscience #agriculture
@tairnews.bsky.social wrapping up the session with the latest on TAIR in 2026. Whats new? TAIR12 genome and a chatbot under development. #icar2026.
