🌾 Attending ISRFG in London this September?
Travel grants of up to £500 available for students & ECRs (no AAB membership required).
Apply here 👉 www.aab.org.uk/conferences/...
🚨 In-person registration closes today!
Don't miss out! 👇
ICYMI, our ECPro group member Dr Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shared this fantastic blog post last month for #IDWGS about the importance of community support, mentorship & visibility in her scientific journey 🧪
Check it out 👉️ aab.org.uk/idwgs2026/
@charlene-kunaka.bsky.social #IWD2026 #WomeninScience
We're fortunate to have so many fantastic women in our applied biology community helping to shape a sustainable future 🌱
👩🔬This #InternationalWomensDay we’re proud to support & champion our #WomenInScience, continuing our mission to promote equal access to applied biology for everyone
#IWD2026
Our March Newsletter is out today!
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Check it out for...
📆 Upcoming events
👩🔬 Celebrating Women in Science
🏅 Sneak peak at new AAB Awards
👥 Community Opportunities
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Engineering photosynthesis
🌿 Andreas Weber, Heinrich Heine University
🌿 Wataru Yamori, University of Tokyo
@apmweber.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social @hhu.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Regulation of Electron Transport - molecular mechanisms
🌿 Tomas Morosinotto, University of Padova
🌿 Adrien Burlacot, Stanford University
@tmoro.bsky.social @aburlacot.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Computational and AI Applications in Photosynthesis
🌿 Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, Constructor University
🌿 Alexandra Olaya-Castro, University College London
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Control and drivers of chloroplast biogenesis
🌿 Dario Leister, LMU Munich
🌿 Wataru Sakamoto, Okayama University
@lmu.de @watarusakamoto.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanisms
🌿 Martin Jonikas, Princeton University
🌿 Cecilia Blikstad, Uppsala University
@mjonikas.bsky.social @cblikstad.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Utilising light efficiently: from plant to crop
🌿 Tiina Tosens, Estonian University of Life Sciences
🌿 Alex Wu, University of Queensland
@qaafi.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃
Its that time again... introducing our next set of Invited Speakers for Photosynthesis 2026 🌱
🌿 Join us in Liverpool this July 🌿
⏰️ Abstract submission for oral presentations closes 31st March
Find out more 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience #ICPR26
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⏰ There's just 1 week left to apply to host one of this year's PHUGS (Plant Health UG Studentships 🌱💪)
Applications close next Tuesday (10th March) 👇
🌱 There's just 2 weeks left to apply for the Rank Prize Undergrad Vacation grant to fund your summer students!
💸 Funding up to £500 in consumables and £480/week per student 💸
Apply by 16th March 👉 rankprize.org/grants/under...
@rankprize.bsky.social #plantscience #earlycareer
⏰ Final week to register for MONOGRAM 2026⏰
Join us in Cambridge, 23 -26th March
✨ Preliminary programme online now!
🌾Registration closes next Monday (9th March) 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo
@monogram-uk.bsky.social #plantscience
🍀 Competition 🍀
💸 Design the logo for next year's International Advances in Plant Virology IAPV 2027
📆 6 - 8th April
📍Cambridge, UK
📧 Send your logo design to jordan@aab.org.uk by 1st May 2026 for your chance to win free registration!
📣 Call for Papers 📣
RECROP: Plant Adaptations to Extreme Environments
Do you work on:
🌽 Crop stress resilience
🧂 Salinity 💧 Drought 🌡️ Heat
🦠 Plant-microbe interactions in extreme environments
🧪 Molecular, epigenetic & physiological mechanisms
Submit your paper now:
buff.ly/qJqmlaP
#plantscience
📣 Call for Papers 📣
Roots to Regenerative Agriculture: Soils, Biodiversity and Novel Approaches
Do you work on:
🚜 RegenAg
🌎 Agroecology
🪱 Soil Health & Biodivesrity
🌽 Intercropping
🌱 Root Systems & Rhizosphere
Submit your paper now: buff.ly/TGC3itz
⏰ Deadline: April 1
#plantscience
Missed this week's webinar "All aabout Roots"??
You can watch Jason & Gustavo's talks back now 🎉
👉 youtu.be/3BU_TwssYCA
#plantscience @annalsapplbio.bsky.social
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Photosynthesis in the oceans, Aquatic photosynthesis
🌿Thomas Ryan-Keogh, National Oceanography Centre
🌿Rich Puxty, University of Warwick
@noc.ac.uk @warwicklifesci.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Plant and ecosystem photosynthesis in a warming world
🌿Martijn Slot, Smithsonian Tropical Research Inst.
🌿Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Lancaster University
@martijnslot.bsky.social @ecarmosilva.bsky.social @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Artificial photosynthesis and biohybrid systems
🌿Iftach Yacoby, Tel Aviv University
🌿Gustav Berggren, Uppsala University
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Rubisco 2.0
🌿Laura Gunn, Cornell University
🌿Jeroni Galmés, University of the Balearic Islands
@laura-gunn.bsky.social @uib.cat
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Stomata, the gatekeepers of photosynthesis
🌿Hanna Hõrak, University of Tartu
🌿Silvère Vialet-Chabrand, Wageningen University
@hanna-horak.bsky.social @silverevialet.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
C4 and CAM for photosynthetic improvement
🌿Jane Langdale, University of Oxford
🌿Ariel Orellana López, Universidad Andrés Bello
@janelangdale.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃
Continuing on from last week, we're happy to announce the next set of Invited Speakers across our Photosynthesis 2026 concurrent sessions!
🌿 Share the stage in Liverpool this July 🌿
Submit your abstract by 31st March 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience #ICPR26
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📣 Registration is open for the 23rd International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics #ISRFG2026
🌾Fundamental science for climate resilient rice 🌾
📍 The Royal Society (London, UK), 8-11 September 2026
Register now: cvent.me/8VvnrA
#plantscience #genomics
⏰ Happening Tomorrow ⏰
Don't miss out - there's still time to register for our webinar 'all aabout' Roots👇
It was a joy to bring together a community of plant science educators to write this manifesto now out in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social - so much potential for plant science education if we come together and address the really key issues. #PlantScience #STEMeducation
🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com
Roles and regulation of photorespiration
🌿 Berkley Walker @msudoeplantlab.bsky.social
🌿 Martin Hagemann, Rostock University
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis
