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Association of Applied Biologists
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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/
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🚨 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
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
#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
Dr Mojgan Rabiey - Bee-mediated delivery of phage to control cherry canker
YouTube video by Association of Applied Biologists
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November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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...
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🍃 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
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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⌛ 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
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 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
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
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
✨ 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
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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!
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
And we're back in a suddenly snowy York for Day 2 of Roots to Regenerative Agriculture!

#AABRegenAg
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Another AAB conference week begins for ‘Roots2RegenAg’ in York. #AABRegenAg
Online registration remains open ->

web.cvent.com/event/6f375f...
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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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” 🌿
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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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
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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 🐛
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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 💸
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November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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 🍓 🍅
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📆 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
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🍓 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 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🍂 🍁 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
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November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Happening tomorrow!! 🌲🌳🪾

There's still time to join us!
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
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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🌿 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
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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 🌱
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
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October 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
✨ 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!
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🌱 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!
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🎃 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
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM