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๐ข Publication of MASC Annual Report 2024-5.
Please download PDF below ๐ฝ
Subcommittee, Project and Country updates!
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๐ฃ Call for Papers ๐ฃ
Don't miss your chance to present your science at ICPR26 ๐
We're happy to announce that we are launching a special issue for Photosynthesis 2026, guest edited by Martin Parry @LancsPhotosynth
More info coming soon!
Present your work at Photosynthesis 2026! ๐
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๐ Liverpool, UK
There's just over 1 week left to submit your poster abstracts!
โฐ๏ธ Abstract submission closes 15th May โฐ
Find out more ๐๏ธ photosynthesis2026.com
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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the governmentโs prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4u133d3
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๐พ Fundamental science for climate resilient rice
โฐ There's just one week left to get your abstracts in for ISRFG 2026 โฐ
Submit your abstracts by 15th May for your chance to talk ๐
#plantscience #genomics
๐พRegister now for the International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics 2026 ๐พ
๐๏ธ cvent.me/8VvnrA
๐ Royal Society, London; September 8-11th
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Abstract deadline for talks: 15th May
๐๏ธ๐ธ LMIC travel grants now available! ๐ธ๐๏ธ
#ISRFG2026 #plantscience
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Our next webinar will be all 'aabout' Integrated Pest Management (IPM) & Biocontrol ๐ชฒ๐ฑ
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29 May, 1pm BST
Feat. talks from:
๐ Nicolas Munier-Jolain @INRAE_France
๐พ @XiangmingXu1 @niabgroup
plus an early-career spotlight (TBC!)
Register now๐๏ธ buff.ly/QaMkBTi
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๐ Competition ๐
๐ธ Design the logo for next year's International Advances in Plant Virology IAPV 2027
๐ 6 - 8th April
๐Cambridge, UK
๐ง Send your logo design to jordan@aab.org.uk by 1st May 2026 for your chance to win free registration!
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Join us for the next webinar in our PlantEd series ๐ฑ
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Tuesday 16 June
๐๏ธ 2PM BST | 3PM CEST | 9AM EDT
๐งฌ Feat. talks from:
Claudia Payacรกn-Ortiz (NeoCrop Technologies)
Jillis Grubben (Wageningen University)
Register for free ๐๏ธ buff.ly/KPRkod9
#plantscience
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Our latest newsletter is out now!
๐ฃ๏ธ This month check out our upcoming events and read all 'aabout' March's meetings including reports on #Monogram2026 and #VOF2026 from our early-career awardees
Read it full ๐ buff.ly/QMcy3le
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Thinking of joining us for Photosynthesis 2026?
Don't miss your chance to present (and save some $$!)
๐จ Only two days left to register at the early-bird rate and get your abstracts in for talks!
Register now ๐ photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience #photosynthesis
๐ There's still time to get your abstracts in for Photosynthesis 2026 - we're extending the early-bird registration & abstract submission deadline for oral presentations until April 10th! ๐
Join us in Liverpool this July!
Register now ๐ photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience
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๐ฃ Announcing 3 brand new AAB President's Medals celebrating excellence, leadership & impact across applied biology๐
Nominations are now open for medals in:
๐ฑ Plant Sciences
๐ Sustainable Futures
๐ Accessibility in Applied Biology
Find out more ๐ aab.org.uk/aab-presidents-meโฆ
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Reminder: 2 weeks left to submit your #SLS26 abstract
Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis 22-24 September 2026 | Cambridge UK | In-person and online live-stream of talks
Full details at: slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls
#plantsci
ALT Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 logo - Shaping Life-Mechanisms of Morphogenesis. Timelapse of a developing Arabidopsis leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill. Overlay text: Abstracts close in 2 weeks
Register Now! #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 in Cambridge, UK โ Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis!
If you are into Plant Development - join us!
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22โ24 Sept 2026
In-person livestream
Limited fee waivers
slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls
#plantsi
ALT Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 logo - Shaping Life-Mechanisms of Morphogenesis. Timelapse of a developing Arabidopsis leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill.
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Minutes of โฆโฆ@STFC_Mattersโฉ record the Council's head of strategy describing "a major shift of funding from curiosity-driven research to priority areas and targeted programmes". @UKRI say this was a โmisstatementโ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr0โฆ
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Our paper about NUP1/NUP136 and its meiotic role is now available at @GeneticsGSA!
@MarinaMtzGcia @MonicaPradillo
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A new study in #GENETICS from @MonicaPradillo and colleagues uncovers a key role for the plant-specific nuclear basket nucleoporin NUP1/NUP136 in chromosomal interactions and crossover formation in #Arabidopsis. buff.ly/seSFKgY
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๐โฐ๏ธ๐ Abstract Deadline ๐โฐ๏ธ๐
There's just two weeks left to submit your abstract for a chance to talk at Photosynthesis 2026 ๐ฑ
Register now ๐๏ธ photosynthesis2026.com
๐ค Early-bird registration and oral abstract submission closes March 31st ๐ค
#plantscience
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๐จ Weโre recruiting 3 SiG Convenors!
SEB is launching a new Special Interest Group in Mitochondrial Physiology.
1 Convenor each: Animal, Cell & Plant
๐ 3-year term
โฐ Deadline: 10 March
Apply:
sebiology.org/special-intereโฆ
Details:
sebiology.org/special-intereโฆ
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๐๐ค๐ Speaker announcement ๐๐ค๐
Announcing the next set of Invited Speakers across our Photosynthesis 2026 concurrent sessions!
๐ฟ Share the stage in Liverpool this July ๐ฟ
Submit your abstract by 31st March ๐photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience #ICPR26
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Feb 19
Just out @NatureComms Our new paper led by
@KarasLab with our help (Thalassiosira pseudonana).
Breaking the cell wall for efficient DNA delivery to #diatoms
@NorwichResearch @uniofeastanglia @UEAResearch
nature.com/articles/s41467-0โฆ
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026!!
๐ We belong in Science, and our inclusion fosters and drives innovation ๐
๐ฑ Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shares her journey in a new blog post ๐๏ธ aab.org.uk/idwgs2026/
#WomenInScience #IDWGS #plantscience
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Register now for 'Acrylamide in Cereal Products: Progress and Prospects'
๐ 3 - 4 June 2026
๐ Palermo, Sicily
๐๏ธ cvent.me/XaaVZ9
#foodsafety #cereals
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๐จ Final day to register for Crop Production in Northern Britain 2026 ๐จ
Join us in Dundee 25- 26 February
๐๏ธ cpnb.org
#plantscience #sustainableagriculture
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