GARNet UK Plant Science

GARNet was a BBSRC-funded research network for the UK plant science community. Its legacy is maintained by Tweets by @wokingplants

[GARNet UK Plant Science @GARNetweets]

📢 Publication of MASC Annual Report 2024-5.

Please download PDF below 🔽

Subcommittee, Project and Country updates!

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https://t.co/QYzRafRtbp

[Annals of Applied Biology @AnnalsApplBio]

📣 Call for Papers 📣

Don't miss your chance to present your science at ICPR26 👇

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!

[News from Science @NewsfromScience]

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 government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://t.co/2I7IpaYoKb

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

🌾 Fundamental science for climate resilient rice

⏰ There's just one week left to get your abstracts in for ISRFG 2026 ⏰

Submit your abstracts by 15th May for your chance to talk 👇

#plantscience #genomics

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Our next webinar will be all 'aabout' Integrated Pest Management (IPM) & Biocontrol 🪲🌱
📅 29 May, 1pm BST

Feat. talks from:
🚜 Nicolas Munier-Jolain @INRAE_France
🌾 @XiangmingXu1 @niabgroup
plus an early-career spotlight (TBC!)

Register now👉️ https://t.co/FkBscnojLv

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

🍀 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 [email protected] by 1st May 2026 for your chance to win free registration!

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Join us for the next webinar in our PlantEd series 🌱

📅 Tuesday 16 June
🕑️ 2PM BST | 3PM CEST | 9AM EDT

🧬 Feat. talks from:
Claudia Payacán-Ortiz (NeoCrop Technologies)
Jillis Grubben (Wageningen University)

Register for free 👉️ https://t.co/2YtRR0NExR

#plantscience

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Our latest newsletter is out now!

🗣️ 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 👉 https://t.co/53e07ioI98

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Thinking of joining us for Photosynthesis 2026?

Don't miss your chance to present (and save some $$!)

🚨 Only two days left to register at the early-bird rate and get your abstracts in for talks!

Register now 👉 https://t.co/ZfN8pqyBTN

#plantscience #photosynthesis

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

📣 Announcing 3 brand new AAB President's Medals celebrating excellence, leadership & impact across applied biology🎉

Nominations are now open for medals in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🌎 Sustainable Futures
💚 Accessibility in Applied Biology

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/YOFZ3gjyOo

[Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants]

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: https://t.co/hrQegvgHWj

#plantsci

[Pallab Ghosh @BBCPallab]

Minutes of ⁦⁦@STFC_Matters⁩ 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 “misstatement” https://t.co/SaXaO26RKl

[Nadia Fernández Jiménez @Nadfdez94]

Our paper about NUP1/NUP136 and its meiotic role is now available at @GeneticsGSA!
@MarinaMtzGcia @MonicaPradillo

https://t.co/mvEizEBlr2

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

🍃⏰️🍃 Abstract Deadline 🍃⏰️🍃

There's just two weeks left to submit your abstract for a chance to talk at Photosynthesis 2026 🌱

Register now 👉️ https://t.co/ZfN8pqyBTN

🐤 Early-bird registration and oral abstract submission closes March 31st 🐤

#plantscience

[SEB @sebiology.bsky.social @SEBiology]

🚨 We’re recruiting 3 SiG Convenors!

SEB is launching a new Special Interest Group in Mitochondrial Physiology.

1 Convenor each: Animal, Cell & Plant
🗓 3-year term
⏰ Deadline: 10 March

Apply:
https://t.co/wQ4J3CuGGt

Details:
https://t.co/P5jV6jRksl

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃

Announcing 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 👉https://t.co/ZfN8pqyBTN

#plantscience #ICPR26

[Thomas Mock @Th_Mock]

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

https://t.co/hy9LvDHhQZ

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026!!

🌟 We belong in Science, and our inclusion fosters and drives innovation 🌟

🌱 Charlene Kunaka-Dambire shares her journey in a new blog post 👉️ https://t.co/NvmNuWcm2N

#WomenInScience #IDWGS #plantscience

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

Register now for 'Acrylamide in Cereal Products: Progress and Prospects'

📆 3 - 4 June 2026
📍 Palermo, Sicily

👉️ https://t.co/UW6oEqF6wk

#foodsafety #cereals

[Sociedad Argentina de Fisiología Vegetal @SocArgFisVeg]

📢Registration to ICAR 2026 now open!
https://t.co/tsuWjP0viF

[AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social @AABiologists]

🚨 Final day to register for Crop Production in Northern Britain 2026 🚨

Join us in Dundee 25- 26 February
👉️ https://t.co/IuPC3bDmTU

#plantscience #sustainableagriculture