Visit Event Website Registration and Poster abstract Submission is open. We are delighted to bring ISRFG26 to London at the historic Royal Society. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to London to participate in the 23rd International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics (ISRFG 2026) , to be held 08 […]
AAB are delighted to again organise a Satellite meeting at the British Society of Plant Pathology Main Meeting. This Satellite meeting is entitled 'Surveillance and Improved Disease control' and takes place on Friday September 11th 2026. All Schedule and registration information for the main BSPP meetinng can be found here -> BSPP Main Meeting After […]
We are delighted to announce that the Auxin2026 meeting will take place on the Algarve in Portugal between October 4th-8th 2026. This quadrennial event brings together leading and emerging researchers in auxin biology to discuss the current state and future prospects for this exciting and fast moving research area! Please 'Save the Date'. Registration opens […]
VISIT EVENT WEBSITE The membership of the Association of Applied Biologists includes a unique cohort of early career professionals. This group includes ECPs who work across academia, industry, farming and agriculture. This sets the AAB apart from other societies whose membership cohorts are more homogeneous. We surveyed the AAB ECPs and there was a consensus […]
In this exciting meeting we are bringing together the interests of the AAB 'Applied Plant Pathology' and 'Biocontrol and IPM' groups to explore integrated technology-based strategies for pest, weed and pathogen management. We encourage abstract submissions from anyone working on technological innovations, the biology/ecology of IPM projects or in policy research that explores how these […]
VISIT EVENT WEBSITE 17 November 2026 – 18 November 2026 The Guildhall York Inorganic nutrients that are critical for crop growth, health and productivity must be absorbed from the soil and distributed around the plant. Research over past few decades has established the fundamental mechanisms underpinning inorganic nutrient transport. However, plant-soil interactions and regulatory processes […]
Supporting Healthy Diets with a Thriving UK Horticulture Sector VISIT EVENT WEBSITE Join us for a dynamic one-day event dedicated to advancing sustainability in the edible horticulture sector. Hosted by The East Malling Trust and the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB), this conference almost uniquely we will bring together biologists, nutritionists and sociologists to explore […]
The annnual AAB Advances in Nematology meeting will take place on Thursday December 10th 2026 at the Linnean Society inn central London. Meeting details to follow in Spring 2026!
VISIT EVENT WEBSITE Plant viruses cause global and regional economic and societal losses, being responsible for a significant proportion of devastating emergent and re-emergent plant diseases. The AAB ‘International Advances in Plant Virology (IAPV)’ conference has a broad remit where we invite participation from scientists who are interested in all aspects of plant virology. These […]
AAB are delighted to be organising a follow-up meeting to the very successful Plant Science Education meeting held in Lancaster in January 2025. We were delighted to publish a 'Manifesto for Plant Science Education' that resulted from discussions held within that meeting. Alvey et al (2025) A manifesto for plant science education https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.70115 This event […]