19 Dec 2025

SEB December 2025 Newsletter

Welcome to this month's newsletter!


Welcome to this month's newsletter. Here's what we have in store for you this month: 

 

Explore the newly launched pages for the SEB Annual Conference 2026 and discover what awaits you in Florence next July;
 

Check out our 2026 symposium: Eco Mito Symposium - Bridging Cellular Performance to Ecophysiology;
 

Download the SEB Magazine Autumn 2025 “Real World changes”;
 

Conservation Physiology opens new editorial internship opportunities for early-career researchers
 

Our Commitment to a safe, inclusive environment;
 

Voices of Experimental Biology: the SEB Podcast is coming soon;
 

Contribute to the Ask a Scientist project;
 

Download the ‘Scientists with Impact’ article collection;




Happy reading!  

 
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SEB NEWS
 

  • Explore the newly launched pages for the SEB Annual Conference 2026 and discover what awaits you in Florence next July.

     
  • Check out our 2026 symposium: Eco Mito Symposium - Bridging Cellular Performance to Ecophysiology

     
  • Download the SEB Magazine Autumn 2025 “Real World changes”

     
  • Conservation Physiology opens new editorial internship opportunities for early-career researchers

     
  • Read & Publish Open Access agreement with IReL renewed for a further three years

     
  • The Company of Biologists appoint Knowledge E as sole agent in the Middle East;
     
  • Contribute to the Ask a Scientist project;
     

  • Download the ‘Scientists with Impact’ article collection;

EVENTS

 

  • LinkedIn to Get In: embedding learning activities to support student career development through online professional networking  (11 February 2026)
     
  • EcoMito: Bridging Cellular Performance to Ecophysiology   (19 - 20 February 2026)
     
  • Use of AI in higher-education  (18 March 2026)
     
  • Decolonising the Bioscience Curriculum   (15 April 2026)
     
  • SEB Annual Conference (7 - 8 July 2026)
     
  • Other Meetings

 



JOBS BOARD
 


 

JOURNAL NEWS 
 

  • Conservation Physiology: Protective multi-stressor interactions in the Anthropocene: Key considerations for investigating cross-tolerance in a conservation context

 

  • Journal of Experimental Botany: Editor Choice - issue 22
    The pseudokinase CORYNE modulates Medicago truncatulainflorescence meristem branching and plays a conserved role in the regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis 

 

  • Plant Biotechnology Journal: An Ultra-Sensitive Quarantine Pathogen On-Site Detection Based on a One-Pot Asymmetric Recombinase Polymerase Amplification and MNAzyme-Assisted Target Recycling Biosensor (OAR-MNA)

 

  • Plant Direct: RGB-Based Deep Learning for Freeze Damage Detection in Strawberry: Comparing Scratch and Transfer Learning Approaches on Custom Data

 

  • The Plant Journal: December 2025 TPJ Editor choice: New patterns in the wall: β-1,2-xylosyltransferases catalyse a novel, conserved xylan modification by Martin Balcerowicz

     


GRANTS AND FUNDING
 

  • Company of Biologists Grant 
     
  • Sponsorship for a Small Conference (closed)
     
  • SEB Diversity Grant
     
  • SEB Outreach Grant
     
  • Hardship fund
     
  • Funding for Satellite Meetings
     

 

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CONTRIBUTE TO THE ASK A SCIENTIST PROJECT

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This project was developed and delivered in two public engagement events we hosted this year, where the attendees could ask questions for scientists. We posted the questions on our website and need scientists to answer them!

The attendees have the webpage address, so they can go there and check the answers to their questions. Please look at these thought-provoking questions and reply to the ones you feel comfortable with through the form.

For more information and to access the form, visit:

 



  

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Dive into the past of the SEB by discovering the SEB History Articles Series

 

 


 

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Eco Mito Symposium - Bridging Cellular Performance to Ecophysiology

Free

Decolonising the Bioscience Curriculum

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(7 - 9 July 2026 - Florence, Italy) 
 

 



OTHER MEETINGS



Take a look at the event picture gallery which is available now on our   Facebook page

 

Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists (7 January  2026)

Summer School 2026: Plant single cell RNAseq workshop: From current technologies to data analyses (28 June - 3  July January  2026)

16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish 2026 (12 - 16  July  2025)

 

 

 

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The Company of Biologists Travel Grant

Application deadline: 31 December

The Company of Biologists Travel Grant 2025 is available for student and early career scientist SEB members.
It supports their participation at conferences, workshops, and even training courses. The COB Travel Grant was recently reviewed, giving more support to applicants depending on their travel distance.

From 1 July, the grant limits are as follows:

  • £300 travel within own country
  • £600 travel within own continent
  • £800 travel beyond own continent
     

You can find out more about eligibility and apply via

 

 


Sponsorship for a Small Conference

 Application deadline: 1 November 2025 (closed)

SEB members can apply for up to £1000 to help with the cost of organising a scientific meeting independently or in collaboration with another organisation.

 


 


Diversity Grant

Application deadline: 31 December 2025

SEB members can apply for funding of up to £1000 for projects associated with improving diversity and increasing inclusivity in academia and bioscience research.

 

 


Outreach Grant

Application deadline: 1 June 2026

A maximum of £1000 is available to SEB members and £200 non-members to cover the costs associated with holding or participating in an outreach event that promotes experimental biology to a wide range of audiences.

 

 


 

JOBS BOARD


Below are the latest vacancies available:

 Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology
 Akron, USA

We seek a tenure-track faculty in molecular physiology, or related areas, who can maintain an active research program and teach cell biology, molecular physiology, molecular methods, or similar topics

Deadline for applications: 11 January 2026
 


 



Click here to visit the SEB jobs board page

 


 

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THE LATEST FROM THE SEB JOURNALS


Conservation Physiology
Protective multi-stressor interactions in the Anthropocene: Key considerations for investigating cross-tolerance in a conservation context


 


Journal of Experimental Botany
Editor Choice: The pseudokinase CORYNE modulates Medicago truncatula inflorescence meristem branching and plays a conserved role in the regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

 


Plant Biotechnology Journal
An Ultra-Sensitive Quarantine Pathogen On-Site Detection Based on a One-Pot Asymmetric Recombinase Polymerase Amplification and MNAzyme-Assisted Target Recycling Biosensor (OAR-MNA)


 


Plant Direct
RGB-Based Deep Learning for Freeze Damage Detection in Strawberry: Comparing Scratch and Transfer Learning Approaches on Custom Data


 


The Plant Journal 
December 2025 TPJ Editor choice: New patterns in the wall: β-1,2-xylosyltransferases catalyse a novel, conserved xylan modification by Martin Balcerowicz