Welcome to your December update from the New Phytologist Foundation. In this edition we’re pleased to tell you about Plants, People, Planet’s new review series, symposium announcements for 2026, and more.
Plants, People, Planet launches Thomas Reviews
We are delighted to announce Thomas Reviews, a new format for impact at the intersection of plants, people and the planet.
47th New Phytologist Symposium
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
📅 2–5 June 2026
📍 University of Córdoba, Spain
Speaker abstract and travel grant deadline: 2 February 2026
Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026
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48th New Phytologist Symposium
Forest interactions
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Location to be announced
New Phytologist next generation scientists 2026
📅 1–4 December 2026
📍 IISER Pune, India
Applications will open in spring 2026.
News
Plants, People, Planet is 7 today!
Plants, People, Planet celebrates the seventh anniversary of the publication of our first issue today, 4 December.
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Celebrating highly cited researchers 2025
We congratulate members of the New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet Editorial and Advisory boards highlighted in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list.
New Phytologist Editor-in-Chief Maarja Öpik has been elected to the Estonian Academy of Sciences
The Academy was established in 1938 as an association of highly qualified scientists.
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Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life
Bridging the gap: unravelling plant centromeres in the telomere-to-telomere era
Support for community events in 2025
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