Welcome to your latest update from the New Phytologist Foundation. Scroll down to find out more about the New Phytologist Tansley Medal application deadline, an upcoming New Phytologist Now webinar, an exciting announcement from Plants, People, Planet, details of next year's New Phytologist Symposium on extreme heat, and more.
Last call for Tansley Medal applications
Deadline: 1 November 2025
The New Phytologist Tansley Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an outstanding contribution to plant science by any researcher with three to five years’ experience since gaining / defending their PhD.
Event: Webinar
Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life
Post-symposium webinar with Itumeleng Moroenyane and Ezgi Mehmetoglu Boz, hosted by Maarja Öpik
New Phytologist Now
Bridging the gap: unravelling plant centromeres in the telomere-to-telomere era
Watch on demand: Matthew Naish: 2024 Tansley Medal Winner
Announcing Open Letters
A new format in Plants, People, Planet, for groups of experts to present bold and succinct calls to action to those in positions to elicit and enact change, such as practitioners and policymakers.
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
Save the date! Explore how extreme heat affects plants and other ectothermic organisms that underpin ecosystem productivity.
📅 2–5th June 2026
📍 University of Cordoba, Spain
Special New Phytologist Workshop
Molecular mechanisms of light-regulated plant development
Full programme coming soon
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