🎉 Registration is now open! Join us for the 2025 SCRA "Nuts & Bolts" virtual workshop (Oct 28–30) to learn from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. EPA & U.S. FDA about developing dossiers for regulatory review – based on real case studies 👉 Register: form.jotform.com/251316461833151 #AgBiotech #GEcrops

Big thanks to everyone who visited the #USCCN booth at #ASMicrobe in LA! We had amazing conversations about our registry of living microbial culture collections 🧬🌍 Whether you manage a large collection or just a few strains, register your collection! 🔗 usccn.org

Learn from real regulatory case studies at the 2025 SCRA “Nuts & Bolts” Workshop (Oct 28–30) 🍊Canker-resistant citrus 🌾CoverCress® 🍓Gene-edited S4A strawberry Hear how these products moved through USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service U.S. EPA & FDA review 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/573dmbb9

This fall, join us for 3 expert-led webinars: 🧪 10 Sept – Biosensors for plant microbiome monitoring 🌱 8 Oct – Plant Microbiomes: lab vs. field research 🐄 12 Nov – Ruminant microbiomes, health & agricultural sustainability 🔗 phytobiomesalliance.org/webinars/

Claire Rogel-Gaillard, Deputy Scientific Director INRAE & chair of @Phytobiomes Animal Microbiomes Working Group, shared insights at #isag2025 🇰🇷 on livestock holobionts – animals and their microbiomes as vital genetic resources for sustainable agriculture 🐄🧬🌿

🌱 Can biosensors help microbes thrive in real-world soil? Join Ilenne Del Valle and discover how gas-based biosensors from Bacillus velezensis can monitor microbial activity in the rhizosphere. 🗓️10 Sept 25 ✍️register now: tinyurl.com/4dm9ru2r

🧪 Learn how gas-based biosensors are helping reshape microbiome engineering in plants, from lab to greenhouse with Ilenne Del Valle Join us 10 Sept 25 at 11 AM EDT. 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/4dm9ru2r

📣 Final agenda is out! Join the 2025 SCRA “Nuts & Bolts” Workshop (Oct 28–30) to learn GE dossier development directly from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. EPA & U.S. FDA regulators. Case studies: 🍊 citrus | 🌽 maize | 🍓strawberry Register Now 👉 form.jotform.com/251316461833151

🚨 It’s happening this week! Learn how gas biosensors in Bacillus velezensis offer a breakthrough for tracking microbial function in soil ecosystems with @thegassymicrob 🗓️ 10 Sept 25 | 🕚 11 AM EDT 🔗 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/4dm9ru2r

🦠Welcome Switch Bioworks, our new sponsoring partner! Their precision-engineered, nitrogen-fixing microbes are driving biofertilizer innovation. We look forward to collaborating with them to advance phytobiomes research! 🔗 tinyurl.com/5ebuccdn

The recording of today's webinar presented by Ilenne Del Valle Ilenne Del Valle is now available! 🎥 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/LXHB9xhMNkg

🌱Call for abstracts is open! The Phytobiomes Alliance is organizing two workshops at #PAG33 (9-14 Jan, San Diego): 🔹 Exploring Phytobiomes 🔹 Commonalities between Plant, Animal & Soil Microbiomes 📅Deadline: 17 Oct 2025 👉 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79809/s…

🌾From lab bench to field soil, how do microbes shape crop traits? Join Manuel Kleiner and Onyemaechi Henry Obiazikwor to explore contrasting strategies in microbiome research, from synthetic communities to field trials 🗓️08 Oct 2025 | 🕚 11 AM EDT 🔗 tinyurl.com/5cn46b82

🏆Congratulations to George diCenzo (Queen’s University) – recipient of the 2025 J. Roger Porter Award! Recognized for his leadership in creating the Canadian Collection of Agricultural Soil Microbes & advancing microbial stewardship. 🧬🌱 🔗 usccn.org/george-dicenzo…

📢 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 Please provide your feedback on the survey attached: form.jotform.com/252235005102337 CABI_Microbiology

🔎 The 2025 SCRA “Nuts & Bolts” Workshop (Oct 28–30) What makes this workshop unique? Its focus on real case studies reviewed by USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. EPA & U.S. FDA! 🍊 Canker-resistant Citrus | 🌽DP23211 Maize | 🍓 Gene-edited S4A Strawberry 📝 Register: form.jotform.com/251316461833151

🚨It’s this week! Explore microbial functions in maize and tomato crops with Manuel Kleiner and Onyemaechi Henry Obiazikwor. Learn how synthetic communities and field studies inform crop trait development. 🗓️08 Oct 2025 | 🕚 11 AM EDT 🔗Save your seat: tinyurl.com/5cn46b82

🎥 Missed today’s #Phytobiomes webinar presented by Manuel Kleiner and Onyemaechi Henry Obiazikwor? The recording is now available on our YouTube channel! Watch it here 📷 youtu.be/QIRhahHXUjc

⏳ Just 1 week left! Submit your abstract to present at the Phytobiomes Alliance workshops at #PAG33. Don’t miss the chance to showcase your research. Deadline: 17 Oct 17 2025 👉 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79809/s…

Welcome Texas Tech University, our new sponsoring partner! We look forward to working with TTU scientists from the Department of Plant and Soil Science and the Institute for One Health Innovation to advance phytobiomes research. 🔗 tinyurl.com/y5hc75dn