The Society for Experimental Biology is a

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for animal, cell and plant biologists. It was founded in 1923 at

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to "promote the art and science of experimental

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in all its branches". It aims to demonstrate the importance and impact of experimental biology research to the wider public and within the scientific community and to connect and support experimental biologists in their research and career development. The society has an international membership of approximately 1500, more than 20 scientific special interest groups and an outreach, education, and diversity (OED) group.

Activities

The main activities of the society are the organisation and sponsorship of scientific meetings, the publication of relevant research, and the promotion of development of experimental biologist through education, communication, and career development programmes. The society organises one large meeting each year, plus a number of smaller meetings. The main meeting is held in the United Kingdom or continental Europe and has up to 1000 attendees, with three plenary lectures (the Bidder, Woolhouse, and Cell Plenary Lectures) and nine parallel sessions. Its publications include four

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s: the ''

Journal of Experimental Botany The ''Journal of Experimental Botany'' (''JXB'') is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. It covers research on plant biology, focusing on molecular physiology, ...

'' published by

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, ''The Plant Journal'' (), published with

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, ''

Plant Biotechnology Journal Plant Biotechnology Journal, an Open Access journal, publishes high-impact original research and incisive reviews with an emphasis on molecular plant sciences and their applications through plant biotechnology. It was established in 2003 and is pub ...

'' (, co-owned with the

Association of Applied Biologists The Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) is a United Kingdom biological science learned society. From its foundation in 1904 until 1934, the institution was the Association of Economic Biologists. It publishes research and holds conferences i ...

and published by Wiley-Blackwell) and an

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journal established in 2013, ''

Conservation Physiology ''Conservation Physiology'' is an online only, fully open access journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. It publishes research on all taxa ( microbes, plants and animals) focused on understan ...

'' (), published on behalf of the society by Oxford University Press. The society is administered from its head office at

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House in

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, shared with the

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, with an additional office in

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which hosts the management team of the ''Journal of Experimental Botany'' and the society's Head of Education. It is funded through income from publications, investments, and member subscriptions. The freely available
SEB Magazine
' has generally appeared in Spring and Autumn, since 2012.

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* {{authority control British biology societies Learned societies of the United Kingdom 1923 establishments in the United Kingdom Scientific organizations established in 1923

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