SEB AWARDS NOMINATION TASK FORCE

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AIMS: GET INVOLVED:

Highlight the lack of diversity in the profile of past award winners

Increase both nominations and nominators from historically marginalised groups for SEB awards

Expand the action of the task force to include other Societies and bioscience awards

Everyone (members and non-members) can get involved. No previous experience is needed.

1. Join the SEB Awards Nomination Task Force

2. Suggest the name of someone deserving of a bioscience award for the SEB Task Force

3. Nominate someone in your own right

I am a plant scientist passionate about improving international food security through plant physiology and photosynthesis research. My work focuses on understanding how plants respond to excessive light stress and how that may interact with other abiotic stresses, such as heat and drought.

Below Liana Acevedo-Siaca

Photo credit:

Claire Benjamin