Biology news of the week – 6 October 2026
EU Biotech Act, €10 billion for biotech, FP10, gene-edited plants, the UN biodiversity summit COP17, the Nobel Prize and the Ig Nobel Prizes: a short weekly selection.
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Author: Harm Jaap Smit
Biology Week 2026 in the United Kingdom
Our British member, the Royal Society of Biology, celebrates Biology Week from 8 to 18 October 2026, with hundreds of events across the UK, many of them online.
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Italy – BIOLOGI-CA 2026 in Cosenza On 2–3 October 2026 the Order of Biologists of Calabria, FNOB and the Italian
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 honours optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine honours the discovery of light-activated ion channels and the development of optogenetics: Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth.
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Biodiversity – Significance for Society and the Economy
Dr. Alexis Katechakis (Freelance Corporate Sustainability Consultant, Director Sustainability at Hilda Ltd. Switzerland, Pact4Sustainability) We are happy to present the
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Beyond Lederhos’n – Circular Bioeconomy from Bavaria to Brussels – Webinar
Switch to draftPreviewUpdateabout:blankAdd title Anna Eiglsperger (Head of the Office at the Bavarian Bioeconomy Council) We are happy to present
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From Dream to Reality – Oman Botanic Garden’s Gigantic Plant-Conservation Project
Dr Annette Patzelt – Botanist & Vegetation Ecologist We are happy to present the next webinar in our series, Global Goals,
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Renaissance der Energiegenossenschaften – Die Begeisterung für das Machbare
Michael Diestel We are happy to present the next webinar in our series, Global Goals, Local Impact: Sustainably Ever After!
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Future Fuels for Agriculture
Dr. Klaus Thuneke Free & in English Tuesday, May 6th | 6:00 – 7:30 PM (CET) Join us for the
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