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Featured Resource - Faculty Job: Myths and Realities Interview Series by Arif Ashraf

This week we are featuring the Faculty Job: Myths and Realities Series created by ASPB Ambassador Arif Ashraf. In each interview, faculty members describe their journey from student to newly appointed faculty and answer the following questions: What inspired you most to pursue your current career? …
PSRN at SACNAS 2019

Plantae Internships and conference updates from the PSRN

The Plant Science Research Network attends two conferences each fall to support undergraduate research and education: SACNAS and ABRCMS. Connecting undergraduate students to research opportunities in the plant sciences is a goal of the PSRN, which curates resources to support student research, careers,…

Announcing the Career Fair at Plant Biology 2019

This year at Plant Biology 2019, we will have several Career Fair activities for you to participate in. On the Plantae Job Center, both employees and job seekers will be able to mark on their jobs or profiles that they will be attending Plant Biology 2019. Employers will also be able to purchase…

Fantastic Collaborations and How to Find Them

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Guest post by George Kantor, Senior Systems Scientist, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University This much is a truism: a successful career in any interdisciplinary field requires collaboration with people from different disciplines. It is more difficult to define what skills are needed to be…

Get the Ball Rolling! Applying and Interviewing for Careers in Industry

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Guest post by Guillaume Beaudoin, Scientist, Conagen Inc. About one year has gone by since I had begun seriously looking for a job to end my postdoctoral experience at the University of Florida. I had read all the doom and gloom: how the ratio of the number of faculty positions to PhDs is forever…

A new approach to graduate professional development; lessons learned from a leadership retreat

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If you had 48 free hours, what are the odds you’d spend them at a leadership retreat? Prior to my own experience I would have said “not likely”. After all, I’m a second-year graduate student with coursework, experiments, and TA responsibilities clamoring for my time. I’m also a member of the…

The Plantae Job Center - January 9, 2019

Internship Posts: Recent Job Posts: Make the most of your profile on Jobs.Plantae.org: · Upload your resume/CV, so you can apply for jobs faster · Make your resume/CV public, so employers can find you · Set up Job Alerts, so you’ll get an email any time a job that fits…

The Plantae Job Center - December 11, 2018

Internship Posts: Recent Job Posts: Make the most of your profile on Jobs.Plantae.org: · Upload your resume/CV, so you can apply for jobs faster · Make your resume/CV public, so employers can find you · Set up Job Alerts, so you’ll get an email any time a job that fits…

The Plantae Job Center - November 2, 2018

    Internship Posts: Undergraduate Summer Research Experience Program, Center for Engineering MechanoBiology (CEMB), Philapelphia, PA, USA Biochemist Intern - Trait Discovery (199253W-01), DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, USA PhD student in Hydrology & Climate…