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Education

Plantae Presents – Photosynthesis: Importance, Recent Improvements, and Opportunities (an ASPB member-only webinar)
By: Plantae Community
September 13, 2026
Plantae Presents – Photosynthesis: Importance, Recent Improvements, and Opportunities Featuring Ádám Solti, Katarina Kurtović, and Nancy Kiang read more...
Four Things Wrong with How We Teach Plant Science
By: Plantae Community
August 24, 2026
In 2011, with funding from the NSF, ASPB and the Botanical Society of America convened a workshop to work out how the Vision and Change read more...
Terraforming with Plants: Can Green Life Make Mars Habitable?
By: Plantae Community
August 3, 2026
Why go to Mars Everyone wants to have a house with a garden later on in life. Producing your own vegetables, or just having a glass of wine in an read more...

Careers

The Garden You Choose: A Post-PhD Career Guide for Plant Scientists
By: Plantae Community
August 31, 2026
The journey so far You finish high school, then a bachelor’s degree, then a master’s, and eventually a PhD. Each step can feel like the read more...
How to Construct a Teaching Portfolio
By: Plantae Community
August 17, 2026
A job application asks you to provide a teaching portfolio, and you are stumped. Never fear! This short blog will walk you through the basics of read more...
Avenues and Strategies for Attracting Students to a New Lab
By: Plantae Community
August 10, 2026
You have gone through years of training, landed a grant to start your own lab at your dream university, and now you are standing in an empty lab read more...

Research Insights

Review: Plant digital twins, the future of crop production
By: Kavita Joshi
September 18, 2026
Imagine how cool it would be if, just like we check weather apps before going out, we could “grow” a plant in our computer before planting it into read more...
Benzaldehyde reductases complete the salicylic acid biosynthesis puzzle
By: Shakunthala Natarajan
September 18, 2026
Benzyl alcohol is a volatile compound and the scent molecule of several seed plants. It also can be converted to benzyl benzoate, which is one of the read more...
Oxygen: A hidden developmental cue in leaf morphogenesis
By: Priyanka Babuta
September 18, 2026
Oxygen is always considered something living forms need to survive. But wait, its role is beyond just respiration. Would you believe if I told you read more...

Announcements and Opportunities

Community

The Science Foundation What IFS 2026: An Opportunity for Basic Research Funding and Call for Reviewers
By: Plantae Community
September 16, 2026
The Science Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is running our second competition to fund approximately ten <$10,000 research read more...
Plant Physiology Spotlights First Authors January, February, and March 2026
By: Plantae Community
August 3, 2026
You’ve seen our First Authors on X, BlueSky, and Facebook. Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals, and students dedicated read more...
Plant Physiology is recruiting Assistant Features Editors to start in 2027 and 2028
By: Mary Williams
July 25, 2026
We are now accepting applications to join the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program. These are two-year appointments, starting read more...

Industry News

AI tool compares 125 cell types across 700 million years of evolution

A KAUST-led team has developed the AI tool Unify to help scientists compare similar cell types across distant species. This comparison can help researchers assess which findings from animal studies may be most relevant to human health. Their study is published in the journal Nature Communications.Read more

Source: phys.org - breaking news microbiology Date: 2026-09-21
AI tool compares 125 cell types across 700 million years of evolution

A KAUST-led team has developed the AI tool Unify to help scientists compare similar cell types across distant species. This comparison can help researchers assess which findings from animal studies may be most relevant to human health. Their study is published in the journal Nature Communications.Read more

Source: phys.org - breaking news microbiology Date: 2026-09-21
Scientists reveal how our cells conduct emergency repairs for DNA

Two new studies from Johns Hopkins University are providing scientists with an unprecedented view of how human cells repair one of the most dangerous forms of genetic damage: a break that severs both strands of the DNA double helix.Read more

Source: phys.org - breaking news microbiology Date: 2026-09-21

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Air Canada Tel Aviv Office – Customer Service Guide

The Air Canada Tel Aviv Office provides customer support and travel assistance for passengers traveling with Air Canada from Tel Aviv and surrounding areas. The office can assist travelers with flight reservations, ticket bookings, itinerary changes, cancellations, and fare-related inquiries. Passengers can also seek information about baggage...Read more

Source: community.plantae.org - disscusion Date: 2026-09-10 By Kevin Williams
Reply To: Register now for #PlantBio2025!

Behold! The botanical congregation beckons, a nexus of intellect for verdant explorers. Milwaukee’s summer embrace promises scientific discourse and networked growth. My own collegiate project on drought-resistant crops hit a steep learning Slope when our data analysis software crashed, leaving weeks of work in digital limbo. We...Read more

Source: community.plantae.org - disscusion Date: 2026-07-28 By Christin Maur
Reply To: Welcome! Let us know a little bit about you and your interest in plant sciences.

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Source: community.plantae.org - disscusion Date: 2026-07-25 By Enamel Pins Canada

ASPB Newsfeed

Plant Physiology webinar: Focus on algae and aquatic plants

Plant Physiology Webinar: Focus on Algae and Aquatic Plants Celebrating the 2026 Focus Collection on Algae and Aquatic Plants September 24, 2026 at 8 AM Pacific | 11 AM Eastern | 4 PM UK | 5 PM Central Europe About this webinar Aquatic photosynthetic species are critical contributors to...Read more

Source: blog.aspb.org Date: 2026-08-19 By Mary Williams
Call to Action: Support the NSF BIO Plant Biology Act

Strengthening U.S. Leadership in Plant Science The NSF Plant Biology Act (H.R.7949), introduced by Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY-19) and Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN-4), is bipartisan legislation to strengthen the National Science Foundation’s investments in plant and microbial research. The bill would amend the NSF Authorization Act of 2002 to...Read more

Source: blog.aspb.org Date: 2026-03-29 By Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC
New Teaching Tool, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections”

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” by Martina Deglialberti, Chiara Paleni, Federico Fainelli, Carla Lambertini, and Silvia Manrique. This Teaching Tools provides an overview of how botanical collections of...Read more

Source: blog.aspb.org Date: 2026-01-24 By Mary Williams

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