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Maintaining and Keeping Your CV Updated

Start early and stay prepared Creating a strong curriculum vitae (CV) starts well before you sit down to write it. Your CV should reflect your academic journey: it showcases your accomplishments, current work, and future ambitions. Preparing early gives you a chance to identify any gaps—such as…

Review: Bringing purple tomatoes to market

This interesting article by Cathie Martin and Eugenio Butelli describes the process through which purple, anthocyanin-accumulating tomatoes were brought to the US market, from idea to business plan to regulatory status review and finally direct-to-consumer sales. Although these tomatoes have demonstrated…

Metabolites through the looking glass with CEST MRI

Non-invasive imaging technologies like computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have revolutionized medicine by improving diagnostics and guiding treatment. Due to its versatility, MRI also holds potential for plant sciences, where it can be used to visualize and quantify metabolites…