Entries by ASPB Conviron Scholar

How do plants sense and acquire nitrate?

ASPB Conviron Scholars Independent Project   Nitrogen (N) is one of the important plant nutrients required for growth and development. Nitrogen makes up the genetic backbone and is assimilated into numerous different proteins. Plants take up N in two forms: nitrate and ammonium. Nitrate is the predominant form of N taken up by plants, and […]

Plant Girl Comics

Created by Ruth (Jean Ae) Kim as part of the ASPB Conviron Scholars Program For my independent project, I decided to make a series of comics about a character called Plant Girl. I am hoping this makes plant biology accessible for young children to young adults in a fun way! The first chapter is about […]

Everything Orchids Blog

ASPB Conviron Scholar Independent Project Created by Jen Schmidt As a way to combine my love of plants and writing, I started an informal blog called Everything Orchids.  Most of my blog posts cover practical tips for raising orchids as well as interesting plant biology facts.  I also cover some orchid outreach events as well […]

Plants in Space

ASPB Conviron Scholars Independent Project by Daisy Dobrijevic in conjunction with the National Space Centre (UK) For my independent project I had a lot of fun working in conjunction with the National Space Centre. On the subject of plants in space, we produced a video, info graphic and a blog post for the general public (see below). […]