Plants, Rumors and Imaging Spectroscopy Recorded February 2018 About this Webinar: Most supervised machine learning algorithms assume that each training data point is paired with an accurate training label (for classification) or value (for regression). However, obtaining accurate training label information is often time-consuming and expensive, making it infeasible for large data sets, or […]
WordPress 101 for Plant Scientists with Julia Miller Recorded February 2018 WordPress is the most popular self-hosted blogging tool in the world. It powers millions of websites because it is easy to learn to use. This webinar covers the basics of WordPress so you can start creating your own website or blog. It will start […]
Taking Plants off This Planet: What Does Spaceflight Teach Us about Biology, Adaptation and Our Place in the Universe Recorded February 2018 About this Webinar: The study of space biology, along with astrobiology and exobiology, challenges plant science to actually probe the edges of existence and adaptation. For example, gravity is one of […]
Getting the most out of RNA-seq data with expVIP Recorded February 2018 About this Webinar: In this webinar, we discuss the use of expVIP, an expression Visualisation and Integration Platform, which allows easy analysis of RNA-seq data combined with an intuitive and interactive visualization interface. Users can analyze public and user-specified datasets with minimal […]
About this Webinar: Dr. Chamovitz is a sought-after speaker and science commentator. His 2012 book What a Plant Knows has been published in 13 languages, was voted Top 10 in Amazon and is often referred to in discussions on plant senses and intelligence. He has been interviewed in newspapers and magazines around the world such as The Boston Globe, […]
In this episode, we take a different approach than usual- we bring a conversation we were having offline with our friend Brian Dilkes about a paper that tries to define the key variables that predict a ‘successful’ faculty member. We talk about some really important flaws of the paper, how to define “success”, and what […]
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC – November 21, 2017 The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) soliciting proposals from single investigators or multi-investigator teams to conduct research on environmental systems science. This program is managed by BER’s Climate and […]
The September Plantae competition asked plant scientists to write and submit haiku about plant science. With nearly 100 submissions, our judges struggled to make their decision. Most of the submissions embodied the spirit of the haiku form, many were lovely, nearly all expressed the author’s fascination for plants and plant science, and some made us […]
Lewis-Burke Associates LLC – August 18, 2017 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced the pre-application open period for the Innovations in Food and Agricultural Science and Technology (I-FAST) Prize Competition. The I-FAST Competition is a partnership between NIFA and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps […]