The contemporary research landscape is divided by a deep gap in priorities: while students value teamwork and real-world impact, the institutional machinery remains tethered to a “Publish or Perish” culture. This system, which was once meant to motivate researchers, has devolved into a systemic distortion of scientific values. Success is no longer measured by the […]
The Science Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is running our second competition to fund approximately ten <$10,000 research projects in all domains of basic science. SciFnd (“Sci Fund”) is seeking to (i) support the basic science research ecosystem, (ii) increase public visibility and engagement with science, and (iii) experiment with efficient ways of evaluating proposals. […]
The Crimean War was brutal on the soldiers and caused high mortality rates. It was believed that battle wounds were the leading cause of death. But the ‘lady with the lamp’, who was a nurse and also a gifted statistician, proved that unhygienic living conditions, not battle wounds, led to the increased mortality rates (Kukula, […]
Plantae Presents – Photosynthesis: Importance, Recent Improvements, and Opportunities Featuring Ádám Solti, Katarina Kurtović, and Nancy Kiang When: Friday, October 2, 2026, at 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM BST | 12:00 AM Beijing Must Be An ASPB Member to Register About this Webinar Photosynthesis is a key process, serving […]
Plant Science: The Science of Life, The Future of Life Despite plants being everywhere, we often ignore their importance. They are crucial for life on Earth, supporting ecosystems, providing the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, and renewable resources for our society. Climate change, food shortages, loss of biodiversity and the need for sustainable […]
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 natural continuation of the one before it. Along the way, you collect the moments that remind you why you chose science: the smell of a greenhouse after watering, the first […]
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 recommendations might be put into practice in plant biology. The concern that emerged most was not a gap in research or in funding. It was that undergraduate curricula underrepresented and […]
Ancient trees exhibit remarkable longevity amid changing environments over centuries to millennia. To achieve defense against biotic stresses, extensive secondary metabolism reprogramming is needed. However, the regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, using Ginkgo biloba individuals ranging from 1 to 1,070 years old, we found that ancient ginkgo trees do not simply show an age-associated decline […]
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 compiling your very own teaching portfolio, provide links to additional resources, and offer helpful tips to make this process as pain-free as possible. (Note: This post is written from […]