Careers in Plant Synthetic Biology Part I: Introducing the modern steam mill
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This post is part of a series looking at careers in Plant Synthetic Biology leading up to the 1st ASPB Plant SynBio meeting on the 7-9 Aug 2019, in San Jose CA. Follow the PlantSynbio2019 Twitter account for updates about the event.
Looking back 200 years in time to the Northwest…
Welcome to our 2019 Plantae Fellows!
BlogIn 2014, ASPB launched Plantae as part of our ongoing commitment to create a vibrant and engaging community for plant scientists. Currently, Plantae has over 9,000 users and the content generated by this community is broadcast to over 27,000 people on social media.
Each year we select a group of Plantae…
Studies reveal the key role of the transcription factor NIN in rhizobial infection
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Source: Molecular Plant Science Excellence Innovation Center / Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology. Release: 2019-02-19
On February 1st, Plant Physiology published an article from the Center for Excellence in Plant and Microbiology at the Institute…
How come approaching questions knowing little helped my career a lot?
BlogGuest post by Ron Milo, Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel https://www.weizmann.ac.il/pla...
When I worked on analyzing biological networks I thought it was a disgrace I don’t know more about the relevant subject. Yet what we…
A new approach to graduate professional development; lessons learned from a leadership retreat
Blog, Careers - BlogIf you had 48 free hours, what are the odds you’d spend them at a leadership retreat? Prior to my own experience I would have said “not likely”. After all, I’m a second-year graduate student with coursework, experiments, and TA responsibilities clamoring for my time. I’m also a member of the…
Careers in Plant Synthetic Biology Part II: Computational Synthetic Biology
BlogIn part II of the series looking at careers in Plant Synthetic Biology I reached out to Valentin Zulkower who works as the Software Manager of the Edinburgh Genome Foundry (EGF), Scotland, UK, to find out about computational jobs.
In what ways can computational biologists contribute to synthetic…
Synthetic Biology: Improving Photosynthesis
BlogEvidence suggests that crop breeding programs have not optimized photosynthesis making it an attractive target for improvement. The last few years have been an exciting time for photosynthesis research with several groundbreaking studies that have afforded huge advances in both our understanding of…
Scientists reveal a new mechanism of epigenetic regulation of plant leaf senescence
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsArticle source: Plant Research Institute Published: 2019-02-03. Translated from the original.
Leaf senescence is subject to severe regulation processes and is the final stage of leaf development. When leaves senescence, chlorophyll, nucleic acids, lipids, proteins, and other high-molecular substances…
From whole plant physiology to food security: a career journey
BlogGuest post by Melissa D. Ho – Vice President, Freshwater, World Wildlife Fund-US
When Rob asked me to write something on security, I must admit I had a blank page for a couple of weeks. I decided to offer a perspective that is familiar to me and see if I could translate this to something relevant…