Announcing the Career Fair at Plant Biology 2019
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This year at Plant Biology 2019, we will have several Career Fair activities for you to participate in.
On the Plantae Job Center, both employees and job seekers will be able to mark on their jobs or profiles that they will be attending Plant Biology 2019. Employers will also be able to purchase…
The two-body problem - Perspectives of an early career researcher
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Guest Post by Gaurav Moghe
The two-body problem has been a classical mechanics problem in physics since at least Newtonian times. However, the first suggestion of Google’s autocomplete feature is “two-body problem academia”, with at least the first 90+ results being very relevant to the topic.…
Evolving From a Focus on Mentee to Cultivating a Mentoring Ecosystem
BlogGuest post by Beronda L. Montgomery (@BerondaM)
Note: This contribution is adapted from a blog post original posted at http://www.berondamontgomery.c... on January 20, 2019
Many current “mentoring” programs focus primarily on interventions for those being mentored, i.e., mentees (or sometimes…
Diverse plants, diversity in botany
BlogGuest post by Paul Sokoloff, Senior Research Assistant, Botany, Canadian Museum of Nature
Astragalus, the milkvetch genus, is a massive group of plants in the pea family that has diversified into over 3000 species, which can be found in various habitats across the northern hemisphere. Its also a…
What if Plant Scientists were as Diverse as the Plants we Study?
BlogGuest post by Jennifer Nemhauser & Elizabeth Haswell
This spring, in collaboration with Joanna Friesner, we launched DiversifyPlantSci (1), an on-line directory of self-nominated plant scientists who share identity with groups that are currently minoritized in STEM fields. Membership now exceeds…
12 inquiry-based labs to explore the 12 principles of plant biology
BlogThe 12 Principles of Plant Biology are a framework to support understanding of the critical roles of plants to create, improve and sustain life.
These 12 inquiry-based activities were by Jane Ellis, Mary Williams, and Jeffrey Coker with support from the ASPB Education Foundation. They were developed…
Grapevine Red Blotch Virus
BlogResearch Presentation submitted by Alex Clarke as part of the ASPB Conviron Scholars Program
Salicylic acid, senescence, and heterosis
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and ViewsFor a number of crops agricultural yields have been boosted by the phenomenon of heterosis or hybrid vigour, where a hybrid outperforms either parent. Understanding the various mechanisms by which heterosis arises may facilitate the breeding of hybrids with increased vigour for further crop varieties…
Unite, Inspire, Enable: The future of plant science
Blog, Plant Science Research NetworkAuthors: JP Dundore-Arias, Jacque Fletcher, and Brett Tyler
This article originally appeared in Phytopathology News (May 2019, Volume 53, Issue 5)
“The goal of a sustainable future, with a more nimble and innovative workforce and a highly competitive research enterprise, is in the national interest….…