What Career Opportunities Will You Seek Out ? - August 23, 2017
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ASPB and Plantae have already set a tone of collaboration and constant improvement by and for plant scientists. In keeping with our commitment to providing the best recruitment resources for our members, we are excited to announce the launch of our new and expanded online employment resource: the…
Profiles of plant scientists: Ottoline Leyser
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Plant geneticist Dame Ottoline Leyser talks to Alison Woollard about the difference between working with animal and plant genomes, and her work to make science more inclusive
The Biologist 64(4) p16-19
Dame Ottoline Leyser is a professor of plant development at the University of Cambridge.…
Informational Interviews: What, who, why?
Blog, Careers, Careers - Blog, Finding Your Next Position, General InformationWe all know that your PhD studies and postdoc prepare you for a career in academia. Your advisor, who has been pursuing a career in academia, should be able to advice you on submitting your research to journals, writing grants, and interviewing for other academic jobs, but may not have much to say about…
How to Review a Manuscript, from MBoC
Careers, Careers - Blog, Skills and Advice, Writing/Reviewing/Publishing/CommunicatingA 2011 editorial from the journal Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC).
Any jackass can trash a manuscript, but it takes good scholarship to create one (how MBoC promotes civil and constructive peer review)
http://www.molbiolcell.org/content/22/5/525.long
Key points:
Review a manuscript only…
My experiences as a PlantingScience mentor
Blog, Careers, Careers - Blog, Careers in Plant Science, Education, Middle & High School, Organizations, ResourcesPlantingScience is an online mentoring program that virtually connects scientists with junior high or high school students as they participate in inquiry-based activities with plants. Mentors commit to an hour or so per week over roughly two to four weeks, during which they respond to student questions…
Life as a Scientist, a Woman’s Perspective | Christine Fleet | TEDxEHC
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Published on Apr 28, 2016
How do you juggle a toddler in a research lab? Very carefully. This talk looks at issues facing women (or any caregiver) in scientific careers, along with examples from women who have found ways to be successful as parents and as scientists.
As a member of the Biology…
Career-building opportunities for plant scientists – apply now!
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Publications are important, but these days it takes more than a couple of nice papers to move your career to the next level. Also, increasingly scientists are looking outside the (academic) box for their next career move. ASPB provides many ways through which scientist can build their careers and…
CropLife profile of Sophien Kamoun
Blog, Careers, Careers - Blog, Profiles of Plant ScientistsCropLife International has a series called "Food Heroes" - recently they profiled plant scientist Sophien Kamoun.
Why did you want to be a plant scientist?
I became a scientist because I grew up being extremely curious about the natural world. I wanted to know how living organisms function. How they…
Profile of Jane Langdale
Blog, Careers, Careers - Blog, Profiles of Plant ScientistsCurrent Biology interviews Jane Langdale, Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at Oxford University.
Jane Langdale received a PhD in human genetics from the University of London. For her postdoc, she switched to plant genetics, working with Tim Nelson at Yale University on maize leaf development.…