Alternative careers in science: My experience as an informal educator
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By Courtney Price, Education & Outreach Specialist, Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center & Center for Applied Plant Sciences, and Plantae Fellow
With a passion for life science, conservation and education, my academic and professional experience has taken me on a convoluted path. That…
People Behind the Science: Michael Blatt
Careers, Careers - Blog, Profiles of Plant ScientistsMike Blatt, Editor-in-Chief of Plant Physiology, was recently interviewed for the "People Behind the Science" podcast series.
Read excerpts and hear the full interview here http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-mike-blatt/#more-5509.
Luminaries: Rob Martienssen
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBY CHRISTOS NOUTSOS, postdoc at Cold Spring Harbor Labs (first published May 2012)
Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Lab
CN: Thanks for sitting for this interview. Let’s start at the beginning. How did you become interested in biology? Which scientific fields attracted you the most?
RM: Like…
Profile of Elliot Meyerowitz from The Scientist (2017)
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsFrom the Ground Up
February 1, 2017 profile of Elliot Meyerowitz from The Scientist. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/48064/title/From-the-Ground-Up/
Here's an excerpt:
“About 15 years ago, I gave a talk on plant development in a session focused on animal development at…
Luminaries: Marja Timmermans
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBY SUNIL KUMAR K R, ASPB Student Ambassador, University of Nebraska–Lincoln (@Sunil_husker) (Originally published January 2017)
Alexander von Humboldt Professor, Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
Marja Timmermans began her scientific career at Cold Spring Harbor…
Luminaries: Stefan Hortensteiner
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBY PRATEEK TRIPATHI, ASPB Student Ambassador, South Dakota State University (Originally published March 2013)
Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland
PT: What got you interested in plant biology in general, and what influences directed you to your specific area of research?
SH: Professor Enrico…
Luminaries: Bob Goldberg
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBY MARGARET TAYLOR, University of Minnesota (Originally published November 2012)
Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
MT: Since you joined the faculty at UCLA in 1976, it’s become possible to dive into an organism and look at every gene you’re interested in. This wasn’t possible back…
Luminaries: Richard Vierstra
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBY KRANTHI K. MANDADI, ASPB Postdoc Ambassador, Texas A&M University (Originally published September 2013)
Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Most of us have an important person in our life who inspired us to get to where we are. Who was your role model or the “modifier” that…
Luminaries: Julian Schroeder
Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsBY PRATEEK TRIPATHI, ASPB Student Ambassador, Postdoc Fellow, University of Southern California (Originally published November 2013)
Professor, University of California, San Diego
What inspired your interest in plant biology in general, and what influences directed you to your specific area of research?
As…