I am Rebecca Roston. I am an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where I lead a lab focused on understanding the role of membrane dynamics and redox in maintaining plant health. Our long-term goal is to unravel the mechanisms by which membrane lipids and proteins respond to changes…

I am Eva M. Farré. I am an associate professor at Michigan State University. The work in my lab focuses on understanding the function of circadian clocks in photosynthetic organisms. Before joining the faculty at MSU, I did my PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and the…

I am Burcu Alptekin. I am a first-generation college graduate and international woman in science, currently located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It has been a roller-coaster ride for me to get my PhD and stand here where I am at today. Along the journey, I met with many women scientists who…

The members of ASPB's Women in Plant Biology Committee are excited to celebrate Women's History Month by sharing our personal stories from women in science who inspired us, who gave us the courage to move forward in hard times, who helped us to grow by sharing their wisdom, and who contributed immensely…

I am Maryam Rahmati Ishka. I am a postdoc at Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) in Ithaca, New York, doing research on plant stress resilience. I joined ASPB's Women in Plant Biology Committee in 2021 as an Early Career Representative. Being an international scholar woman from Iran, I (and other women similar…

I am Jenny Mortimer. I am an Associate Professor of Plant Synthetic Biology at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and an Adjunct Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. My group in the US uses synbio to redesign the plant cell wall to support the production of biofuels and bioproducts…

On January 6, 2023, the plant community was deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Todd C. Mockler, Member and Geraldine and Robert Virgil Distinguished Investigator at the Danforth Center since 2011. Todd was a wonderful colleague, collaborator, and friend to so many of us. He was a scientist-entrepreneur…

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft published in 1792 and which explores women's education, is considered by many to be the starting point of the feminist movement. It was not until the early 20th century that women could access higher education, thanks to the first wave of feminism.…