Increasing Diversity in the Plant Sciences: The Pioneer Role of the Women in Plant Biology Committee
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As the Women in Plant Biology committee reaches its 40th birthday it is useful to recollect its beginnings. These beginnings demonstrate the importance of addressing the needs of underrepresented minorities as a critical step to make progress toward diversity in the plant sciences. ASPB and the Women…
The Legend, The Power, and Indominable Mothers: My Women Heroes
Blog, CommunityI 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…
My Women Heroes: The Pioneer, The Quiet Leader, and Outstanding Supporters
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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…
Lead by Courage, My Inspiring Women in Science: Florence Dunkel
Blog, CommunityI 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…
Women's History Month: Inspiring Women in Science
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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…
Women's History Month: My Inspiring Women Role Models
Blog, CommunityI 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…
Women's History Month: The Quiet Inspiration of Enid MacRobbie
Blog, CommunityI 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…
Celebrating the Life of a Scientist-Entrepreneur: Todd C. Mockler, PhD
Blog, CommunityOn 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…
Gender Bias in Science
Blog, CommunityA 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.…