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Plant Physiology Webinar: How respiratory energy can drive *everything*

Plant Physiology Webinar: How Respiratory Energy Can Drive *Everything* Celebrating the April 2023 Focus Issue on Respiration  When: Thursday April 6, 2023, at 11:00 AM PDT (UTC-7) | 2:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) | 8:00 PM CEST (UTC+2) About this webinar Respiration is central to plant metabolism…

Plantae Presents: Building Your Professional Scientific Network

Plantae Presents: Building Your Professional Scientific Network Featuring Selene Fernandez-Valverde, Sjon Hartman and Cade Kane When: Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 07:00 AM PST | 10:00 AM EST | 2:00 PM GMT | 11:00 PM Beijing About this Webinar In this one-hour workshop, Dr. Selene Fernandez-Valverde,…

Plantae Presents: How to Build a Diverse and Inclusive Academic Space

Plantae Presents: How to Build a Diverse and Inclusive Academic Space Featuring Renetta Garrison Tull and Gurleen Kaur When: Thursday, February 23, 2023, at 09:00 AM PST | 12:00 PM EST | 5:00 PM GMT | 1:00 AM Beijing About this Webinar This one-hour Q&A webinar is designed to provide a…

Plant Cell Webinar: Crop Breeding for Climate Resilience

Plant Cell Webinar: Crop Breeding for Climate Resilience Celebrating the January 2023 Focus Issue on Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Recorded Wednesday, February 22, 2023 About This Webinar In many regions of the world, climate change is leading to increased exposure to abiotic stresses…

The Lab Notebook: A Researcher’s Best Friend

It has often been said that the difference between “science” and “messing around” is that in science, you have to write stuff down. Keeping a good written record of your research is a key skill to learn as you progress as a scientist, no matter if you're working in academia, industry, or in the…

Plant Cell webinar: Plant responses to abiotic stress

Plant Cell Webinar: Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress Celebrating the January 2023 Focus Issue on Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Recorded Tuesday, February 7, 2023, About This Webinar In many regions of the world, climate change is leading to increased exposure to abiotic stresses for…

Navigating a Scientific Paper

Many in the scientific community attended the webinar this week with speakers Mary Williams and Michelle Facette, moderated by ASPB Plantae Fellow Xiaohui Li, but for those who didn’t or who want a resource to keep on-hand to help navigate a scientific paper, ASPB Plantae Fellows Rose McNelly and…

Plantae Presents: How to Read a Scientific Paper

Plantae Presents: How to Read a Scientific Paper Featuring Mary Williams and Michelle Facette When: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 08:00 AM PST | 11:00 AM EST | 4:00 PM GMT | 12:00 AM Beijing About this Webinar In this one-hour workshop, Dr. Mary Williams and Dr. Michelle Facette will discuss…

Explaining the Purple Tomato

In 2022, exciting news broke of Norfolk Plant Sciences’ purple tomato and its USDA approval. Beyond citing the tomatoes’ high antioxidant levels, how can plant biologists best explain how this superfood was made and how it works? ASPB Plantae Fellow Yen Peng Apple Chew prepared infographics to help…