Rewiring sugar signaling for global agriculture: A decade of progress in harnessing the T6P pathway
Plant Science Research Weekly, Uncategorized
Rewiring sugar signaling for global agriculture: A decade of progress in harnessing the T6P pathway
While sugar signaling plays a crucial role in grain filling and ultimately determines grain crop yield, direct genetic manipulation often results in pleiotropic effects and raises legislative…
May 30: Plant Cell webinar: Translating research from Arabidopsis to crop plants and beyond
UncategorizedThe Plant Cell webinar Translating research from Arabidopsis to crop plants and beyond Recorded Friday May 30, 2025 About This Panel Discussion Over the past three decades, substantial research efforts in plant science worldwide have focused on the model system Arabidopsis thaliana. Many of us have…
Advocating for Increased USDA Agricultural Research Service Funding
UncategorizedAmid a quickly changing research funding landscape in the United States, ASPB continues to be a vocal and engaged advocate for federal funding that supports plant scientists. The Society recently joined academic, agriculture, and food stakeholder groups in a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations…
Expanding Support for Plant Biology Conference Attendees
UncategorizedOn March 19, 2025, ASPB’s Board of Directors approved the creation of a temporarily restricted fund to support travel awards, SURF recipients, and ASPB-subsidized childcare. The ASPB Plant Biology Temporarily Restricted Fund is intended to provide critical but flexible support for conference attendees…
ASPB Supports Funding for USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
UncategorizedAs budget development continues, ASPB recently joined with other research institutions, scientific societies, and agricultural stakeholders in a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Members requesting “no less than $500 million for the USDA Agriculture and Food Research…
April 11 – What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Grad School Webinar hosted by the Early Career Plant Science Section
UncategorizedApril 11, 2025 at 1 pm eastern The ASPB Early Career Plant Scientists (ECPS) Section wants to help you succeed in graduate school. As you prepare for the next step in your professional career, ECPS will help guide you with our annual panel discussion webinar, “What I Wish I Had Known When I Started…
ASPB Calls for Support of NPGS
UncategorizedASPB and 93 other organizations recently sent a letter to US Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials in support of for the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), a program managed by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) focused on conserving and distributing plant genetic resources.…
ASPB Joins Call to Protect the Future of Science
UncategorizedASPB joined the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and 47 other scientific organizations in a letter to members of Congress demanding that they protect federally funded scientific research and federal scientists. The letter asks Congress to “take immediate action to protect and restore life-saving…