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Plantae Webinar: A Guide to Political Activism for Early Career Plant Scientists

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When: Monday, November 15, 2021  10 AM PST (UTC-8)  | 12 PM CST (UTC-6) | 1 PM EST (UTC-5) About This Webinar This webinar and discussion will focus on how Early Career Researchers (ECRs) can get involved with their communities through political action or activism. Guest speaker Hallie Thompson…

Plantae Webinar: Impact of COVID Pandemic on Graduate Students’ Mental Health

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When: Monday, November 1, 2021 10 AM PDT (UTC-7) | 12 PM CDT (UTC-5) | 1 PM EDT (UTC-4) About This Webinar This webinar, which is being organized by the ASPB Early Career Plant Scientists Section Subcommittee on Equity Diversity and Inclusion, will facilitate a discussion on the grave impact that…

Plant Physiology Webinar: Highlighting Focus Issue “Sensors and Controllers: For and From Plants”

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Plantae Webinar Highlighting Plant Physiology Focus Issue “Sensors and Controllers: For and From Plants” Recorded Wednesday, October 20, 2021 A characteristic of plant life is the ability to rapidly acclimate tissue function and to change body plans in response to changing conditions. Their…

Plantae Presents: Julia Bailey-Serres and Rashmi Sasidharan

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Plantae Presents: Julia Bailey-Serres and Rashmi Sasidharan “Life in the wet zone: how plants and two moms survive inundation" Recorded April 28  – 10am EDT, 3pm GMT, 4pm CET Julia Bailey-Serres Julia Bailey-Serres is a distinguished professor of genetics and the MacArthur Foundation…

Plant Cell Webinar: Highlighting Plant Cell Focus Issue on Biology of Plant Genomes (Part 2)

Plantae Presents: Jim Birchler, Evan Forsythe, and Tom Jacobs Special Event: The Plant Cell Focus Issue on the Biology of Plant Genomes Recorded Wednesday, April 21st Advances in genome sequencing have yielded insights into aspects of plant biology; elucidating the course of evolutionary…

Plantae Presents: Sophia Stone and Sjon Hartman

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  Plantae Presents: Sophia Stone and Sjon Hartman Recorded April 14  Sophia Stone: The ubiquitin-proteasome system at the crossroads of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance Sophia Stone earned her PhD at York University, Canada, and completed an HFSP long-term fellowship at the University…

Plantae Webinar: Launch and advance a career in science without a PhD

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Plantae Webinar: Launch and advance a career in science without a PhD  Recorded Thursday, April 22nd About This Webinar Many of our career conversations focus on what’s next after a plant science PhD, but there are other ways to be extremely successful in this field without a doctorate. In…

What I Wish I had Known When I Started Grad School 

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Plantae Webinar: What I Wish I had Known When I Started Grad School  When: Tuesday, April 13th at 2 PM EDT 11 AM PDT (UTC-7)  | 1 PM CDT (UTC-5) | 2 PM EDT (UTC-4)  About This Webinar This semester, many graduate students are embarking on a new unprecedented journey. The ASPB Early Career…

Plant Cell Webinar: Highlighting Plant Cell Focus Issue on Biology of Plant Genomes (Part 1)

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Plantae Presents: Ksenia Krasileva, Christine Diepenbrock, and Rory Craig Special Event: The Plant Cell Focus Issue on the Biology of Plant Genomes Recorded Wed April 7th – 4 pm EDT, 1 pm PDT 9 pm BST, Thurs April 8th 8 am NZT Advances in genome sequencing have yielded insights…