Setting the stage
All of us remember sitting in front of a tutor and feeling completely inadequate for not understanding something that seemed obvious to everyone else. At the same time, many of us…
There is probably not a plant scientist on the planet who has not heard of AlphaFold (Jumper et al., 2021). Many of you reading this have likely used it. What began as DeepMind’s attempt to apply artificial…
Plantae Presents: The Benefit of Scientific Societies for Undergraduates to PIs
Featuring Catrina Adams, Jennifer Hartley, Dior Kelley, Amy Newell, and Kaitlin Saward
When: Wednesday, June 24, 2026,…
Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals, and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our First Authors on Bluesky, X and Facebook— now, read…
The world has grown impatient, especially with science. People want information about things they care about, from people whom they can trust. Trust is built through stories that connect scientific research…
In research, work never really ends
“Happy to give this presentation.” “Sure, I can take on teaching hours.”
“I can do an extra side project.” “I’ll take care of this experiment over…
In plants, compared to male meiosis, female meiosis has remained largely unexplored. In our recent study published in The Plant Cell (Hu and Prusicki et al., 2026), by live cell imaging, we visualize female…
It was a cold Tuesday afternoon in my second year when my advisor sat across from me and said, almost gently, “I think we need to reconsider the direction of your project.” I had spent the last year optimizing…
Plantae Presents – From Bench to Business: Building Plant Science-Based Startups
Featuring Kathleen Denya, Sarah Hammer, and Lucas Lieber
When: Thursday, May 28, 2026, at
8:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM…
Competition for scientific job positions is increasingly fierce nowadays. That pressure is felt even more strongly in the global south, where stable and well-funded jobs for highly trained scientists are…
We are putting our spotlight in this section on how secondary cell walls acquire the precise shape, structure, and polarity necessary for explosive seed dispersal in the small weed Cardamine hirsuta. Specifically,…
There is a particular look people give when you say you are a plant scientist. It falls somewhere between “Oh, that’s… nice” and the polite expression usually reserved for someone who has just…