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Plantae Presents – A New Global Plant Science Talk Series
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic many seminar series and conferences have been canceled or postponed. We…
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Plant Science Research Weekly: March 20
Update: How plants sense and respond to stressful environments
A longstanding question in plant science…
Plant Science Research Weekly: March 13
Opinion: We aren’t good at picking candidate genes, and it’s slowing us down
Recent advances have…
Plant Science Research Weekly: March 7
Review: How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology ($)
Great strides…
Announcing our 2020 Class of Plantae Fellows
As part of our ongoing commitment to creating a vibrant and engaging community for plant scientists,…
Phenome 2020 Presentation Recaps by Zihao Zheng
Last week, the Phenome 2020 meeting took place in Tucson, Arizona. Plantae Fellow and Plant Phenomics…
Metabolic labeling of RNAs uncovers hidden features and dynamics of the Arabidopsis transcriptome (Plant Cell)
The ability to directly sequence RNAs (RNA-seq) has revolutionized our understanding of gene expression,…
Plant Science Research Weekly: February 28
Review: Crop phenomics and high-throughput phenotyping
Crop phenomics has lagged behind crop genomics…
Plantae Webinar: What Happens after Manuscript Submission?
Recorded Friday, March 6, 2020
In one of our recent webinars, Mary Williams discussed how to prepare…
Plant Science Research Weekly: February 21
Review: In vitro analytical approaches to study plant ligand-receptor interactions
It seems every…
Featured Resource – Faculty Job: Myths and Realities Interview Series by Arif Ashraf
This week we are featuring the Faculty Job: Myths and Realities Series created by ASPB Ambassador Arif…
Taproot S4E8: Convergent Evolution of Caffeine and Divergent Careers
In the final episode of Season 4, we talk with Todd Barkman, Professor of Biology at Western Michigan…