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The Books Every Plant Scientist Should Read

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Hello everyone, we're Vijaya and Carlos from the Plantae Bookshelf! This time, we wanted to share with you the results of our "The Books Every Plant Scientist Should Read" survey of this year. With everything that's currently happening in our world right now –the COVID-19 pandemic, the protests…

Book Recommendations - Plant Sciences

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A list of book recommendations from our community with a focus on Plant Sciences Current Topics The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species by Carlos Magdalena Carlos is a tropical plant horticulturalist at the Royal Botanic Garden Kew in London. He acquired the nickname…

Book Recommendations - Other

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A list of book recommendations from our community that are not directly related to plant science, but are still good reads "I'd recommend scientists to get out of the wormhole and read something else... Something historical, philosophical, or something as far removed from science as is possible. Something…

Book Reccomendations - Professional Development

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A list of book recommendations from our community with a focus on Professional Development Research Skills At the Bench: A Laboratory Navigator by Kathy Barker (2004) At the Bench is the unique and hugely successful handbook for living and working in the laboratory, an essential aid to…

From Alchemy to IPO - Book Review

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Book Review by Chris Barbey with media by Katie Rogers From Alchemy to IPO describes the beginnings of the biotechnology sector and its progression into the almost modern era, spanning biotech’s inception in the 1970’s through the late 1990’s. While conceptually biotechnology is at least…