Recent Posts

Plants in Space

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ASPB Conviron Scholars Independent Project by Daisy Dobrijevic in conjunction with the National Space Centre (UK) For my independent project I had a lot of fun working in conjunction with the National Space Centre. On the subject of plants in space, we produced a video, info graphic and a blog post…

A Nondestructive, Machinelearning Based Method for Monitoring Plant Stress

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ASPB Conviron Scholars Research Presentation by Bryce Askley

Prenylation is Required for Establishment of Multicellularity and Cell Differentiation in Physcomitrella Patens

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ASPB Conviron Scholar Research Presentation by Susana Perez Martinez  

Informational Interview with Professor David Parrott, Westminster University (PUI)

By Bret Hart, Conviron Scholar I interviewed Dr. David Parrott, Ph.D. He is currently at Westminster University, but earned his Ph.D. in Plant Science at Utah State University after a B.S. in Botany and an M.A. in Biology from Humboldt State University. He is focused on teaching undergraduates at…

Informational Interview with Prof. Christopher Jones, Moravian College (PUI)

By Christopher Sorich, Conviron Scholar Dr. Christopher Jones is professor and chair of the Biology department at Moravian College located in Bethlehem, PA. He is interested in many aspects of molecular genetics, but his research focuses primarily on the genetics of behavior in the fruit fly Drosophila…

Informational Interview with Prof. Ben DeRidder, Grinnell College (PUI)

By Tim Burnette, Conviron Scholar

Informational interview with Dr. Shouling Xu, Director of the mass spectrometry facility at Carnegie Institution of Science

By Yanniv Dorone, Conviron Scholar Dr. Shouling Xu is a mass spectrometrist and a biologist in the Department of Plant Biology at Carnegie Institution of Science. She obtained her PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she worked in Joe Kieber’s lab. After this, she did a postdoc…

Informational Interview with Dr. Mary Williams, Features Editor, The Plant Cell

By Catherine Freed, Conviron Scholar Hello everyone! I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Mary Williams. Mary is a features editor of Teaching Tools in Plant Biology for Plant Cell as well as a Plantae community manager. She got her PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from Rockfeller University…

Informal Interview with Dr. Amanda Waters, Crop Bioinformatician in the Agro-Discovery team of PepsiCo

By Jaclyn Noshay, Conviron Scholar Interviewer: Jaclyn Noshay Interviewee: Dr. Amanda Waters Date: November 7, 2018 Dr. Amanda Waters is currently a Crop Bioinformatician in the Agro-Discovery team of PepsiCo.  After beginning her undergraduate degree as a pre-med biology student, she began…