Tag: Human Networks – Thinking Broadly and Solving Problems

Guest Post by By Jane Shen-Miller, University of California, Los Angeles am grateful to have received the 2018 ASPB Charles-Reid-Barnes Award (CRBA). When President Henry Klee presented me the plaque I wanted to cheer. President Rob Last has now given me that chance. The first President of the…

Rob Last's Fourth ASPB President's Letter This continues the mini tradition of publishing the President’s Letter as part of a collection of essays and other resources related to the topic (https://community.plantae.org/...). Please also have a look at the previous two collections on member security…

Rob Last's fifth president's letter This continues the experiment of publishing the President’s Letter as part of a collection of essays and other resources related to the topic (https://community.plantae.org/path/5277540829945137009). Please also have a look at the previous collections on the future…

Why we need more experts in clubroot research Guest post by Susann Auer Funding for plant disease research is crucial for scientists as it aids in providing necessary resources for resistance breeding and commercial exploitation of results. It also helps to keep the amount of trained experts high…

Guest Post by Gaurav Moghe The two-body problem has been a classical mechanics problem in physics since at least Newtonian times. However, the first suggestion of Google’s autocomplete feature is “two-body problem academia”, with at least the first 90+ results being very relevant to the topic.…

Guest post by Beronda L. Montgomery (@BerondaM) Note: This contribution is adapted from a blog post original posted at http://www.berondamontgomery.c... on January 20, 2019 Many current “mentoring” programs focus primarily on interventions for those being mentored, i.e., mentees (or sometimes…

Guest post by Paul Sokoloff, Senior Research Assistant, Botany, Canadian Museum of Nature Astragalus, the milkvetch genus, is a massive group of plants in the pea family that has diversified into over 3000 species, which can be found in various habitats across the northern hemisphere.  Its also a…

Guest post by Jennifer Nemhauser & Elizabeth Haswell This spring, in collaboration with Joanna Friesner, we launched DiversifyPlantSci (1), an on-line directory of self-nominated plant scientists who share identity with groups that are currently minoritized in STEM fields. Membership now exceeds…