Tag: Mentoring

Poignant reminder that this #PlantBio19 is the first @ASPB meeting in 6 decades that doesn't benefit from the presence of Winslow Briggs. We are hearing about the many ways he supported plant sience and scientists. pic.twitter.com/GAXQNhqwrs — mary williams (@PlantTeaching) August 5, 2019 #PlantBio19…

How to be an effective mentor Recorded July 25, 2019  About This Webinar Being an effective mentor involves making yourself available to support and advise someone when they need it, delivering that support in a way that makes sense to them, and always keeping that person's best interests in…

We are all thankful for the mentors in our life, pay it forward and become a mentor yourself. The American Society of Plant Biologists is launching a mentoring platform through the Plantae Job Center. This platform will allow plant science professionals the opportunity to find mentors based on their…

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…

Hello ASPB members! If we haven’t met, or if you don’t follow me on Twitter (@PLANTasticPope), my name is Lauren Pope and I am a first-year graduate student in the Stanford Biosciences PhD program. While I am still rotating through labs during my first year at Stanford and am seemingly far from…

This season we are busting myths, and in this episode, we discuss the myth that mentoring is a one-way street. We talk with our guest Beronda Montgomery, Ph.D., about a cyanobacterium that changes shape in response to stress, and how mentors and trainees also need to change in response to their mutual…

Everybody mentors, but usually without much training in how to be an effective mentor. I recommend that you have a look at Beronda Montgomery’s short article, “From Deficits to Possibilities: Mentoring Lessons from Plants on Cultivating Individual Growth through Environmental Assessment and Optimization.”…

Preparing graduate students and postdocs for diverse careers Changes in the workforce are challenging academia to prepare scientists to be adaptable and adept at communicating across boundaries. To meet these demands, the Plant Science Research Network (PSRN, plantae.org/PSRN) is shifting the focus…