Harnessing the Potential of Genome Editing for Tomorrow's Agriculture

Plenary IV at Plant Biology Worldwide Summit  

The fourth day of the Plant Biology Worldwide submit was introduced by Asia Hightower, a PhD student at Michigan State University who is also the Early Career Representative on the ASPB Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee. Asia rela ...More

Snapshots from Plant Biology 2020: Plant Reproduction

It’s been more than a month since the successful completion of the Plant Biology 2020 (PB20) Worldwide Summit hosted by the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). But those who got to attend it certainly will not have come out of its daze yet ...More

Watch and Learn: Applying Machine Learning to Plant Biology Problems

Workshop recap from How Machine Learning Can Be Used to Solve Plant Biology Problems at Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit

We live in a time of substantial technological innovation. Developments such as next-generation sequencing and high-throughput phenotyping mean that the rate at which data is generated is immense. In modern interdisciplinary biology, we frequently he ...More

Celebration of the relentless thinker who changed the world – Mary E. Clutter

Plenary 5 at Plant Biology Worldwide Summit

On the last day of a five-day conference, I normally feel exhausted and have limited mental bandwidth to process scientific information. To my surprise, the Plenary Symposium V at the Plant Biology Worldwide Summit was an eye-opening and thought-insp ...More

Presenting Posters in a Pandemic

 our virtual experiences at Plant Biology 2020 

As graduate students, poster presentations are the easiest way to showcase our research findings to the wider plant community. While both of us have had fantastic experiences presenting traditional posters pre-COVID, the prospect of presenting an ...More

Listen and learn

Workshop recaps from Allies 101: LGBTQ+ and Inclusive pedagogy at Plant Biology Worldwide Summit

It was the last day of the Plant Biology Worldwide Summit, and the rainy Friday morning made me nostalgic. I started to reflect on my various interactions with ASPB.  The first Plantae webinar I attended was called “How to be an effective men ...More

Dissecting epigenetic inheritance mechanisms and reprogramming in plants

Plenary session II: Epigenetic inheritance and reprogramming in plants at ASPB Worldwide Summit 2020 

Following an exciting first day at the plant biology worldwide summit, over 800 attendees participated  at the plenary session II which answered questions on the mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance and reprogramming in plants.&nb ...More

Single-cell assays shed light on decisive factors of development 

Plenary Symposium I: Defining the Phenotype: Robustness, Resilience, and Stochastic Processes in Cellular Behavior at ASPB Worldwide Summit

After months of anticipation, the Plant Biology Worldwide Summit is finally kicking off. The current ASPB president Judy Callis welcomed participants from over 40 countries around the globe and asked the questions: why do genetically identical indivi ...More

A call for improved science advocacy

Plenary Symposium III: Navigating science policy through effective advocacy for science

The plenary session on Navigating Science Policy through effective science advocacy for Science was held on Monday, June 20, 2020, from 10am – 12.30pm. Wayne Parrot welcomed participants to the event and  Nathan Springer introduced t ...More

Final countdown to the Plant Biology Worldwide Summit

“2020 is a unique year” seems to be an understatement.  Before the pandemic, summer used to be the best time to attend conferences around the world to connect with people and science. With air travel out of the picture, the in-person confer ...More