Mary Williams

Welcome!

Introductions

Hello! We've created this space for students to share their questions, ideas, interests etc. Some of us at ASPB/ Plantae will be posting resources as we find them, but feel free to share any links or resources you feel are appropriate to this gr ...More

Welcome BTI discussion, July 26th 2018

Hello! 

Please introduce yourself and ask questions here. This is the opportunity for you to play with Plantae.org during and after the workshop.  Here are a few things you can do right away: Make a profileJoin one or more network ...More

Crowdsource: End of year roundup of plant science highlights

What should we include in our end-of-year higlights? 

Some of the suggestions so far: Arctic apples Plant illustration repository Launch of Plant Direct Journal Engineering Quantitative Trait Variation for Crop Improvement by Genome Editing Bypassing Negative Epistasis on Yield in Tomato Im ...More

Nominations for "Best of Plant Science 2017"

For the past few years we've been collecting "Best Ofs" for Plant Science to share during the last week of the year (see 2015: Headline makers, Outreach and Communication and Amelia Frizell-Armitage's post for the Global ...More

Taking control of your own mentoring

Resources and advice 

Yesterday I attended a "Careers in Industry" discussion where it was noted that people working in industry often benefit from more structured mentoring programs than are the norm in academia. The lack of formal mentoring programs and mentor ...More

Cryo-EM Chemistry Nobel Prize: Your thoughts? Plant examples? 

Does anyone have a collection of articles / molecules from plant science studied with cryo-EM?

What do you think of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for Cryo-EM? I love looking at structures and think that being able to visualize proteins adds to our understanding and ability to conceptualize what is going on (as well as develop targetted mutants) ...More

How does she do it? How do you do it? 

Questions or comments about juggling motherhood and science? 

A recent blog post, “How does she do it?” featured stories of women in neuroscience who have successful scientific careers and families. This post prompted a few of us who are plant scientists and moms to share our stories, in hopes of inspi ...More

Competition: Write a plant science haiku

NOTE: The competition is closed, but feel free to continue to add haiku to the comments as you like!  Haiku are short poems which originated in Japan and which often refer to nature. Their short, rhythmic format has made them popular ...More

An effective press release 

Focusing on people drives engagment

This press release really caught my eye - it drew me in with the heading "Study shows it took 2,000 years to successfully grow maize in northern climates". The first paragraph focuses on the "indigenous people in the American southwest (who) sta ...More

Does C4 Photosynthesis Occur in Wheat Seeds? 

A discussion in Plant Physiology

C4inSeed.pdf By Robert J. Henry, Parimalan Rangan, Agnelo Furtado, Florian A. Busch, Graham D. FarquharDoes C4 photosynthesis occur in seeds? A nice set of of arguments for and against, as Letters to Editor.Read more ... http://www.plantphysiol.org/ ...More