Jennifer Robison

Day two is in the books! Another full day including workshops, a major symposium, luncheons, conversation circles, the first two concurrent sessions, and the first poster session! Today was a day of choices. Unless you have perfected cloning, then you had to rely on Twitter to be in more than one place. As always, Twitter … Read more

And so it begins… the first day has been completed! What a whirlwind of a day. There were several morning workshops to choose from today. Personally, I went to the PUI Development Workshop which focused on how to publish as a PI at a PUI. The panel included included 5 current and former PUI PI’s, … Read more

TL:DR two words: self care In exactly 1 week from today, we will be in the midst of day 2 of the Annual Meeting! The ASPB Annual Meeting is one of the highlights of my year! I look forward to being surrounded by amazing plant scientists, getting together with colleagues, and learning new information. It is a really exciting … Read more

AKA Why you should volunteer at the meeting! My first plant biology meeting was Austin 2016. I had followed and interacted with the #PlantBio15 hashtag, but I was nervous about my first in-person meeting. How was I going to learn about this new society that I was joining? How was I going to navigate such … Read more

Personally, the poster session is the most overwhelming part of conferences. Hundreds of posters, even more people, milling about an area which seemed huge when empty but now feels too small with so many people. It can give me a great deal of anxiety, especially in my first few meetings. If you’re like me and … Read more