Mary Williams The first full day of Plant Biology 2016 started with a major symposium, organized by Harry Klee, that focused on the nutritional quality and taste of food. The first speaker, Cathie Martin from the John Innes Centre (UK), set the stage by reminding us that food security involves both the nutritional quality and safety of … Read more
As we begin the Plant Biology meeting today, remember that many of our colleagues will be following along virtually. What works for these long-distance participants? Here are some examples from two very recent conferences. Have a look and see what you find useful. If you’d like to see how the recent Arabidopsis meeting was shared … Read more
2 July ICAR 2016 This morning I attended the Peptide Hormone session and the Genome Editing session – both were excellent. I hope I’ve captured them adequately – be sure to have a look at the referenced papers for more info than I was able to provide in this “on the fly” report! Session 17 … Read more
July 1 at ICAR 2016 Caveat emptor – today was a long day and I’m tired, but I’m sharing my notes from today’s talks (at least the ones I attended) for those of you who are interested. As before, check out the Twitter stream for additional insights (and nice photos) from the talks. If you … Read more
Be sure to check out the #ICAR_2016 Twitter stream to get all the news with contributions from several people. @GARNetweets and I are mostly attending different concurrent sessions, so be sure to see his stream for additional talks and links. Also, the conference program is here. I should point out that once again the conference … Read more