July 1 at ICAR

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

11 Ways To Use Social Media At #PlantBio16

Here are 11 ways to use social media to keep up-to-date, find and connect with others, and discuss your experiences during and after Plant Biology 2016. Pro-tip Use the #plantbio16 hashtag for all of your social media activity so everyone can follow along.  Twitter 1. Follow and tweet using the #plantbio16 hashtag – tweet your experience, things you learn, and pictures of other … Read more

June 30th at ICAR 2016

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

3 Ways To Learn How To Effectively Pitch Yourself and Your Science at #PlantBio16

Your “elevator pitch” is how you present yourself in an intriguing, attention-grabbing and articulate way. When someone asks you about yourself or your work, being prepared with your “pitch” immediately catches their interest and opens the conversation so you can provide more detail. Developing and refining your pitch is more difficult than it sounds, which is why there are … Read more

ICAR_2016 begins!

Today was the first day of the 27th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, also known as ICAR. If you follow Twitter, we’re using #ICAR_2016 (apparently there is an “Animal Reproduction” conference using #ICAR2016 so we’ve added the underscore; as Twitter becomes more and more popular we’re running into more of these “bandwidth” issues). The conference … Read more