The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently released a request for applications (RFA) for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundational and Applied Science (FAS) program. The fiscal year 2021 and 2022 program will distribute approximately $290 million each year to support research and extension proposals to … Read more
Much has been said about how crazy the current time is and how (un)eventful the present year has been, contrary to what we would have had imagined in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic has played spoilsport on all aspects of life and academia and scientific research are definitely not the resilient ones. Organizations that had spent … Read more
Many thanks to those members who took the time to vote this spring; and hearty congratulations to our newly elected Board of Directors member: Katayoon (Katie) Dehesh (incoming president-elect) and Program Committee member and future Board of Directors member Stacey Harmer (incoming secretary-elect)! Additionally, the recognition of Asaph Aharoni, Hsou-min Li, and Hitoshi Sakakibara as … Read more
“Listen to the scientists” has been heard around the world in recent months. So yes, scientists should be heard; but by whom? How? And where? These questions provide the motivation behind the plenary symposium on science policy at the Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit. The conference, which was intended to take place at the heart of … Read more
Robert Giaquinta ASPB Legacy Society Founding Member How did you spend your career? After completing my PhD in biology (plant physiology) in 1972 under Donald Geiger at the University of Dayton, I did two years of postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Richard Dilley at Purdue University. My PhD focused on phloem transport, and my … Read more