Your “elevator pitch” is how you present yourself and your science 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. How to the contest works: All plant scientists are … Read more
Food, Wine, History, Culture, and More Getting ready to experience Montréal at Plant Biology 2018? Check out this guide by Montréal native and current NYC resident Rebecca Barr, guest writer for Plant Editors/Peridot Scientific Communications! Why visit Montréal? If there is ever a time to be glad to head northward, mid-July is definitely it — you’ll find more temperate weather in … Read more
As you probably know, we are collecting Poster Teasers to feature on the Plantae YouTube channel. The rules to follow and how to submit are here https://community.plantae.org/article/4981278205445932032/pb18-poster-teasers so I am not going to rehash those. Instead this post is going to serve as a template for those who may not know what the best way is to … Read more
BY THE ASPB DIGITAL TEAM Some of you may remember when academic correspondence took place by post. Authors sent manuscripts by mail to journals, which passed them on to reviewers, whose comments were ultimately returned to the authors, who then started the process again with a revised manuscript. ASPB published annually a printed membership directory … Read more
Many thanks to those members who took the time to vote this spring; and hearty congratulations to our newly elected Council members: Judy Callis (incoming president-elect) and Wayne Parrott (incoming secretary-elect)! Judy and Wayne will begin their next cycles of service to ASPB on October 1, 2018. Thanks, too, to Laura Wayne and Phil Taylor … Read more