The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2026 awards, which honor distinction in service, outreach, education, and research. ASPB-Carnegie Winslow Briggs Mentorship Award Antje Heese, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO Steve Jacobsen, University of California, Los Angeles Charles Albert Shull Award Jing-Ke Weng, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Charles F. Kettering … Read more
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anna Amtmann, Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Glasgow, as the next Editor-in-Chief of Plant Physiology. Dr. Amtmann will succeed Yunde Zhao, whose leadership has helped guide the journal through a period of significant growth and scientific impact. … Read more
Returning this year, ASPB is pleased to provide daily summaries of sessions taking place at Plant Biology 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 26-30, 2025. The brief summaries are prepared by specially appointed Conference Correspondents who provide insightful recaps, interviews, and on-site perspectives throughout the course of the conference. This year’s Conference Correspondents include two Plantae … Read more
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 awards, which honor distinction in service, outreach, education, and research. Adolph E. Gude Jr. Award Brian Larkins, University of Arizona, Tucson ASPB Innovation Prize for Agricultural Technology Marc Albertsen, Manjit Singh, Mark Williams, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa Charles Albert … Read more
On March 19, 2025, ASPB’s Board of Directors approved the creation of a temporarily restricted fund to support travel awards, SURF recipients, and ASPB-subsidized childcare. The ASPB Plant Biology Temporarily Restricted Fund is intended to provide critical but flexible support for conference attendees via three potential avenues. Specifically, donations into this Fund will be used … Read more