Plant Physiology Webinar: Focus on Metabolism Celebrating the 2026 Focus Collection on Plant Metabolism Recorded May 19, 2026 About This Webinar Plants employ diverse metabolic pathways to produce large numbers of metabolites, not only critical to plant growth, development, and defense, but also important to humans as foods, medicines, and raw materials. Recent advances in … Read more
Are you an early career researcher passionate about plants and science communication? The Plant Cell is accepting applications for new Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) to begin in 2026 and 2027. AFEs provide a valuable service to the journal, our authors, and the scientific community. In return, AFEs join our editorial board and receive training and experience … Read more
Plant Physiology webinar Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science Recorded Thursday July 17, 2025 About this panel discussion There has been a recent uptick in frustration with overclaiming and overselling at the interface between molecular plant science and agriculture. Relatedly, there is a growing disconnect between metabolic engineers and synthetic biologists who think and … Read more
The Plant Cell webinar Translating research from Arabidopsis to crop plants and beyond Recorded Friday May 30, 2025 About This Panel Discussion Over the past three decades, substantial research efforts in plant science worldwide have focused on the model system Arabidopsis thaliana. Many of us have invested years in the study of Arabidopsis, driven by … Read more
Plant Physiology Webinar: Hypoxia and Plants Celebrating the January 2025 Focus Issue on Hypoxia and Plants Recorded Tuesday, January 28, 2025 About This Webinar The January 2025 Focus Issue of Plant Physiology, edited by Rashmi Sasidharan, Markus Schwarzländer, Pierdomenico Perata, Peter Geigenberger and Julia Bailey-Serres, spotlights research on hypoxia in plants. Oxygen is essential for efficient … Read more