The ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program funds promising undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers over the course of 10 consecutive weeks. This year’s SURF recipients will present their research at Plant Biology 2019. Congratulations to these 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows … Read more
ASPB’s Education and Outreach Committee hosted an outreach booth at the 5th USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF) in Washington, DC on April 6-8, 2018. Held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the event brought in over 370,000 visitors and occupied 2.3 million square feet of convention space. The Festival drew a large, diverse … Read more
(ASPB) is pleased to announce that Plantae, the online home for the global plant science community, has been awarded an Excellence in New Communications Award from the Society for New Communications Research of The Conference Board (SNCR) in the Communications, Communities, and Collaboration category – nonprofit division. This prestigious award honors organizations for their exemplary use of digital, mobile and … Read more
A recent PNAS opinion piece raised the issue of the conference childcare conundrum–the hard choice parents must make between attending career-building conferences and finding appropriate childcare during these conferences (PNAS March 5, 2018. 201803153). One positive development is the increasing availability of childcare at scientific conferences, including at the Plant Biology 2018 meeting set to take place in Montréal … Read more
Early bird registration for #plantbio18 in beautiful Montreal ends in one week! If you are still debating whether you should come to the meeting or not I’d like to give you some reasons why you absolutely should. From undergraduate to emeritus professor, attendance at a meeting has benefits for everyone. 1) Learning something new With … Read more