ASPB joins AFRI Coalition letter to Senate Ag Appropriators on FY 2016 AFRI funding. We write on behalf of the AFRI Coalition’s broad and diverse collection of organizations, scientific societies and interest groups, to urge your support for increased funding for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in the final Senate agriculture funding bill. … Read more
ASPB welcomes Dr. Sally Rockey as the first Executive Director of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR). ASPB is extremely excited about the creation of FFAR and the enormous potential that it represents to invigorate the nation’s food and agricultural research enterprise. As ASPB and other organizations continue to urge congressional support for … Read more
Tremendously beneficial: As a 2014 recipient of ASPB’s Master Educator Program (MEP) award, I received funding to attend the National Case Studies 2015 summer workshop in Buffalo, NY. Prior to attending the workshop I had used a few case studies in my classes but attending the workshop was tremendously beneficial because it examined the structure … Read more
Below is a list of the scheduled Career Chats and panelists that will take place in the Career Center at Plant Biology 2015. Come prepared and bring your plant science career path questions. Attend as many as you want, there is no registration required. Schedule and speakers subject to change. Monday, July 27 12:00 – 1:30 PM … Read more
On Thursday, July 2nd, 2015, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) ordered a review the regulatory policies for biotechnology products. ASPB welcomes this opportunity to engage both OSTP and the relevant federal agencies. The administration’s efforts, which will cover both agricultural and biomedical products, will seek to improve public confidence in the … Read more