May 30: Plant Cell webinar: Translating research from Arabidopsis to crop plants and beyond

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

Advocating for Increased USDA Agricultural Research Service Funding

Amid a quickly changing research funding landscape in the United States, ASPB continues to be a vocal and engaged advocate for federal funding that supports plant scientists. The Society recently joined academic, agriculture, and food stakeholder groups in a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Members recognizing their past support of the US … Read more

Expanding Support for Plant Biology Conference Attendees

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

ASPB Supports Funding for USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative

As budget development continues, ASPB recently joined with other research institutions, scientific societies, and agricultural stakeholders in a letter to House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Members requesting “no less than $500 million for the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) in Fiscal Year 2026.” As a key grant program of the US Department … Read more

April 11 – What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Grad School Webinar hosted by the Early Career Plant Science Section

April 11, 2025 at 1 pm eastern The ASPB Early Career Plant Scientists (ECPS) Section wants to help you succeed in graduate school. As you prepare for the next step in your professional career, ECPS will help guide you with our annual panel discussion webinar, “What I Wish I Had Known When I Started Grad … Read more