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We are excited to announce that a group of seven plant science organizations has been awarded a five-year grant through the NSF’s LEAPS [LEAding cultural change through Professional Societies (LEAPS) of Biology] program. This Research Coordination Network (RCN) includes American Phytopathological Society (APS), American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), Botanical Society of America (BSA), International Society for Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions (IS-MPMI), Maize Genetics Cooperation (MGC), North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC), as well as other organizations that serve marginalized scientists.
In this free, online workshop, Dr. Kevin Bird will discuss current politics and how scientists can organize in this moment. Join us! SPEAKER Dr. Kevin Bird is an NSF Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Read more…
SPEAKERS: Dr. Margaret Young is a tenured Associate Professor of Biology at Elizabeth City State University. She currently teaches courses in General Botany, Molecular Biology, and Applied Statistics. She recently stepped down as the Director Read more…
I just returned from an energizing meeting of Plant Biology Educators (#PlantSciEd) and want to share some resources that I learned about to promote a more inclusive curriculum, classroom, and community. Fourteen recommendations to create Read more…