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Education

Plantae Presents: Alternative Career Paths for Plant Scientists
By: Plantae Community
February 25, 2026
Plantae Presents: What to Keep in Mind When Starting in a New Lab Featuring Max Moorcroft, Harry Pink, and Katia Zacharakik When: Thursday, March read more...
Plants and Viruses: Biotechnology, the Arms Race, and Agriculture
By: Plantae Community
February 2, 2026
Introduction Plants are the heart and soul of our ecosystem. Plants help run the lifecycle of our planet by keeping atmospheric balance between read more...
Plantae Presents: What to Keep in Mind When Starting in a New Lab
By: Plantae Community
January 29, 2026
Plantae Presents: What to Keep in Mind When Starting in a New Lab Featuring Fernando Guzmán-Chávez, Ilian Giordano Ponce-Pineda, Tatsuya Nobori, and read more...

Careers

Tips on Writing Grants and Convincing Your Stakeholders
By: Plantae Community
January 5, 2026
The global research funding landscape has become increasingly restrictive, and science is not free from the politicization of how financial resources read more...
Balancing Teaching and Research Careers: Insights and Strategies
By: Plantae Community
October 27, 2025
An academic career is multifaceted. Academics combine research and teaching with mentoring, grant-writing, publishing, community service, and read more...
Staying Sane in the Lab: Tips for Mental Health Strategies for Researchers
By: Plantae Community
October 6, 2025
It’s 10:30 p.m. and your laptop is still open. The submission deadline is tomorrow, your latest experiment failed, and your email inbox is a small read more...

Research Insights

Review: More is better, the importance of plasmodesmata in C4 photosynthesis
By: Mary Williams
February 13, 2026
Plant (and many algal) cells facilitate cell-to-cell movement through specialized regulated pores called plasmodesmata that connect neighboring read more...
Review. Overcoming the scale barrier: expansion microscopy for nanoscale imaging in plants
By: Ching Chan
February 13, 2026
Many biological questions, from tissue-level patterning to subcellular organization, demand 3D imaging with spatial resolution beyond the limits of read more...
Macro Plant Projection Imaging (MAPPI): An open, scalable platform for whole-plant fluorescence real-time imaging
By: Indrani Kakati
February 13, 2026
The bid to understand long distance Ca2+ signaling patterns in co-ordinating whole-plant responses to systemic or induced defense have been scarce in read more...

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The Plant Cell Features November and December 2025 First Authors
By: Plantae Community
February 27, 2026
Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals, and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our read more...
Plant Physiology Features October, November, and December 2025 First Authors
By: Plantae Community
February 26, 2026
You’ve seen our First Authors on X, BlueSky, and Facebook. Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals, and students dedicated read more...
The Plant Cell Features August, September, and October 2025 First Authors
By: Plantae Community
February 23, 2026
Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. You’ve seen our read more...

Industry News

Filamentous cyanobacteria exhibit a unique navigation strategy due to their chiral gliding

Cyanobacteria are among the most significant life forms in the history of our planet. As one of the first organisms to produce oxygen through photosynthesis, they shaped early Earth and created the atmosphere in which complex life could develop. A new study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that filamentous cyanobacteria also developed a navigation mechanism to control their movement when gliding across surfaces.Read more

Source: phys.org - breaking news microbiology Date: 2026-02-27
Ireland’s Old Irish Goat has survived 3,000 years

The Old Irish Goat isn’t just part of folklore — it’s genetically linked to goats that lived in Ireland 3,000 years ago. Scientists analyzed ancient remains and discovered that today’s rare breed shares its strongest DNA ties with Late Bronze Age animals. The finding suggests an unbroken Irish lineage stretching back millennia. It also adds urgency to protecting this critically endangered survivor of Ireland’s agricultural past.Read more

Source: sciencedaily.com AG & Food Date: 2026-02-26
This fly’s flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback. Here’s what to know

After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.Read more

Source: sciencenews.org-agriculture Date: 2025-11-12

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Source: community.plantae.org - disscusion Date: 2026-01-28 By Sara Davis
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Reply To: EDI development in your institutes

It’s truly inspiring to hear about the progress in promoting EDI within institutes like BTI. The growth of dedicated EDI committees signifies a positive shift towards inclusivity and diversity. Shiqi Zhang’s experience at BTI highlights the importance of these 67 Clicker committees in driving change through hiring...Read more

Source: community.plantae.org - disscusion Date: 2025-11-24 By Gregory Casey

ASPB Newsfeed

New Teaching Tool, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections”

We are pleased to announce the release of the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” by Martina Deglialberti, Chiara Paleni, Federico Fainelli, Carla Lambertini, and Silvia Manrique. This Teaching Tools provides an overview of how botanical collections of...Read more

Source: blog.aspb.org Date: 2026-01-24 By Mary Williams
Introducing the 2026 Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editors

Plant Physiology started the Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program 8 years ago to help disseminate discoveries published in the journal and to train the next generation of editors and reviewers. Our AFEs are promising early-career scientists. They bring their passion for science to our journal, communicating to our readers each...Read more

Source: blog.aspb.org Date: 2025-12-19 By Mary Williams
What Do Plant-Themed Rubber Ducks, the Gateway Arch, and Biology Teachers Have In Common?

The Answer is the 2025 NABT Professional Development Conference! This Halloween, the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Education Committee brought a dash of green to the annual National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference in St. Louis, MO. Committee members Erin Friedman (University of Lynchburg) and Jennifer...Read more

Source: blog.aspb.org Date: 2025-12-02 By Erin Friedman

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