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Researchers have gone bananas over this fruit’s complex ancestry

Researchers have gone bananas over this fruit’s complex ancestry Genomic analyses suggest three mysterious ancestors contributed DNA to the modern-day banana

Mexico's ancient, unknown pyramids

Prickly pear sap used as the glue that binds....

Mexico's ancient, unknown pyramids Built by indigenous masons, these 1,500-year-old pyramids are still standing strong, held together by sticky juice from the prickly pear cactus.

This past summer, two high-schoolers’ lives were changed forever through their experience as Danforth Center interns. Read their story here: https://loom.ly/RefWVfw

Food Technology: What’s Coming Is Better Than Sliced Bread

Food Technology: What’s Coming Is Better Than Sliced Bread Investments in foodtech businesses exploded in 2021 with a record $12.8 billion invested globally -- twice as much as in 2020.

We're hiring at California Botanic Garden! Join our Invasive Plant Crew doing important work in the Angeles National Forest to manage non-native invasive plants in diverse habitats. The crew is in the field 100% of the time, so you must love field work.

More info: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NW2rAeVvtp1GUR_T-ioRSd16aeMWCIfX/view.

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The impact of oxygenic photosynthesis on evolution cannot be overstated.

This Botanical Society of America essay emphasizes what unites algae and plants as “photoaerogens”.

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Round 1 of is live! You can vote here https://forms.gle/PpjLAuzGT2hLJkaL7 & through the link in our bio. 32 genera have entered but only 16 will continue. Who will it be?! Voting for this round will remain open until 5pm ET March 18th.

iDigBio Natural History Collections Summer Internship 2022

iDigBio Natural History Collections Summer Internship 2022   Synopsis of Program: iDigBio is the national coordinating center for NSF’s 10-year Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) program, which is guided by the visi

Applications for the Stengl-Wyer REU program are due February 15th! https://biodiversity.utexas.edu/academics/stengl-wyer-reu-program

Inclusive Student Training in Collections and field-based Topics (InSTInCT) is an 8-week summer research program that provides undergraduates an opportunity to conduct cutting-edge scientific research on the diversity of life and organisms in their natural environment. Students are matched with a faculty mentor based on research interests and are given access and exposure to the wealth of resources and facilities that UT Austin has to offer. Participants receive a $4,000 summer stipend, a travel voucher, and room and board at UT Austin.

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | ​Lisle, IL

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | ​Lisle, IL Jan 06 - The Morton Arboretum hiring Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in ​Lisle, Illinois on Conservation Job Board. Discover the latest conservation jobs and internships

USGS Biological Science Technician positions (Botany) | Corvallis, OR

USGS Biological Science Technician positions (Botany) | Corvallis, OR Jan 04 - U.S. Geological Survey hiring USGS Biological Science Technician positions (Botany) in Corvallis, Oregon on Conservation Job Board. Discover the latest conservation jobs and internships

Research Experience for Undergraduates | Danforth Plant Science Center

Research Experience for Undergraduates | Danforth Plant Science Center Apply to become an REU intern at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and gain exposure to all aspects of modern scientific research. Learn more.

TORCH Internships – TORCH

TORCH Internships – TORCH TORCH Internships 2022 SUMMER STUDENT INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT The NSF-supported Texas and Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria (TORCH) makes the information contained in natural history collections readily available to researchers, educators and land managers through a web portal (https://portal...

How Ancient Humans Helped Bring Pumpkins to Your Thanksgiving Table

How Ancient Humans Helped Bring Pumpkins to Your Thanksgiving Table Fall’s favorite fruits have long been essential staples in human diet and culture

99-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flower Found Encased in Burmese Amber

Really old flower!

99-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flower Found Encased in Burmese Amber A rare flower is finally getting its moment in the sun, almost 100 million years after it blossomed.

Plants of the past, research of the future - Scienceline

Plants of the past, research of the future - Scienceline Each year, dozens of scientists use herbarium samples from the New York Botanical Garden for their research.

Katharine H. Putnam Fellowship in Plant Science - Arnold Arboretum

Katharine H. Putnam Fellowship in Plant Science - Arnold Arboretum The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University invites applicants for research fellowships in plant science. Putnam Fellowships offer excellent opportunities for advanced research and study using the Arboretum’s living collections of woody plants and research facilities. Scientists with a PhD and who...

Hong Zhao: The Plant Cell First Author | Plantae

Hong Zhao: The Plant Cell First Author | Plantae Hong Zhao, first author of “Origin, Loss and Regain of Self-Incompatibility in Angiosperms” Current Position: Postdoc Fellow, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology…

Botany in Action 2022 Call for Proposals | Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens | Pittsburgh PA

Botany in Action 2022 Call for Proposals | Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens | Pittsburgh PA NOTE: All member and nonmember tickets must be reserved in advance, and masks are strongly recommended for all guests and required for unvaccinated guests ages 2 and up. Learn more about how you can join us!

Urban Nature Lab Applied Ecologist and Landscape Designer | Richmond, CA

Urban Nature Lab Applied Ecologist and Landscape Designer | Richmond, CA Oct 14 - San Francisco Estuary Institute hiring Urban Nature Lab Applied Ecologist and Landscape Designer in Richmond, California on Conservation Job Board. Discover the latest conservation jobs and internships

Mammoths Roamed when Humans Started Using To***co at Least 12,300 Years Ago

Mammoths Roamed when Humans Started Using To***co at Least 12,300 Years Ago A dig in the Nevada desert finds telltale seeds at the site of a late Paleolithic hearth

If You Love Potatoes, Tomatoes Or Chocolate Thank Indigenous Latin American Cultures

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If You Love Potatoes, Tomatoes Or Chocolate Thank Indigenous Latin American Cultures These delicious treats were cultivated and enjoyed by native people for hundreds if not thousands of years. But with the arrival of the Spanish in Latin America, they were shared around the globe.

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We're hiring! Are you on the hunt for a fantastic job protecting and conserving our nation's fish🐠, wildlife🦇, plants🌱, and their habitats? Join our team! Positions are available in Ventura (CA), Roswell (NM), Albuquerque (NM), and MacDill Air Force Base (FL). Learn more about eligibility requirements by clicking on the links below. Application deadline is Oct. 14th.

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Epigenome plasticity in plants - Nature Reviews Genetics

Epigenome plasticity in plants - Nature Reviews Genetics The authors review intra-individual and inter-individual plant epigenome variation during development and in response to environmental changes, including stress. They also discuss functions of epigenome plasticity and epigenome editing technologies that will drive future research.

A Global History of Trade, As Told Through Peppers

A Global History of Trade, As Told Through Peppers A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides an enlightening window into the history of global trade and human population movement through a perhaps surprising source: pepper genetics. . . . Read More

Webinar: Get It Done with CyVerse: Real Life Stories of Research, Teaching and Open Science | CyVerse

Webinar: Get It Done with CyVerse: Real Life Stories of Research, Teaching and Open Science | CyVerse Register Now About the Webinar Are you using everything CyVerse has to offer? Now in our 13th year, CyVerse serves more than 90,000 researchers worldwide and has transformed 21st century science in ways we and our funders only dreamed of when we first rolled out the Data Store in 2010.

Are you applying for the GRFP this year and studying plants? Apply for the BSA’s GRFP workshop! We will meet twice in small groups to revise application materials.
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A Central Role for Genetics in Plant Biology (Annu. Rev. Plant Biol.) | Plantae

Our own, Dr. Meinke!

A Central Role for Genetics in Plant Biology (Annu. Rev. Plant Biol.) | Plantae Plant biology as a field of study encompasses a rich plethora of subjects, some of which themselves are their own fields. Maarten Koornneef, in this memoir-style article, describes how genetics in…

Introducing the Plant Humanities Lab

Introducing the Plant Humanities Lab Caroline Maschek (1857–1938), Paphinia grandis, Columbien, Rchb. Fil., 1885, 24 x 31.5 cm, gouache on tinted Bristol paper, dated “Janner 885.” Photo credit: Joseph Mills. Humans rely on plants for our most fundamental individual and social needs: from food, medicine, and construction, to aest...

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Why are fruits different shapes? 🍐🍓🍍

Using a high-quality reference genome for bottle gourd this research dissects the genetic architecture of fruit shape.

Find out in The Plant Journal 👉 http://ow.ly/A9DW50FvF2J

Society for Experimental Biology

🌱 TWiB June 28, 2021

🌱 TWiB June 28, 2021 It's been a strong week for New Phytologist this week. I'll have to see if that's due to a flaw in the new system from collecting tweets, clever strategy on their part that I can copy or luck. They have about half the entries in the Scientific Paper section, as well as a blog post and even an entry....

Research Botanist

Research Botanist Conducts research on the flora of the Southeastern United States, developing descriptive data and dichotomous keys; locates, acquires, and in some cases makes diagnostic photographs of species in the flora; makes taxonomic decisions about problem taxa in the flora -- to support the ongoing developme...

AJB Early Career Advisory Board

AJB Early Career Advisory Board leading scientists and educators since 1893

PBIO pre- pharmacy option students might want to think about this! Many plant secondary compounds, such as alkaloids, mimic neurotransmitters.

A minor in neuroscience allows students to focus on both biology and psychology courses to study the intricacy of the brain. For more information, visit http://catalog.okstate.edu/arts-sciences/psychology/neuroscience-minor/

Did you know that since the Danforth Center’s Research Experience for Undergraduates internship program launched in 2003 over 335 students have completed an internship? Learn more about the 2021 REU cohort on our blog: https://bit.ly/3h2SBh6

Faster and easier access to genetic information with long-read sequencing | Plantae

Faster and easier access to genetic information with long-read sequencing | Plantae Mascher et al. use long-read sequencing to explore the complex genome of barley. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab077 Martin Mascher, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant…

How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs

How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs Well before people domesticated crops, they were grinding grains for hearty stews and other starchy dishes.