Sentences with phrase «as plant biologists»

«But as plant biologists, we're kind of frustrated,» said Palmgren.

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«As phenology is advancing around the globe, there are concerns that plant - pollinator interactions may be disrupted through phenological mismatches, or mismatches in the timing of when flowers bloom and their pollinators emerge, leading to reduced plant reproduction,» says lead author Zak Gezon, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal ProgramAs phenology is advancing around the globe, there are concerns that plant - pollinator interactions may be disrupted through phenological mismatches, or mismatches in the timing of when flowers bloom and their pollinators emerge, leading to reduced plant reproduction,» says lead author Zak Gezon, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Programas a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Programs.

Plant biologist Romain Pierron, who at the time of the survey had a 1 - year contract as a tech transfer officer, went through two periods of unemployment — one between the end of his doctoral contract and his defense in 2015, and another as he was applying for positions the following year — before recently taking a 2 - year postdoc at the Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

«The Base in not well surveyed for most animal groups and given its location on Cuba, the extent of rare habitat, [and] the number of rare plants, there are bound to be many more discoveries to be made and we are promoting it to other biologists as a research destination,» Droege says.

For three years, Stanford biologist Jose Fragoso and his collaborators worked with these people to collect extensive information on local plant and animal species, as well as demographic information on the nearly 10,000 residents of the Rupununi region.

Biologists knew that wild pollinators matter to wild plants as well as to certain crops such as blueberries, but not to commercial agriculture as a whole.

Black bears in Yosemite National Park that don't seek out human foods subsist primarily on plants and nuts, according to a study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego who also found that ants and other sources of animal protein, such as mule deer, make up only a small fraction of the bears» annual diet.

With an entire plant genome to work from, biologists can now probe the genes responsible for such basic plant activities as budding, blooming, sleeping and seeding.

Moctezuma routinely shows his students science documentaries such as Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and the time - lapsed photography movies produced by plant biologist Roger Hangarter, «so they can watch a film and discuss or write how the film relates to the different concepts they would learn in class,» Moctezuma says.

These evolutionary changes, which are known as «sequential» or «cascading» events, may provide additional information to help biologists explain why certain organisms like plants and insects are more diverse and species - rich than other groups are.

«Biologists uncovers a genetic mechanism that could enhance yield in cereal crops: Precise regulation of plant hormones in early reproductive development as a target for yield increases.»

But the group also includes plant developmental biologist Dominique Bergmann, a newly minted associate professor at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California — she also originally trained as an animal biologist before turning to plants.

When it comes to plants and animals, biologists think of DNA as the sole storehouse of genetic information.

«As part of ITbM's interdisciplinary research initiative, we decided to search for new compounds that can inhibit the cell division in plants without causing damage to them,» says Minako Ueda, a plant biologist and a leader of this study.

Biologists regard the mitochondrial genomes, or mitogenomes, of flowering plants as «extreme and often perplexing» in their wide range of sizes, structures and mutation rates, Palmer said.

«A racecar driver in Monaco wouldn't choose the same tires as a postal worker in the Yukon,» said Douglas Schemske, co-author and MSU plant biologist.

«It's pretty photogenic,» said corresponding author Cheryl Kerfeld, a Berkeley Lab structural biologist with a joint appointment as a professor at the MSU - DOE Plant Research Laboratory.

The sequence is a «big deal» says John Taylor, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, because filamentous Ascomycota such as N. crassa are involved in most plant diseases.

Russell Burke, a biologist at Hoftstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., who has studied Italian wall lizards in the U.S., says the species would be «at least as good as, and possibly better than» other bio-indicators, such as mice and plants.

The wispy, ankle - high mustard plant called Arabidopsis serves as a model system for plant biologists.

However, as evolutionary biologist Pamela Soltis of the University of Florida, Gainesville, points out, genome researchers have barely touched the plant family tree.

Biologists of the 19th century faced this question as they became aware not only of the huge variety of plant and animal species, but also of the connections between these species.

Its 3.8 million bases include the complete mitochondrial genomes of three green algae and one moss, as well as genes from other plants, evolutionary biologist Jeffrey Palmer of Indiana University, Bloomington, and his colleagues report today in another paper in Science.

In plant biology as in other disciplines, a profusion of professional opportunities is available to the well - informed, well - prepared, and well - networked plant biologist.

As my responsibilities have changed, I have come to realize that professional membership organizations like AAAS (the publisher of Science and ScienceCareers.org) and the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)-- the organization I direct — provide among the most effective networking opportunities that you can find, leading more often than you might imagine to new professional opportunities, as well as building a strong and lasting sense of communitAs my responsibilities have changed, I have come to realize that professional membership organizations like AAAS (the publisher of Science and ScienceCareers.org) and the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)-- the organization I direct — provide among the most effective networking opportunities that you can find, leading more often than you might imagine to new professional opportunities, as well as building a strong and lasting sense of communitas well as building a strong and lasting sense of communitas building a strong and lasting sense of community.

«It suggests that bees may be able to respond quickly to novel problems that arise in their environment,» such as the introduction of new flowering plants and the loss of familiar ones, says Daniel Papaj, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Expectations for the Publisher Expectations for the American Society of Plant Biologists, as journal publisher, include the following.

Burke has long intersected with BTI, both as a representative for the Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI) since 1989, and more recently through her company's work with the American Society For Plant Biologists (ASPB).

Endosymbiotic theory, that attempts to explain the origins of eukaryotic cell organelles such as mitochondria in animals and fungi and chloroplasts in plants was greatly advanced by the seminal work of biologist Lynn Margulis in the 1960s.

Colleagues describe John Browse as simply one of the top plant biologists in the world.Best known for identifying and cloning the desaturase gene in Arabidopsis, which is responsible for the synthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids in plants, Browse has since been a leader in the effort to bioengineer crop plants to produce oils with increased levels of heart - healthy monounsaturated fatty acids.

By deliberately introducing defined sequences of dsRNA into living organisms, biologists can observe the physiological consequences of «silencing» virtually any gene in C. elegans, as well as other plants and animals.

Anja has served ASPB and the plant biology community, as an officer (currently president) of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists, as a Member of Program Committees for the ASPB / CSPB joint meetings, and as an editor for Plant Physiology since plant biology community, as an officer (currently president) of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists, as a Member of Program Committees for the ASPB / CSPB joint meetings, and as an editor for Plant Physiology since Plant Biologists, as a Member of Program Committees for the ASPB / CSPB joint meetings, and as an editor for Plant Physiology since Plant Physiology since 2013.

As an evolutionary biologist, I've always been amazed at the hardiness of plants.

Over her life, she has worked as an envelope licker, tortoise tagger, lifeguard, Senate page, model, editor, water - polo coach, marine biologist, plant grower, software consultant, and 6 - Sigma Black Belt.

These shelter - rescued dogs are changing the world and saving our planet as they work beside their human biologist partners to detect rare species and endangered plants.

North America, as a result, has 20 percent more plant species now than it did before colonization, biologists say.

I would suggest he set longer term goals, such as avoiding both copper and coal plants, neither of which plays much of a role in life's energy budget - but that is from a biologists point of view.

These findings provide new understanding of how tree branches and leaves maintain a homeostatic temperature considered ideal for photosynthesis and suggests that plant physiology and ecology are important factors to consider as biologists tap trees to investigate climate change.

Within 20 days of receiving site access in early October, Bechtel had installed 16 miles of fence around unit one, the common area for the three units and the power block for unit two and working with BrightSource's biologists had swept every square foot of the 1,329 acre area of the 3,600 acre site as part of the rare plant and animal conservation and relocation effort.

Studies by more than 40 biologists, as well as student researchers are documents in this collection of evidence that climate change is real, and that plants and animals are reacting to it.

This document provides wildlife and conservation biologists with a technical summary that they can use as an information resource for assessing the vulnerability of Maine's wildlife habitats, plant communities and species to climate change, which will aid in the development of effective adaptation measures.

Obviously, such unprecedented findings are of note to biologists in that they help to shed light on the role birds play in spreading plant - life, but it's hard not to interpret the Bowerbird's newly discovered courtship gesture as a shot across the bow to aspiring romantics of the human variety.

Depending on their area of study, biologists may study different aspects of life such as plants and small animals and some may work on inventing bio-fuels and drugs.