Sentences with phrase «plant biology»

One complication is that though plants certainly need CO2 to grow, providing more of it doesn't mean that all aspects of plant biology change in sync.

On this side you can find links to online resources that are useful for education in plant biology at all levels, from primary and secondary and university level.

The goal of this project is the creation of a comic book series that communicates plant biology research to children ages 9 to 12.

This new technology has major implications not just for plant biology, but also for cellular biology research in every type of organism, including humans.

The majority of plant biologists work somewhere in the continuum from basic plant biology on one end — the main focus of this feature — to the development of agricultural products on the other.

I am a huge fan of teaching plant biology for kids — they have a natural fascination about the world around them, and they remember scientific terms easily.

But there's basic plant biology to be learned, too.

The primary educational goal is to broaden access to plant biology information through museum - type exhibits developed by students in a service - learning plant physiology course.

In addition, these museums offer little plant biology content.

Within plant biology there are many areas of interest including cellular and molecular biology, genetics, development, evolution, physiology and biochemistry.

In the midst of a heated public debate about genetically modified food, scientists have quietly reached a significant milestone in plant biology analogous to the recent sequencing of an entire human chromosome.

Award, which is given in recognition of outstanding service to the science of plant biology.

The newsletter is sent by e-mail to all members and others interested in plant biology and can also be read online.

They will provide a glimpse into real biology so children (and adults) can see that while photosynthesis may be a familiar beginning, plant biology research certainly goes much further than that.

A novel feature for ASPB that Cathie introduced is Teaching Tools in Plant Biology, which serves the entire plant biology community.

Authored by Charles Stewart, a third - year graduate student studying plant biology at Cornell, the article focuses on four very critical areas: research versus coursework, reading the literature, attending conferences, and networking with your peers.

«Understanding where FT is located and how it coordinates with other flowering factors is important to breeders; it's useful for breeders for the fine manipulation of flowering times,» said Qingguo Chen, the paper's first author and a research associate in the lab of Robert Turgeon, the paper's senior author and professor of plant biology at Cornell University.

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.

In hindsight, the discovery might seem obvious, said U. of I. plant biology professor Andrew Leakey, who mentored the students and is a co-author on the study.

Instead of permanently deleting the Plk4 gene from the cells, they used a trick from plant biology to toggle its presence in the cells — one that had never before been applied to an animal cell's proteins.

Would I buy the $ 400 television within my budget or would I splurge on the $ 500 deluxe model that somehow helped me understand plant biology in a new, more intimate way?

Societas physiologiae plantarum Scandinavica, Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society in english, is a scientific society that promotes all aspects of experimental plant biology from molecular cell biology and biochemistry to ecophysiology.

See the Grants & Funding section of the website to stay informed about select funding opportunities and provide background information on the key public and private agencies supporting plant biology research and education.

Translation of fundamental plant biology research (e.g. from Arabidopsis thaliana) into crops such as wheat provides a potential route to deal with this challenge.

Norman Ellstrand, a plant geneticist at the University of California, Riverside, is interested in many aspects regarding gene flow, especially in applied plant biology, and has spent more than 25 years considering the possibility and potential impacts of unintended gene flow from genetically engineered crops.

Written by a highly respected team of specialists in plant biology with extensive experience in teaching at undergraduate and graduate level, this textbook will be invaluable for students and instructors alike.

ASPB's public affairs unit will provide updates on policy developments in Washington and other plant biology news impacting the ASPB community.

This award recognizes Bob Rabson's steadfast advocacy for plant biology through the creation of funding programs in the Department of Energy for research in basic energy sciences.

Can a postdoc fellow from India apply for plant biology funds to support research here in the U.S.?

In recent plant biology studies, there have been hints of a relationship between plant phosphate levels and immune system activity — a relationship that some microbes can manipulate.

Working on Arabidopsis, a model plant used widely in plant biology labs, Cutler and his colleagues focused their efforts on tinkering with one of the plant endogenous systems involved in drought responses.

But he took one plant biology course and discovered that one lab, headed by Gerald Fink, a professor of genetics, was working with Arabidopsis and yeast genetics.

During the march, a group of plant biology grad students called out to her and her colleagues, «Wait, you guys are from TAIR?»

The Seedling Growth - 2 mission is a collaborative NASA / European Space Agency (ESA) plant biology experiment with a NASA - selected principal investigator and an ESA principal investigator.

There has never been a better time to try this, said University of Illinois plant biology professor Stephen P. Long, who wrote the report with colleagues from Illinois and the CAS - MPG Partner Institute of Computational Biology in Shanghai.

«This could lead to the development of new methods to improve the plant fertilization efficiency and open a new avenue for carbohydrate research in plant biology using synthetic chemistry approaches.»

The Master Educator Program (MEP) offers financial support to successful applicants (ASPB members) to participate in focused, substantive, and practical professional development with the aim of developing undergraduate plant biology instructional materials for an active learning classroom.

The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) fund promising undergraduate students so they can conduct research in plant biology during the early part of their college careers.

The fundamental idea is very simple: to find cutting - edge plant biology research projects, and transform the process, concepts or outcomes shared in these papers into a visually and mentally stimulating format that engages young readers.

Science IRL is a YouTube series that provides the missing link between textbook science concepts and scientific research «in real life,» employing plant biology as the exemplar.

During the BLOOME grant year, Science IRL will create 10 new episodes that feature guest plant scientists at Harvard and other leading plant biology institutions across the country.

That's important to students like Kelly Goode, a senior majoring in genetics and plant biology whose research experience is funded by PEP.

He then did two post-docs at SLU, also in plant biology before moving to work at Uppsala University under Ann - Christine Syvänen in the Molecular Medicine group as a Research Engineer.

Meeting with your Members of Congress or writing a letter to them can bring plant biology issues to the forefront and can begin a relationship between you and your elected officials.

Doing so will allow science to play a more prominent role in the decision - making process in Congress and may result in increased funding for scientific research, improved regulations, and the implementation of other policies that benefit plant biology.

In this session we will present advanced emerging technologies in current molecular and cellular plant biology research such as new bioimaging methods and CRISPR / Cas - based genome editing.

The ASPB public engagement activities Katie directs focus on encouraging plant biology as a career choice as well as «eradicating plant blindness» with resources and programs that trigger thinking critically about the ways plants are integral to everyone's daily life and a sustainable future.

One way that BTI educators and teachers are doing this is ongoing development and implementation of plant biology curricula that connect basic scientific concepts to real world issues.