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We proudly feature @AntonyMaodzeka a Postdoctoral Research Associate| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses around improving photosynthetic efficiency crops particularly energy sorghum.
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Front and Center Plant Science is proud to feature @sanbonChakaGosa , the new director of F&C. He is a postdoc at Carl. R. Institute of Genomic Biology, working for the Center for Advance Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
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Hello, Front and Center Plant Science community. I wanted our new Director of Front and Center, @sanbon Gosa, who started his role in April 2024. Sanbon and Kevin Cox Jr will work together to connect and celebrate new and existing members over the next year.
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Front and Center Plant Science is proud to feature Dr. Vagner Benedito, a professor of biochemical genetics and plant physiology at West Virginia University. Prof. Benedito uses biological models to study how genes contribute to the development of traits of agronomical importance
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
7 Feb 2024
📢ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships Application Closing on Monday, February 12! surf.aspb.org/ @ASPB_ECPS @ASPB_PUI @FrontCenterPS @ASPB_ARN @ASPB_WiPB @LGBTQPlantSci @ASPB_Mexico @EnvEcoPlant

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🚨 Opportunity Alert! Now accepting applications for Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF). Apply by Feb 12! surf.aspb.org.
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
PhD student Joshua Felton (@JoshFelton12) is studying 🍍 adaptive traits & selective pressures - rsrch that, in this era of accelerating climate change & biodiversity loss, could help w. preservation of species crucial for maintaining ecological balance. gradschool.cornell.edu/spotl…
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
31 Jan 2024
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 ASPB Awards. It is important that ASPB honor the most notable achievements and contributions of plant scientists worldwide. The deadline is February 21! awards.aspb.org/ #plantscience
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
25 Jan 2024
🚨Application Closing in One Week! Volunteer to Help Staff the ROOT & SHOOT Booth at MANRRS' 38th Annual Conference 👉rootandshoot.org/seeking-vol…

We're seeking volunteers to help staff the RCN's booth at #MANRRS38 @NationalMANRRS We have funds to support two students/early career scientists to attend the conference & share their enthusiasm for plant science! More info: rootandshoot.org/seeking-vol… Deadline to apply: 2/4/24
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
We're seeking volunteers to help staff the RCN's booth at #MANRRS38 @NationalMANRRS We have funds to support two students/early career scientists to attend the conference & share their enthusiasm for plant science! More info: rootandshoot.org/seeking-vol… Deadline to apply: 2/4/24
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
8 Jan 2024
📢Seeking people early in their careers whose #plantscience is 🔥! ASPB will highlight the work of the next generation of plant scientists in a special #PlantBio2024 plenary. Learn more and apply by Jan. 16. buff.ly/48GZ7TS
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
18 Dec 2023
Turn the spotlight on your best science by submitting an independent abstract to present at #PlantBio2024. Deadline Jan. 4. Learn more at buff.ly/37RZR91
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
📢Membership for the 🌱Arabidopsis 🌱Community Group-supported by NAASC- opens today! Join to access great member benefits, including big discounts on ICAR 2024- San Diego. Please share! (Fee waivers available) mailchi.mp/6f176634f51f/memb…

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I’m super excited to share that I will be joining the faculty @michiganstateu @MSUNatSci as an 1855 Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Biology starting in January 2024!
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Front and Center is proud to feature Prof. Patricia Lopez @LopezCalcagno. Her expertise covers molecular biology, biochemistry and leaf physiology. She uses synthetic biology and transgenics to optimize crop performance with the aim of ensuring food security in a changing world.
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Front and Center is proud to feature Delecia, PhD student at North Carolina State University. Delecia uses Lotus as a model for studying the roles of circular RNAs in plant-microbe interactions.
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Front & Center Plant Science retweeted
Two tenure track Assistant Professor positions in plant biology available at UNC Chapel Hill Dept of Biology! Host-Microbe / Microbe-Microbe Interactions and Plant Signal Networks. Applications due Oct 20 here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings…
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Front and Center is proud to feature Dr. Ana María Bedoya @botAna_Bedoya ,Postdoctoral Researcher at Louisiana State University. Ana María is an 'extreme botanist' studying river plant evolution. (1/n)
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I am particularly interested in the transfer of information from Biology to Geology, using patterns inferred from the analysis of plant DNA to generate hypothesis for how landscape and climate have changed through time. (5/n)
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I conduct herbarium-based research, and have had the opportunity to visit and provide services for multiple herbaria in Colombia and in the US." Read more about Dr. Ana María Bedoya on our website!
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