 The spotlight is Charlotte Rich-Griffin, Ruth Eichmann, Marco U. Reitz, Sophie Hermann, Kate Woolley-Allen, Paul E. Brown, Kate Wiwatdirekkul, Eddi Esteban, Asher Pasha, Karl-Heinz Kogel, Nicholas J. Provart, Sascha Ott, and Patrick Schäfer. Their article "Regulation of Cell Type-Specific Immunity Networks in Arabidopsis Roots" has an Altmetric score of 15 and 21 mentions in the past week. |
ASPB has an exciting opportunity for early career plant scientists to get involved and, in the process, to help shape the future of the Society. Several committees each will appoint an early career professional, defined as an ASPB member in good standing who began their graduate studies no more than eight years ago. Each appointee will serve up to two consecutive years. 
ASPB is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, authors who have received an editorial decline decision from any journal in the ASPB suite of titles will be able to readily transfer their manuscript to any other ASPB journal. 
The spotlight is on Kate Mary Johnson, Craig R. Brodersen, Madeline Rose Carins-Murphy, Brendan Choat, and Timothy John Brodribb. Their article "Xylem Embolism Spreads by Single-Conduit Events in Three Dry Forest Angiosperm Stems" has an Altmetric score of 43 and 33 mentions in the past week. 
This Focus Issue will capture up-to-date views and perspectives on developments at the forefront of membrane research, and it will highlight the most important gaps in understanding that will be the focus for future studies. Invited Updates will provide reviews on areas that continue to add transformative insights pertinent to existing knowledge and on nascent but important areas of future development. Submission deadline: August 24. 
This Focus Issue will capture up-to-date views and perspectives of recent developments and will highlight important gaps in understanding the involved processes to catalyze future studies. Invited Updates will review areas that continue to add new and pertinent insights and highlight nascent and transformative areas of future development. Submission deadline: September 4. 
The ASPB Conviron Scholars program delivers an experience intended to serve as a foundation for a career in plant science. For the 2020 program, a total of 16 students were chosen to participate in the program from around the world. We highlighted five of them to talk about their experiences. Check them out! 
The Interview Portal provides resources to help students consider their career options through "Offbeat, unusual, unconventional & interesting career interviews." This week, they interviewed Sunil Kumar Kenchanmane Raju, who is a postdoc at MSU, an ASPB Ambassador, and a Plant Cell Assistant Features Editor. Sunil describes his career path and his research on comparative epigenomics for applications in crop improvement using experimental and computational approaches. 
Recognizing Plant Direct author 
