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.ASPB SPOTLIGHT
Plant Direct Has Published Its First Registered Report
Plant Direct has just publishsed its first Registered Report, a type of article where a study proposal is peer-reviewed before the research is undertaken. Registered Reports bring many positive outcomes. By providing external validation of the study methods, they ensure that the research plans are appropriate, helping to avoid inconclusive studies. Further, they avoid the common bias in publishing to publish only "positive" results — the findings of the research proposed in a Registered Report will normally be published even when they don't support the author's model or hypothesis.
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Plant Biology 2021 Call for Workshop Proposals
The ASPB Program Committee is pleased to invite members of our community to submit proposals for workshops to be held during the conference. Please complete and submit this form before December 4, 2020, to guarantee review for potential inclusion in the Plant Biology 2021 program.
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.FROM ASPB & PLANTAE
Agency Update: New DOE Portal for Application Submissions
A new DOE portal lists all future funding opportunities and must be used to submit applications for FY2021 renewable energy and energy efficiency programs published after November 2, 2020. Open opportunities published before that date will continue to be managed via the old portal, eXCHANGE.
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Plant Biology Journal Database
This useful resource was created by a group of ASPB Ambassadors and lists over 100 journals in the field of Plant Biology that you can refer to when writing or when choosing a journal to publish in. Browse the list and add additional journal suggestions on Plantae.
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Plant Physiology Article of the Week
The spotlight is on Sjon Hartman for News and Views article, “MaXB3 Limits Ethylene Production and Ripening of Banana Fruits” which highlights research article, "MaXB3 Modulates MaNAC2, MaACS1 and MaACO1 Stability to Repress Ethylene Biosynthesis during Banana Fruit Ripening" in the same issue. This News and Views had 23 mentions last week.
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The Plant Cell Article of the Week
The spotlight is on Nadine Töpfer, Thomas Braam, Sanu Shameer, R. George Ratcliffe, and Lee J. Sweetlove. Their article, "Alternative CAM Modes Provide Environment-Specific Water-Saving Benefits in a Leaf Metabolic Model" has an Altmetrics score of 97 and 34 mentions last week.
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Plant Direct Article of the Week
The spotlight is on Lauren Whitt, Felipe Klein Ricachenevsky, Greg Ziegler Ziegler, Stephan Clemens, Elsbeth Walker, Frans J. M. Maathuis, Philip Kear, and Ivan Baxter. Their article "A Curated List of Genes that Affect the Plant Ionome" has over 15 mentions in the past week.
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Call for Papers: Plant Physiology Focus Issue on Transport and Signaling
This Focus Issue will highlight the recent advances in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind membrane transport, its integration with signaling, and its roles in homeostasis. A selection of Update Reviews, included within the Issue, will address new and transformative insights that are driving research beyond the traditional boundaries of transport physiology. We encourage submissions that address quantitative frameworks in understanding membrane transport, transport proteins, and the integration of transport and signaling across scales. Submission deadline: March 8, 2021.
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.#WeAreASPB
Are you a member of ASPB of active on Plantae and have something to celebrate in the #WeAreASPB Spotlight? Contact Shoshana Kronfeld (shoshana@aspb.org) and send her the details.
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SciBriteTM LED lighting, one of Percival Scientific’s latest innovations, gives you significantly more features and benefits for your research. Our proprietary LED system provides more flexibility than lighting systems offered by other growth chamber manufacturers. Using our IntellusUltra Controller, you can control the intensities for each color to produce specific light wavelength ratios for your experiments.
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.PLANTAE JOBS
To see more jobs, go to jobs.Plantae.org.
.PLANT SCIENCE EVENTS
For plant science events, make sure to check out the Global Plant Science Events Calendar. Also, check the calendar for the latest cancellations and postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as webinars and online events you can join.
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.FROM THE FIELD
Creating Crops for the Future: Challenges, Technology and Sustainable Solutions
From Plantae
Please join us online November 11 at 11 a.m. Australia East Coast Daylight Time (AEDT UTC+11, which is November 10, 7 p.m. EST, 4 p.m. PST) for a special event sponsored by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Energy Biology. Hosted by John Evans, the speakers are Pamela Ronald (UC Davis), Harvey Millar (ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology), and Robert Furbank (ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis). Follow the link for titles and registration link.
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Postdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholars
From the University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire invites your application to the Postdoctoral Diversity and Innovation Scholars. This two-year postdoctoral appointment will provide opportunities to hone your scholarship in preparation for the professoriate through mentoring, professional development, development funds, a minimum salary of $50,000 (dependent on discipline), and benefits. Interested in applying? Learn more!
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Leading Global Plant Scientists Press for More Resilient and Resource-Efficient Crop Systems to Combat Climate Change
From Supporters of Agricultural Research
The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation has released Developing Global Priorities for Plant Research: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Variability. The panel of global plant scientists concluded that strategies for developing crops for increased yield and yield stability under stress from external factors, including climate change, will need to include advanced knowledge of plant genetic diversity, climate variability and environmental impacts.
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From Mushroom Picking to Genome Crunching
From Nature Eco Evo blog
The establishment of mycorrhizal symbioses was a pivotal event in the evolutionary history of land plants. Martin and Miyauchi provide context to their research by describing how the phylogenomic analysis comparing 135 genomes of saprotrophic and mycorrhizal fungi sheds light on genomic changes associated with the multiple transitions from saprotrophy to symbiosis.
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Ten Simple Rules for Women Principal Investigators During a Pandemic
From PLOS Computational Biology
The latest addition to the "Ten Simple Rules" series from PLOS Comp. Biol addresses the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women scientists. Here, a group of women PIs provide some rules (with the caveat that there are no rules) to help address these inequities. Don't miss the helpful and amusing supplemental files.
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Science's English Dominance Hinders Diversity — but the Community Can Work Toward Change
From Science
"Globally, it's almost certain that the majority of scientists are not native speakers of English," says Michael Gordin, a historian of science at Princeton University. Yet they have to learn English to communicate their work in international journals, which is key to advancing in their careers. Although having a common language offers some advantages, Gordin says, "the fairness and equality issues are significant."
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What Victorian-era Seaweed Pressings Reveal About Our Changing Seas
From The Guardian
A "women's pastime" practiced by Queen Victoria, "seaweeding" spread from the U.K. to California — now the samples are providing a glimpse into history. This beautifully illustrated article describes how the analysis of tissues from preserved seaweed collections reveal the state oceans many years ago.
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Mechanism of Heat Stress Response and Heat-Accelerated Leaf Senescence in Tall Fescue
From Chinese Academy of Sciences via Phys.org
Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is one of the most important and widely used cool-season turfgrass and forage species in the world. The optimum temperature for tall fescue growth ranges from 15 to 25 degrees C. High temperatures will affect its growth and development; one of the major symptoms of heat damage is premature leaf senescence. The Molecular Breeding of Turfgrass and Forage Grass Group led by Prof. Chen Liang from the Wuhan Botanical Garden reported the molecular mechanism of heat adaptation and heat-induced senescence at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels in tall fescue.
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The Cement for Coral Reefs
From University of Erlangen-Nuremberg via Science Daily
Coral reefs are hotspots of biodiversity. As they can withstand heavy storms, they offer many species a safe home. A team has now discovered that a very specific type of "cement" is responsible for the stability of coral reefs — by forming a hard calcareous skeleton, coralline red algae stabilize the reefs, and have been doing so for at least 150 million years.
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This focus issue will include reviews that synthesize the current state of the art and future prospects in sustainable precision agriculture, including but not limited to phenotyping, artificial intelligence and deep learning, robotics, databases and data sharing, pangenomics, genomic selection, and neodomestication. Submission Deadline: December 1.
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