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As 2020 comes to a close, we would like to wish you a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of The Signal a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 7.
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Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis
From Quanta Magazine
From Aug. 6: Even after decades of molecular research on the light-harvesting machinery in plants, scientists could not establish a detailed rationale for plants' color. Recently, however, in the pages of Science, a team finally provided a more complete answer.
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Ten Simple Rules for Women Principal Investigators During a Pandemic
From PLOS Computational Biology
From Nov. 5: 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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We Aren't Good at Picking Candidate Genes, and It's Slowing Us Down
From Current Opinion in Plant Biology
From March 5: In order to gain a molecular understanding of the genetic basis for plant traits, we need to be able to identify the underlying gene and the causal allele for genetic loci. This process usually involves a step where a researcher selects likely candidate genes from a list. The process of picking candidate genes is inherently prone to distortion due to human bias, and this is slowing down our research enterprise.
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Plants Pass On 'Memory' of Stress to Some Progeny, Making Them More Resilient
From Pennsylvania State University
From May 14: By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of "stress memory" in plants that is inherited by some progeny, giving them the potential for more vigorous, hardy and productive growth, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest the discovery has significant implications for plant breeding.
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NSF BIO: Analyzing the Impact of No Deadlines
From the National Science Foundation
From June 11: In FY 2019, most programs across the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) had no deadline, a change from previous years. BIO, with the help of a subcommittee of the BIO Advisory Committee, has analyzed proposal data and provided a review of the impact on proposal submissions, funding rates, and more.
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SciWhite is Percival’s highest performing and most efficient white LED platform to date. Available in standard output or optional high output, this lighting system provides more uniform light distribution throughout the chamber with a well-balanced spectrum for general plant growth.
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Five 'Power Skills' for Becoming a Team Leader
From Nature
From Feb. 6: Many scientists will oversee a team at some point in their careers, whether it is one or two undergraduates doing a summer internship, an entire research group, or a department with students, technicians, and postdoctoral researchers. Scientists are trained in their discipline, but are rarely, if ever, trained in how to manage and mentor trainees. All too often, this results in a series of trials and errors that are frustrating to both mentor and protégé.
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AuxSen: A Biosensor for Direct Visualization of Auxin
From bioRxiv via Plantae
From Feb. 6: Auxins participate in nearly every aspect of plants' life cycle, but the information about the actual distribution of this hormone is scarce. Now, Herud-Sikimic and colleagues have developed AuxSen, a genetically encoded, reversible biosensor for in vivo imaging of auxin distribution.
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The Things I Wish I Could Say
From Science
From Nov. 19: In this moving article, an anonymous PhD student writes about how she experiences gender and racial discrimination, and what she wishes she could say to her advisor. "I'll never be brave enough to tell you how these colleagues make me feel ... why isn't it their responsibility to learn that their behavior is unacceptable?"
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How to Give a Successful Talk
From the John Innes Centre
From May 28: In this three-part blog and video series, Communications Officer James Percy gives advice on how to give a talk. (Part 1: Prepare. Part 2: How not to "dumb down." Part 3: Delivery.) Remember: T = Take control, A = Act naturally, L = Leave space, K = Keep calm and carry on.
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