Dr Christine Faulkner, project leader at the John Innes Centre, talks about plasmodesmata, her career and the highs and lows of science. 1) What is your research about? My research investigates how plant cells communicate with each other, especially…
‘Faces of Plant Cell Biology’ is back! Today Dr Juliet Coates from the University of Birmingham talks about her research on various ‘green things’, her career path and what advice she would give to students. 1) What is your research…
We are back! This time we put the spotlight on everyone’s favourite mean lean ATP-production machine: The mitochondria. Movies in this video show mitochondria and other organelles in plant cells made visible with fluorescent proteins.
This is a transcript of my three minute presentation at Science Oxford’s closing down event ‘Science Oxford versus the Rest of the World’. I drew the images with the iPad app ‘Paper by Fifty Three‘. Hello. I am a plant…
In other news, there is a new plant Tumblr on the block: The Annals of Botany ‘Understorey tumblr, which features short, entertaining and funny plant bits. For this I have been thinking about plant memes. So far I only managed…
Did you know that an increasing number of plant scientists is using social media websites to chat about their research? Most of them would be delighted to connect and discuss their work with non-experts. So don’t be shy and press that…
The wonderful thing about the internet is that it enables us to meet new people from all over the world. I met Mateus Mondin, a plant scientist from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, through the Annals of Botany Blog. Since then…
Check out “Functional Biology of Plants”, co-authored by John Bryant and Martin Hodson, on Facebook for current plant science news and discussions. 1) What is your research about? I have now retired but when still doing research, I studied DNA…
It is with great pleasure that I can announce a new category on this blog: Plant Cell Alumni! This series will feature interviews with people who at one point were active plant cell researchers, but are now doing something different.…
I like this video review of the activities that happened during International Fascination of Plants Day 2012 at the John Innes Centre!
On working with a Science Club Working together with the Didcot Girls’ School Science Club was one of the best experiences I have had so far in my research career. Their enthusiasm and excitement was infectious and it forced me…
Would you like to know what’s currently going on in plant science and what research areas are out there? I am curating a list of plant scientists on Twitter – which without a doubt is not complete, so if you…