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…
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 dust has settled. All candidates have given their speeches, distributed flyers and bribes baked goods. The votes have been cast and Mr Graba has announced the winners. I am talking about the first organelle presidential campaign on Twitter, or short…
Introducing yourself to what is undoubtedly a large community can be somewhat unnerving, but I have found that the best way to do it is just dive straight in. My name Is Kagweni Micheni, however due to the fact 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…
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.…
What is the scientific approach to determining if you are a plant cell biologist or not? You quantify it through your publications! Dr Martin Hodson’s approach does not only demonstrate his scientific way of thinking, but shows his humour as…
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes, “Faces of Plant Cell Biology” is back! Today’s plant cell biologist is Dr Miriam Gifford from the University of Warwick. Visit her lab website here or follow the lab on Twitter under @Giffordlab. 1) What…
I like this video review of the activities that happened during International Fascination of Plants Day 2012 at the John Innes Centre!