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Immensely grateful to all my mentors for their guidance and support, humbled to be featured as an ORISE success story
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Imposter syndrome is faced by all researchers at some point in their careers, here’s some respite for you all from the experienced speakers in this @plantae_org webinar, a must watch for all of us who think “I am not good enough”!
lnkd.in/p/dQHAKkje
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on October 23 at 10:00 am Eastern, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at plantae.org/plantaepresents-…
#PlantScience
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Happy Sunday reading, an old write up published today in Substack,
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For someone who used to write in childhood but somewhere lost my passion for writing to other responsibilities, managed to publish my first piece on Substack only today...happy reading!
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And for those who are on Substack do subscribe 😊
Do you know Juice sac granulation is devastating for citrus fruits and can be altered through high temperature? Read our Plantae Research blog on this recent Plant Cell paper to know more!
plantae.org/high-temperature….
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📣 Are you a creative, articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded people? Applications are now open for the 2026–2027 Plantae Fellows Program! 🌱
👉 Learn more and apply by August 31: plantae.org/2027fellowsapp
#PlantScience #PlantSci
ALT Image Text: Call for 2027 Plantae Fellows. Application Deadline: August 31, 2026. plantae.org/2027fellowsapp. Featuring the Plantae and Plantae Fellows logo on a Plantae-branded background.
Never did I realize when I was co-organizing a Plantae webinar on "AI in plant biological science" last year and invited @mary_kuzmenko as panelist, would she ask me to appear on @agfluencers ..grateful to her for this opportunity :)
youtu.be/_6mJvxkT0U8?si=uvJM…
Thankful to Botany One, a weblog produced by The Annals of Botany Company (Oxford University Press) for mentioning the importance of our research. Chocolate/cacao plant disease resistance research deserves a lot more attention in current scenario.
botany.one/chocolate-fights-…
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Obituary: J Craig Venter (1946-2026) maverick biotechnologist who sequenced the human genome
go.nature.com/4dussWD
Would you want to know how secondary cell walls play a important role in seed dispersal in Arabidopsis relative C.hirsuta... read on..great work done by Angela Hay and team from MPIMZ, Cologne, Germany.
plantae.org/building-cell-wa…
#Plantae #AmericanSocietyofPlantBiologists
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For decades, biology textbooks have enshrined a simple rule: DNA is made by copying a template. After one enzyme unzips a DNA double helix into separate strands, another called a polymerase builds a complementary sequence, base by base, for each strand. Presto: two copies of the original DNA.
But new research into how bacteria defend themselves from viruses now shows this synthesis rule isn’t absolute.
Now, a team describes a bacterial enzyme that synthesizes DNA without a nucleic acid template, using its own structure as a guide.
Learn more: scim.ag/4tTc5IA @NewsfromScience
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Unveiling PlantScience.ai: A niche LLM to power your plant science research (Molecular Plant) (Summary by Shakunthala Natarajan)
plantae.org/unveiling-plants…
#PlantaePSRW
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#JustIn on Plantae: Dealing With Loneliness in Academia. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Fatai A. A., Deborah I., Katarina K., and Alessandra L. explore how the academic environment creates separation and feelings of loneliness. plantae.org/dealing-with-lon…
Here is my summary on recent Science Advances article on Macro Plant Projection Imaging (MAPPI): An open, scalable platform for whole-plant fluorescence real-time imaging plantae.org/?p=153597
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#JustIn on Plantae: Promoting Scientific Visibility of Plant Sciences. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Priyanka Babuta and Kavita Joshi explore how to promote scientific visibility in plant sciences by addressing Plant Awareness Disparity (PAD). plantae.org/promoting-scient…
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Join us on January 13th to learn about the research on parental guilt from leading experts AND learn practical tools to overcome these challenges & thrive in your STEMM career! Register 👇 tinyurl.com/uhn83khr #SciMomChats
📅 Date: Jan 13, 2026
⏰ Time: 3 PM CET / 9 AM ET
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"As a woman in science I especially want to acknowledge those role models who gave me the courage and incentive to persevere; my hope is that I in turn can be that role model for my own daughters, who are just now launching out into the world, as well as for other young women who are excited about science."
During her Nobel Prize banquet speech, medicine laureate Mary Brunkow took time to acknowledge the importance of role models.
Read the full speech: nobelprize.org/prizes/medici…
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“I wouldn't be standing here today if it weren't for a couple of really important mentors in my life who showed me what a life in research would look like.”
During her Nobel Prize lecture, medicine laureate Mary Brunkow spoke about the people that helped her during her scientific journey.
Watch her full lecture: youtube.com/watch?v=n1tfKu3e…
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📣Introducing the 2026 Plantae Editors! Returning in 2026, ASPB has appointed its new group of Plantae Editors to further support Plantae's growth and goal to serve as a community resource for plant biologists, by plant biologists.🌱
Read more: plantae.org/aspb-plantae-edi…
ALT Image text: Introducing the 2026 Plantae Editors: Aditi Bhat, Ching Chan, Indrani K. Baruah, Katarini Kurtovic, and Yee-Shan Ku. www.plantae.org | www.aspb.org. Featuring ASPB & Plantae Logos, and Plantae Editor headshot photos.