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James Wong: Plant Geeks Will Save The World!

James Wong trained as a botanist at Kew Gardens in London, UK, before embarking on a wide and varied career encompassing broadcasting, writing and garden design. He demonstrates his passion for plants in every strand of his work, and is…

Isabel31/07/2015

Blog GPC Community Interviews

An interview with Ellen Bergfeld

This week, New Media Fellow Amelia Frizell-Armitage has been talking to Ellen Bergfeld, CEO of the Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science Societies (ACSESS), a coalition of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA)…

Isabel22/07/2015

Blog Scientific Meetings

Get a new view: attend an interdisciplinary conference

When I first volunteered to write a blog about the Plant Wax 2015 conference, I thought I’d be writing about its relevance to the Global Plant Council’s stress resilience initiative. After all, the waxy coating (cuticle) that covers the aerial…

Isabel16/07/2015

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“So what does the Global Plant Council actually do?” – SEB Prague 2015

Dobrý den! View across the Vltava river of Prague's Old Town and the Charles Bridge. Last week I attended the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)’s Annual Main Meeting in the wonderful city of Prague in the Czech Republic. Armed with…

Isabel08/07/2015

Blog Global Change

Increasing Food Production in a Changing World

The fifth report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published last year announced that climate change is already negatively affecting our food supply and this problem is only going to be amplified in coming decades. Our climate is projected to…

Isabel02/07/2015

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An Interview with Mary Williams: Plant Teaching & Social Media

This week we spoke to Mary Williams about plant science education, her role as features editor of The Plant Cell, and effective use of social media for scientists. What inspired you to focus your career on education…

Isabel24/06/2015

Blog Public Engagement

Save the spud: live online potato Q&A with Sense About Science

This week we have a guest post from Chelsea Snell at Sense about Science on their upcoming event: Potatoes: What are the threats they face and what can we do to save our spuds? Do late blight resistance genes affect flavour?…

Isabel16/06/2015

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James Wong: Plant Geeks Will Save The World!

An interview with Ellen Bergfeld

Get a new view: attend an interdisciplinary conference

“So what does the Global Plant Council actually do?” – SEB Prague 2015

Increasing Food Production in a Changing World

Save the spud: live online potato Q&A with Sense About Science

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