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Choosing your growth media for plant science

Considering its weedy nature, Arabidopsis thaliana is a fussy little plant. This can be a pain – even tiny environmental fluctuations can have significant impacts on the physiology and development that many of us are investigating. As silly as it…

Isabel06/05/2016

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Brexit and agriculture

Professor Wyn Grant In June 2016, the UK Government will hold a public referendum for the people to decide whether or not Britain should exit the European Union. This contentious issue, popularly known as “Brexit”, has even divided the governing…

Isabel28/04/2016

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Witty gene names

It is a well known fact that biologists are a clever bunch. Most of the time they're out applying their intellect and tackling the world's problems, but occasionally (probably at happy hour on a Friday evening) they sit around coming…

Isabel22/04/2016

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Lessons from the oldest and most arid desert on Earth

Image credit: Center for Genome Regulation The Atacama Desert is a strip of land near 1000 km in length located in northern Chile. With an average yearly rainfall of just 15 mm (close to 0 in some locations) and high…

Isabel15/04/2016

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A year at the Global Plant Council

Last April I joined the Global Plant Council as a New Media Fellow along with Sarah Jose from the University of Bristol. The GPC is a small organization with a big remit: to bring together stakeholders in the plant and…

Isabel11/04/2016

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