Throughout my PhD, I often found myself explaining why plants are fascinating, justifying why I was devoting four years of my life to researching the minute details of their biology. A few weeks ago, I thought I'd ask the #plantsci…
Isabel01/01/2016
With another year nearly over we recently put out a call for nominations for the Most Influential Plant Science Research of 2015. Suggestions flooded in, and we also trawled through our social media feeds to see which stories inspired the…
Isabel22/12/2015
The Generation Challenge Programme (GCP – not to be confused with GPC!) was enthused about repeatedly during the three day GPC/SEB Stress Resilience Forum held in Iguassu Falls, Brazil. This 10-year program was created by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research…
Isabel16/12/2015
Bahunia is the national flower of Hong Kong, GigaScience is launching a crowdfunding campaign to learn more about the biological and genetic history of this flower. By Scott Edmunds, Executive Editor, GigaScience Journal ‘Big Data’ is becoming increasingly ubiquitous in…
Isabel11/12/2015
Iguaçu Falls © Lisa Martin Lisa Martin reports on the GPC’s recent Stress Resilience Symposium and Discussion Forum in Brazil, and highlights some of the brilliant online tools that are available to scientists working in this area. It’s a strange…
Isabel04/12/2015