PlantingScience is a learning community where scientists provide online mentorship to student teams as they design and think through their own inquiry projects.

St. Louis, Missouri
Joined September 2009
Teachers! We are back for the 26-27 school year! PlantingScience is the Botanical Society of America's outreach to secondary and undergraduate life science classes. Visit plantingscience.org to learn about our free mentoring program!
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🌞🌱Join us in our celebration: A Day for BSA! 🌱🌞 Help us reach our goal of $10K for the BSA endowment! The BSA's two scientific journals---AJB & APPS---have served as homes for authors to publish in for years! Ensure their continued success at day-for-bsa.botany.org/2024
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🌞🌱Join us in our celebration: A Day for BSA! 🌱🌞 Help us today to reach our goal of $10K for the BSA endowment! This fund has supported students for many years with research/travel awards, leadership opportunities & much more. Support them at day-for-bsa.botany.org/2024
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PlantingScience is here because the BSA saw the need to connect scientists with classrooms! Join us as we celebrate A Day for BSA!
🌞🌱Join us in our celebration: A Day for BSA! 🌱🌞 Help us today to reach our goal of $10K for the BSA endowment! Share your BSA story with #DayforBSA & #IamaBotanist, & take our poll about endowment spending. day-for-bsa.botany.org/2024
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Early Career Plant Scientists! Want to help grow the field and earn free membership into professional societies at the same time? Consider joining PlantingScience's Master Plant Science Team! plantingscience.org/getinvol…
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Hey, Plant Scientists! We are seeking graduate students, post-docs, and other early-career plant scientists to support PlantingScience by joining the Master Plant Science Team! Visit our website at plantingscience.org/getinvol… for more information and to apply!
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This year, the International Botanical Congress (IBC), which meets only every 6 years, was held in Madrid, Spain. BSA was proud to offer 8 $1000 travel awards to BSA members to support their travel to this meeting. #BSAawards #PlantJoy
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PlantingScience retweeted
A green alga cell can swim 100 microns per second. Scientists put little baskets on a wheel. As algae became trapped, they pushed and spun the wheel around.
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Don't miss these free virtual #Botany360 events in April and May! To learn more about these events, and to register, visit: botany.org/calendar/display To learn more about Botany360, and access recordings, visit: botany.org/home/resources/bo… #BSAmembers #PlantJoy #BSAevents
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Don't miss this #Botany360 event about International Fieldwork! It is TODAY at 3pm EST. To register, visit: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/re… #BSAevents #InternationalFieldwork #BSAmembers #PlantJoy
Thinking about conducting international fieldwork, but unsure where to start, or how to do so ethically? This #Botany360 panel will address these questions and more! April 22, 2024, 3-4pm EST botany.org/calendar/display/…
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Please take our 3-5 minute survey #SeeingPlants and repost widely! Thanks! #Botany #IamaBotanist #PlantJoy msstate.co1.qualtrics.com/jf…
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#PlantBio2024 is your entrée into the principles of computational biology and bioinformatics necessary for understanding plant physiology and molecular biology. Register now for discounted pricing! buff.ly/2Ij4Oxc #plantscience
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#JustIn on Plantae: Leveling Up Your Game: Time Management Strategies for Researchers. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows @AK_Roessling, @nivi_pri, and @isabelpochet provide insight into ten different strategies for better time management. buff.ly/3TTEY8m
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PlantingScience retweeted
New in @ESAEcosphere: In patchy landscapes, seed dormancy can help plants traverse unsuitable habitats—but its effectiveness depends on whether plants are patch or matrix specialists doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4814 With #OpenData in @datadryad @MegSzojka @gerlame #OpenAccess
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🌿🌍 Embark on your own adventure at #Botany2024! 🌍🌿 Connect, collaborate, & make lasting memories with YOUR global botanical science community. Roommate Finder available now! EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS APRIL 1 botanyconference.org #Botany #WeAreBotany #PlantJoy
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Don't miss your chance to nominate, self-nominate, or apply to these prestigious BSA awards with a deadline of APRIL 1st! For more information, visit: botany.org/home/awards.html ⏰ Don't wait! The deadline for these awards is coming soon! ⏰ #BSAawards #BSAstudents #PlantJoy
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Just a reminder! The ABSOLUTE LAST CHANCE deadline to apply to be an F2 Fellow for 2024 is this Friday, March 15th. If you or anyone you know is interested, check out the information posted at our site.
We're recruiting for the 2024 round of our Digging Deeper [F2] research! We are seeking early career scientists to work with high school teachers to teach photosynthesis more effectively in the classroom. Learn more about the opportunity and apply at: plantingscience.org/index.ph…...
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We're recruiting for the 2024 round of our Digging Deeper [F2] research! We are seeking early career scientists to work with high school teachers to teach photosynthesis more effectively in the classroom. Learn more about the opportunity and apply at: plantingscience.org/index.ph…...
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BSA President Brenda Molano-Flores wants to know what brings YOU #PlantJoy! Check out her video at youtube.com/watch?v=S3H5dH0f…. From the field, the lab, the classroom, or your garden---share YOUR photos/videos/stories on social & tag #PlantJoy! botany.org/plantjoy.html #botany
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