Stomata are necessary for photosynthesis, but they're also access points for pathogens. How do plants defend them?
Tag - Outreach
Rucha Karnik
Plant Pathologists are heroes
Understanding an imaginary virus could have real consequences.
Alun Salt
Inspiring the Botanists of the future
Part of the goal of Plant Cuttings items is to share news of botanical research with the wider plant-minded community, the better to advertise that wonderful example of human scientific endeavour. And that’s fine for...
Nigel Chaffey
The Hungry Gap: Food for temperate February and March
Have we banished the hungry gap? Pat Heslop-Harrison has been talking to BBC Radio Leicester.
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
周二推文 Tuesday Tweets from #IBC2017 Shenzen
Catch up with the blog posts and tweets from the International Botanical Congress in Shenzhen on Tuesday.
Botanical Interest in ‘No Such Thing as a Fish’
One of my favorite podcasts is ‘No Such Thing as a Fish‘ (NSTaaF) from the QI elves (writers). Each week, the four co-hosts bring a fact they present to the others and discuss. In Episode 167, “No Such...
Ian Street
Facts, alternative facts and ‘Plant Facts Week’
For Joe Friday, it was enough to ask for “just the facts, ma’am.”* But do the facts help science communication?
Anne Osterrieder
Blogging opportunities
It's helpful to put out reminders some times, so here's something if you are a blogger or want to be a blogger.
“Hi, I’m an #ActualLivingScientist”
A survey that said most Americans couldn't name a living scientist. People on Twitter took this as inspiration for a positive response.
Guest Author
Darwin Day is coming and you can be part of it
Anyone can celebrate Darwin Day and promote science, without even leaving the house.
What does it take to run a botanical society?
What does it take to run a botanical society? We asked Shamma Rattan, president of the Oxford Brookes Botanical Society and the committee (Preena Patel, vice president; Alex Payne, treasurer; Adam Hall, social...
Brookes Botanical
From plants to patients and back: An interview with Dr Kate Castleden
Career paths are a mysterious thing. As they rarely are linear, it helps to pick up miscellaneous transferable skills on the way, and spot new opportunities as they arise. We hope to feature many different career paths...
Calling all botanical student societies
We talk a lot about how to inspire the next generation of plant scientists. But how do our students inspire us? Last week, I met one of our undergraduate students, who is the President of our student-led Botanical...
