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Join us March 25th at 8am Pacific daylight time, 11am Eastern, for an online teach-in for #PlantSci entists organising for political impact. Learn how you can play a role in today's political landscape! Free registration at rootandshoot.org/a-teach-in-f...

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February 25th, 11AM EST. Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas. rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w... Open to all, come be a part of it! #BlackHistoryMonth

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We are assembling resources for early career scientists to help them navigate a sometimes hostile work environment. Here is a powerful video with a positive outcome, although painful to watch at times. youtu.be/n4FV1ADErDo?...

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What can you do to make plant biology more inclusive? We recently attended a conference with a session on inclusive teaching - here are some of the resources that were shared. rootandshoot.org/recommended-... #PlantScience

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ROOT & SHOOT has had a busy year in 2024! We've provided travel awards to conferences, worked towards more inclusive conferences, developed a mentor-training program and more. Look back with us at all we have accomplished. rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-2... And watch this space for our 2025 plans

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Mental Health Awareness Mondays — An Introduction to Psychological Safety, By Sarah Bay. Summarizing the key points of a recent webinar, with a link to the webinar. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/16/m...

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With Marie Cecile Caillaud and Isabelle Fobis-Loisy, we are organizing a concurrent session at ICAR next year #ICAR2025 (Gent, Belgium June 16-20 2025). - How do cells talk to each other? New frontiers in cell-to-cell communication web.cvent.com/event/448810...

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"Race did not appear to influence the typical first step of the review process [dept. vote]... [but]...when the college committees were evaluating faculty with lower h-indices, evidence of bias against Black & Hispanic scholars surfaced - especially for women" 1/ www.science.org/content/arti...

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Last few days to apply for a ROOT & SHOOT travel award to attend a 2025 plant confernce. Conditions apply, see the blog post for full details.

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TAIR officially turned 25 on October 1, 2024! Read our blog post covering the highlights from the last 25 years. tinyurl.com/TAIR25

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A warm welcome to all our new followers on Bluesky 🌾🌵🌱 We've been here a little while, but are now looking to improve our posting frequency 😬 Stay tuned for new papers, special issue announcements, community news, and general journal updates #PlantScience 🧪🌳🍂🔬🌽

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Three generations of student reps from @botsocamerica.bsky.social at @root-shoot.bsky.social @hhmi.bsky.social

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Having a great retreat with plant folks from multiple societies - the standard that HHMI has set up is hard to be matched!!!

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What an incredible week it’s been! I’m feeling energized, inspired, and full of ideas. I can’t wait to bring what we’re discussing and working on here to other societies and communities! 👏🌿

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Root & Shoot meeting at HHMI… and with medical Institute level funds you apparently can make amazing cupcakes with logos! (I need some of this funding)

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We are at a planning retreat at HHMI and they made us Root & Shoot cupcakes! ❤️

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Travel awards for student/ mentor pairs to attend a 2025 #plantscience conference due Dec2. One of the awardees must be a member of SACNAS, MANRRS, or AISES. rootandshoot.org/2025-root-sh...

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Creating culture of support in plant sciences #PlantScience rootandshoot.org/creating-cul...

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Please join us Wednesday Feb 21 for this very, very important discussion about community agreements, values, and strategies for accountability and addressing harm. How do we develop a system of accountability that promotes positive behavior? Your voice matters! rootandshoot.org/listening-se...

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There's a lot happening in the ROOT & SHOOT RCN community, see our Feb newsletter. Learning communities, listening groups, trainings, podcasts and webinars, travel awards, other awards, all with a focus on making #PlantScience more inclusive and welcoming to everyone. mailchi.mp/00be06a88854...

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We are excited to open applications for a Working Group on Culturally Responsive Mentoring in #Plantscience. We're looking for a diverse set of volunteers across all career stages (undergraduates to established mentors) to help develop this program. Apply by Jan 10. rootandshoot.org/working-grou...

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If you missed it, we've posted a recording of the informational session held on Oct 13. Hopefully all your questions answered! (And some really moving highlights of the experience from last year's awardees). rootandshoot.org/infosession/

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Applications for the 2024 ROOT & SHOOT #PlantScience Travel Awards are now open! Join us on Thurs. Oct. 12 at 3pm EDT for an informational session - learn more about the award and hear from past awardees about their experience. Visit rootandshoot.org/infosession to learn more.

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Like #PlantScience? Member of MANRRS or SACNAS? The NSF-funded ROOT & SHOOT program has 10 generous travel awards for student/mentor pairs (at least one a member of MANRRS or SACNAS) to attend a plant science conference in 2024. rootandshoot.org/2024-root-sh... Apply by November 10, 2023

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The NSF-funded ROOT & SHOOT initiative has funds to supports ten student / mentor pairs (at least one a member of SACNAS or MANRRS) to attend a 2024 #PlantScience conference. Join us for an info session Oct 12 to learn more about this opportunity from past awardees. rootandshoot.org/infosession/

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Focus on Hispanic and Latine Microbiologists, resources from the American Society for Microbiology in recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month. asm.org/IDEAA/Resour...

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Addressing Scientific Racism and Eugenics in the Classroom. Good, practical, resource-rich article - read it! From Amy J. Reese, published by the American Society for Microbiology. asm.org/Articles/202...

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Hey plant people of the Sky, do you know someone contemplating applying to graduate school? The BSA is hosting a "how to apply to grad school" panel on Sept. 26th 3pm eastern. Register here: uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Like #PlantScience? Member of MANRRS or SACNAS? The NSF-funded ROOT & SHOOT program has 10 generous travel awards for student/mentor pairs (at least one a member of MANRRS or SACNAS) to attend a plant science conference in 2024. rootandshoot.org/2024-root-sh... Apply by November 10, 2023

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We've been talking about effective mentoring, and studying this excellent report from the National Academies. Did you know that less than 7% of faculty members teaching undergraduates have been trained in effective mentoring? www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/the...

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Strengthening the Movement to Broaden Participation in STEM. Highlights from NSF’s 2023 Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network Convening. Great resources about changing systems - how to do it, how to evaluate it. www.includesnetwork.org/blogs/nsf-in...

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One of our big projects is promoting greater inclusivity for conferences. Yesterday's debrief highlighted the importance of using accessible slides when giving a talk - see some great tips and examples here (by Breanne Kisselstein, Chelsea Newbold, & Sarah Boggess) shorturl.at/eBKS4

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One of our big projects is promoting greater inclusivity for conferences. Yesterday's debrief highlighted the importance of using accessible slides when giving a talk - see some great tips and examples here (by Breanne Kisselstein, Chelsea Newbold, & Sarah Boggess) www.ismpmi.org/Community/In...

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Accessibility shouldn’t be an afterthought or seen as a favour to disabled people. It’s essential and should be built in to all areas of public life as standard to avoid this cycle.

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Special issue of CBE-Life Science Education www.lifescied.org/equity-speci... "Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Justice in Biology Education" - with a focus on research and reform targeting structures, systems, and cultural assumptions. Submit a letter of interest by Oct 15.

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This podcast is so fun. It’s got everything: scientific fraud, arctic and alpine plants, the ice age refugia hypothesis, Scottish accents, and is presented by my good pal @toriherridge.bsky.social who is on here but hasn’t started skeeting yet. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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In 2023, ROOT & SHOOT RCN provided full costs for 10 pairs of students with their mentors to attend one of several plant science conferences. We're about to open the application call for 2024 conferences. rootandshoot.org/plan-ahead-f... Stay tuned! #PlantScience

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We've had a very busy year! Check out our recent highlights. rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-r... Bystander intervention trainings, onsite conference ombuds program, inclusive conferences project, system of accountability, travel awards, listening sessions, capstone projects & much more. #PlantScience

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