2015 Borlaug CAST Communication Award Winner: Dr. Channapatna S. Prakash
We are pleased to announce that our nominee, Channapatna Prakash of Tuskegee University, was named the 2015 Borlaug Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) Communication Award for...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Sowmya Subramanian
We are pleased to announce that Sowmya Subramanian has received one of seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Sowmya Subramanian is currently an Associate Research Scientist at the New Mexico...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Aruna Kilaru
We are pleased to announce that Aruna Kilaru has received one of our seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Aruna Kilaru is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Lucia Strader
We are pleased to announce that Lucia Strader has received one of our seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Lucia Strader is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Andrea Eveland
We are pleased to announce that Andrea Eveland has received one of our seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Andrea is an Assistant Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Emily Indriolo
We are pleased to announce that Emily Indriolo has received one of our seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Emily is an Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University. Emily’s...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Carla Antonio
We are pleased to announce that Carla Antonio has received one of our seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Carla is currently a Principal Investigator in the Plant Metabolomics Laboratory,...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Anna Dobritsa
We are pleased to announce that Anna Dobritsa has received one of our seven Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Anna is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics...
View ArticleCornell Alliance for Science Petition – A letter to our community
The following letter was sent to our USA members in regards to the Cornell Alliance for Science petition. This issue is extremely important regarding transparency concerning publicly-funded research...
View Article3rd International Fascination of Plants Day: Monday May 18th
This year’s Fascination of Plants Day, a plant scientists’ initiative launched in 2012, has been already adopted by 54 countries worldwide. All information about this initiative can be accessed via...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Cora MacAllister
We are pleased to announce that Cora MacAllister has received one of our ten Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Cora is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Amy Klocko
We are pleased to announce that Amy Klocko has received one of our ten Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. Amy is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Forest...
View Article2015 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winner: Peizu Guan
We are pleased to announce that Peizu Guan has received one of our ten Women’s Young Investigator Travel Awards. For the past six years, Peizu has been conducting her postdoctoral research at the...
View ArticleIndustry Careers = Good and Impactful Science
Since the advent of GMO crops, agriculture across the globe has undergone immense transformation, becoming the productive system in place today. The benefits of GMO crops are clear – corn farmers in...
View ArticleProcess Labeling of Food & Role of Scientific Engagement in Public Dialog on...
ASPB is a co-sponsor of this seminar: Process food labeling, the role of social media in communicating about genetic engineering and implications for agricultural producers and consumers will be...
View ArticlePolicy Update: FDA Announces RFI and Accompanying Public Meeting on...
On October 16, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Request for Information (RFI) on “Clarifying Current Roles and Responsibilities Described in the Coordinated Framework for the...
View ArticleBring the voice of science to improve US biotechnology regulation
The White House Office has announced a major effort to update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and they are seeking comments to inform the revisions. Because the federal...
View ArticleNYT Publishes ASPB Response to 10/24 Article on European GMO Policies
The New York Times published the following letter to the editor from ASPB on October 30, 2015. ASPB’s letter was in response to the October 24th article by Mark Lynas, the political director for the...
View ArticleAnalysis of the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Prepared by Lewis-Burke Associates LLC December 17, 2015 This week, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees concluded negotiations on an omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 2029) to fund federal...
View ArticlePlant Biology 2016: An Interview with Harry Klee About the Major...
Harry Klee, Ph.D, University of Florida, has organized an important Major Symposia for the Plant Biology 2016 conference on developing healthier foods. Joining Dr. Klee for the sessions will be: Andy...
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