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Posts Tagged ‘cucurbit’

Plant Links of the Day: Diverse Citrus, Extinct Cucurbits, and more

A genomicist’s post on citrus, a ecologist’s post on an extinct cucurbit known only from a single 175 year old specimen, and “Sex, Drugs, and Paleo-botany!”

How to Give an Interesting Research Talk?

It’s important to not only be able to do breakthrough scientific research, but also turn around and communicate those results to a broader audience who probably isn’t nearly as intrinsically fascinated with your area of research as you are after spending years of your life studying nothing else. Apropos of George Chuck giving a GREAT talk here about the role of microRNAs in regulating phase change in corn (think plant puberty).