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  • ASPB welcomes new public affairs director (posted 6/15/2010)
  • ASPB Members elected to the AAAS Class of 2009 Fellows (posted 2/19/2010)
  • AFRI RFAs to Be Released Next Month; Several Changes Expected (posted 1/20/2010)
  • Help to Define ARPA-E’s Funding Priorities (posted 12/18/2009)
  • USDA Revamps Its Competitive Research Grants Program Through NIFA (posted 12/7/2009)
  • NIFA (and its First Director, Roger Beachy) Introduced at Gala DC Event (posted 10/14/09)
  • ASPB Members Well Represented in the EFRC Competition (posted 5/7/09)
  • 15 ASPB members have been named as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2008 Fellows (posted 1/14/09)
  • Nature features ASPB member crop biotechnologists fighting world hunger (posted 12/16/08)
  • McClure identifies pollen proteins that provide insight into the fertilization process (posted 11-3-08)
  • Bais Discovers how Leaves Signal Roots to the Rescue from Pathogen Attacks (posted 10/27/08)
  • ASPB members  Pires, dePamphilis Part of Consortium Studying Monocot Evolution (posted 9-2-08)
  • ASPB Member Citovsky Explores How Bacteria Transfer Genetic Material (posted 8-19-08)
  • ASPB Member Jian-Kang Zhu is most cited plant scientist in the U.S. for 1997-2007 (posted 7/16/08)
  • ASPB Member Minocha Discusses on NHPR Seeding a New Green Revolution (posted 5-13-08)
  • ASPB Member Chrispeels Op-Ed Look at Causes of Increasing Food Costs (posted 5-12-08)
  • Chrispeels, Kay Commentary Explores Biofuel Options (posted 5-12-08)
  • ASPB Members Kay, Carrington, Schmitt Elected to NAS (posted 5-1-08)
  • Washington Times Publishes Rob McClung’s Letter on the Next Generation of Biofuels (posted 3/14/08)
  • Former Plant Cell Editor Rich Jorgensen a Science newsmaker (posted 2/27/08)
  • Maize Exhibit Will be Featured at U.S. Botanic Garden Beginning in February (posted 2/6/08)
  • DOE JGI Community Sequencing Program Delivers First Moss Genome – ASPB Members Contribute to Sequencing of Physcomitrella patens (posted 12/14/07)
  • USDA Presents NRI Discovery Award to ASPB Member Jorge Dubcovsky (posted 10/23/07)
  • University of Tennessee's Elena Shpak Wins 2007 Early Career Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • ASPB Announces Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2007 Recipients (posted 10/23/07)
  • University of Arizona's Richard A. Jorgensen Wins 2007 Gibbs Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • Winslow Briggs Wins 2007 Gude Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • Sarah Hake Wins 2007 Hales Prize from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • University of Michigan's Nicola Harrison-Lowe Wins 2007 ASPB-Pioneer Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • Patricia M. Léon Wins 2007 Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • Indiana University's Roger Hangarter Wins 2007 Teaching Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • University of Delaware's John S. Boyer Wins 2007 Barnes Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posterd on 10/23/07)
  • Wilhelm Gruissem Wins 2007 Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • University of Guelph's J. Derek Bewley Wins 2007 Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • Samuel C. Zeeman Wins 2007 Shull Award from American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/23/07)
  • The American Society of Plant Biologists Announces 2007 Awards (posted 10/02/07)
  • ASPB Member Fedoroff Named Science and Technology Adviser to Secretary of State (posted 7/24/07)
  • Plant Scientists Fedoroff, Borlaug honored by President Bush, Congress (posted 7/18/07)
  • ASPB Past President Buchanan Receives Humboldt Research Award (posted 7/17/07)
  • ASPB Member Rathinasabapathi Finds Ferns Accumulating Arsenic Repel Herbivores (posted 7/17/07)
  • Gilbert Gude, ASPB Benefactor (posted 6/18/07)
  • Bruce One of “Ten People Who Could Change the World,” Forbes Reports (posted 6/18/07)
  • ASPB Members Wang, Torney Use Nanotechnology to Penetrate Plant Cell Walls (posted 5/17/07)
  • Plant Scientist Herrera-Estrella Awarded Trieste Science Prize (posted 5/10/07)
  • Moss Genome Annotated, Accessible through DOE JGI (posted 4/23/07)
  • Bipartisan Support for the President’s ACI Research Initiative in 2007 Continuing Resolution (posted 2/8/2007)
  • Plant Science Community Mourns Loss of John Radin (posted 2/7/2007)
  • ASPB Member Radin Retires Jan 3, 2007 (posted 12/27/06)
  • ASPB Member Raskin Studies Human Anti-inflammatory Drug from Spice Plant (posted 11/27/06)
  • California State University Professor Brusslan Appointed Chair of American Society of Plant Biologists Women in Plant Biology Committee (posted 10/26/06)
  • Duke University Professor and Vice Provost Siedow Chairs American Society of Plant Biologists Education Foundation (posted 10/26/06)
  • Harvey Mudd College Professor Williams Appointed Chair of American Society of Plant Biologists Education Committee (posted 10/26/06)
  • University of Wisconsin Professor Amasino Voted President of American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/16/06)
  • Dartmouth College Professor McClung Voted President-Elect of American Society of Plant Biologists (posted 10/16/06)
  • Meyerowitz, Somerville Win International Research Prize (posted 10/2/06)
  • Plant Physiology Open Access Benefit for ASPB Members (posted 9/26/06)
  • ASPB member Rob Martienssen Elected to British Royal Society (posted 6/28/06)
  • Explore frontiers of science at June 7 congressional exhibition (posted 6/5/06)
  • Turning Green into Yellow; Improving plants for use as home-grown fuels (posted 5/15/06)
  • Amasino, Ecker Elected to National Academy of Sciences (posted 4/25/06)
  • Blatt awarded Guggenheim Fellow (posted 4/21/06)
  • Amasino, Bartel, Wessler Named HHMI Professors (posted 4/21/06)
  • Visualization Challenge Call for Entries (posted 3/8/06)
  • ASPB supports the President's research initiatives (posted 2/17/06)
  • Hangarter's Art/Science Exhibit on sLowlife of Plants Puts Down Roots in U.S. Botanic Garden (posted 1/25/06)
  • Mark Estelle of Indiana University Awarded Kumho International Science Prize (posted 1/25/06)
  • National Academies Award Medal, Prize to ASPB Member Sabeeha Merchant (posted 1/18/2006)
  • ASPB member Nikolau leads national effort to use metabolomics to unlock gene functions (posted 11/22/05)
  • ASPB Member Tom Sharkey Discusses with NPR Intelligent Design and Science Careers (posted 11/1/05)
  • sLowlife Exhibit Opens at the U.S. Botanic Garden
  • Video of ASPB Immediate Past President Roger Hangarter's interview with Discovery Channel Canada entitled, "Doctor, I think my fern is following me" is available online (posted 11/7/05)
  • Carpita ASPB Secretary, Program Committee Chair (posted 11/3/05)
  • NC State Professor Becky Boston to Chair ASPB Board of Trustees (posted 10/20/05)
  • U. of Wisconsin Professor Amasino Voted President-Elect of ASPB (posted 10/7/05)
  • MSU Professor Thomashow Leads American Society of Plant Biologists as President (posted 10/1/05)
  • ASPB Member McHughen’s Op-Ed Analyzes Redistribution Theory (posted 2/15/05)
  • ASPB Questions Federal Mandate to Publish Unfinished, Privately Reviewed Documents (posted 11/22/04)
  • ASPB Presents Award to Senator Bond for Outstanding Contributions to Science
  • (posted 10/28/04)
  • Passage of Marin County GMO ban would encourage widespread use of harsh pesticides
  • (posted 10/28/04)
  • Effects of Post 9/11 Visa Policy on Science and Technology Competitiveness (posted 5/11/04)
  • USDA-CSREES Report on Plants and Pest Biology Stakeholders' Workshop (posted 9/9/03)
  • ASPB Supports Exhibit of NSF-Sponsored Plant Genome Research at Coalition for National Science Funding Congressional Exhibition (posted 9/4/03)
  • ASPB Coordinates USDA-CSREES Research Priorities Workshop for Scientists, Growers (posted 3/25/03)
  • Sharkey Participates in Columbus Museum Forum on Genetically Modified Foods (posted 3/25/03)
  • Arntzen “Planting Hope” with “Cool Inventions” Forbes, Time Report (posted 3/25/03)
  • PREDICTING INVASIONS OF NONINDIGENOUS PLANTS AND PLANT PESTS is published by the National Academies Press, a not-for-profit publisher for the National Academy of Sciences (posted 10/1/02)
  • Hypoallergenic Peanut May Be on the Horizon (posted 3/26/02)
  • Johns Hopkins Reports Dietary Soy Reduces Pain, Inflammation In Rats (posted 3/26/02)
  • ASPB member, Daphne Preuss, talks about her choice of professions in The Scientist (posted 1/22/01)
  • Farmers Can Become Miners with New Crop that Mines Nickel (posted 1/9/01)
  • President Bush Selects ASPB Member Artnzen to President's Council of Science Advisors (posted 1/3/01)
  • ASPB member Joanne Chory offers new findings on plant adaptation to light in Nature Genetics article (posted 12/5/01)
  • New ARS Publication Charts 80 Years of Vegetation Changes in the Northern Plains (posted 11/16/01)
  • How Bacteria Passes DNA to Plants in Scientific American (posted 11/7/01)
  • Genetically Modified Crops – What Do Scientists Say? (posted 9/10/01)
  • American Society of Plant Biologists is New Name for Former American Society of Plant Physiologists (posted 9/10/01)
  • Interest Grows in Genetically Engineered Edible Vaccine (posted 5/18/01)
  • Completion of Arabidopsis Genome Sequence Model of Success (posted 1/30/01)
  • ARS Cites Benefits of Kochian's Environmental Plant Research (posted 8/3/00)
  • ASPB Members Melis and Ghirardi Find Switch for Hydrogen Production (posted 02/11/00)
  • Larkins, Randall and Federoff Discuss Plant Research Using Biotechnology at Sen. Bond's News Conference at WTO Round in Seattle (posted 12/01/99)
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