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About The Founder: Bethany Huot

Growing up as a missionary kid in a large family, I learned to be adaptable and independent. This experience also nurtured my passion for bringing people together in communities built on individual dignity and mutual respect.

My visit to a sustainable agricultural training center in Vietnam inspired me to pursue an education in plant biology. After graduating summa cum laude from WMU, my eagerness to learn got me hired as a research tech at Dow Chemical. After 3 years, my superiors and co-workers urged me to get my PhD. At MSU, I designed and led a collaborative dissertation project investigating how temperature affects plant disease. My work helped provide the basis for the HEAT project of the Plant Resilience Institute at MSU. Analytical by nature with strong writing skills, I gained a reputation as the “protocol queen.” Being goal-oriented, I see efficient methodology as a route to success.

I work comfortably with diverse people in various environments. Possessing what some call an “expressive personality,” I have a smile that is supported by my entire face and a laugh that lets you know I’m there. Embracing these attributes, I created a scientific research and education community I call “The Pub Club”. Using Boyle’s “Invisible College” model, The Pub Club averaged 33 members and hosted 28 guest speakers over 3 years. In 2016, I extended our community internationally, organizing a Skype mini-conference with the Weigel lab in Germany. My website, TheCOMonline.net, serves as a resource Hub to help students and postdocs use a “Community of Minds” approach to strategically manage the Education phase of their careers.

I am currently applying the skills I have developed in scientific inquiry, leadership, project management, community-building and education towards helping others Find their Passion, Identify their VOID and Bridge the Gap to their chosen career.

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Publications

Peer-Reviewed Papers
Huot, B., Castroverde, C.D.M., Velásquez, A., Hubbard, E., Pulman, J.A., Yao, J., Childs, K.L., Tsuda, K., Montgomery, B.L. and He, S.Y. (2017) Dual impact of elevated temperature on plant defence and bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications 8: 1808. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01674-2.
Velásquez, A., Oney, M., Huot, B., Xu, S. and He, S.Y. (2017) Diverse mechanisms of resistance to Pseudomonas syringae in a thousand natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/nph.14517.
Liu, L., Sonbol, F., Huot, B., Gu, Y., Withers, J., Mwimba, M., Yao, J., He, S.Y. and Dong, X. (2016) Salicylic acid receptors activate jasmonic acid signalling through a noncanonical pathway to promote effector-triggered immunity. Nature Communications 7: 13099. doi:10.1038/ncomms13099
Huot, B., Yao, J., Montgomery, B.L. and He, S.Y. (2014) Growth-defense tradeoffs in plants: a balancing act to optimize fitness. Molecular Plant 7(8): 1267-1287. doi.org/10.1093/mp/ssu049 (Editor’s Choice)
Yao, J.Q., Huot, B., Foune, C., Doddapaneni, H. and Enyedi, A. (2007) Expression of a -glucosidase gene results in increased accumulation of salicylic acid in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi-nc NN genotype. Plant Cell Reports 26(3): 291-301. doi.org/10.1007/s00299-006-0212-8

Edited Meeting Reports and Book Chapters
Chakravarthy, S., Huot, B. and Kvitko, B.H. “Effector translocation: Cya reporter assay.” in Bacterial Protein Secretion Systems: Methods and Protocols Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 1615 (eds. L. Journet and E. Cascales) 473-487 (Springer Protocols, New York, NY; 2017) doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7033-9_33
Argueso, C., Huot, B., Kim, P., Lundberg, D., Halane, M., Serrano, I., Innes, R. and Mudgett, M.B. (2014) XVI Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Meeting Report. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 27(11 Suppl): S1-5. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-27-11-S1

Non-Peer Reviewed
Huot, B. “Writing That Standout Research Statement.” http://thecomonline.net/writing-that-standout-research-statement/, February 28, 2017. (re-posted by Plantae, March 2, 2017)
Huot, B. “The Pub Club Experiment.” ASPB Midwestern Section Newsletter. Fall 2016 3(1): 3
Huot, B. “Working as a Plant Biology Consultant.” ASPB Plant Science today. July 17, 2016 (re-posted by GARNet)
Huot, B. “What’s Next?” ASPB Plant Science today. July 12, 2016
Huot, B. “The PRL’s Golden Anniversary.” ASPB News. January/February 2016 43(1): 3-5
Huot, B. “Is your Professional Portrait a Picasso or a Da Vinci?” http://thecomonline.net/is-your-professional-portrait-a-picasso-or-a-da-vinci/, September 27, 2015. (re-posted by Plantae, February 14, 2017)

Science / Careers Articles

Can I quote you on that? Tips to help scientists talk to the press
25 January 2021
Can I quote you on that? Tips to help scientists talk to the press

Our Experimental Error columnist offers some advice after a less-than-ideal interview [...]

My university plans to terminate my department. We’re trying to save it
21 January 2021
My university plans to terminate my department. We’re trying to save it

During precarious times, tenure isn’t a guarantee of stability, this professor learned [...]

‘This deserves our attention.’ New data highlight LGBTQ scientists’ workplace challenges
15 January 2021
‘This deserves our attention.’ New data highlight LGBTQ scientists’ workplace challenges

Researchers hope large study spurs more support for LGBTQ scientists [...]

How I talk to my science-skeptic parents about COVID-19
14 January 2021
How I talk to my science-skeptic parents about COVID-19

For this biomedical Ph.D. student, give-and-take conversations are key to communicating with her family [...]

If you’re hesitant to apply for professional awards, remember: It’s worth putting yourself forward
11 January 2021
If you’re hesitant to apply for professional awards, remember: It’s worth putting yourself forward

In this installment of Your Unicorn Career, our columnist offers guidance for overcoming four psychological blocks [...]

Benchfly / Career Development

The Trifecta: STEM, 3D Learning, and ART
22 December 2017 - Tricia Shelton
The Trifecta: STEM, 3D Learning, and ART

Equal opportunity, preparation for college and career, innovations to improve people’s lives, and a competitive US position in a global economy—- these are the needs that are driving a rethink of the approach to education.  Leading the transformation of education are initiatives like STEM and a vision for a new approach to teaching and learning […] [...]

A Changing Focus in Education
11 December 2017 - Tricia Shelton
A Changing Focus in Education

We are changemakers. We are learners. We are educators. A changing focus in education American education is in the midst of a major transformation, driven in large part, by a technology-focused global economy. Societal shifts like the Industrial Revolution had great impacts on education in the past. We can now ask ourselves, how is the […] [...]

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Chooses BenchFly
9 December 2014 - Alan Marnett
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News Chooses BenchFly

We’re very excited to announce our new partnership with Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) to help bring two new video-based services to scientists. For more information, see the original release below. To learn more about how you can participate in Product Pioneers or Rising Stars of Science, please contact us at: info@benchfly.com. [...]

New Trend Alert: Using Video to Introduce Data
3 September 2014 - Emily Poulin
New Trend Alert: Using Video to Introduce Data

Here at BenchFly, we’re always looking for new ways to use video to improve scientific research. During a recent conference in Europe, the value of using video to simply introduce a research topic hit home with me. An exciting part of being a researcher of any level is the opportunity to travel to research conferences […] [...]

The ART of Video Funded by the Gates Foundation
22 August 2014 - Alan Marnett
The ART of Video Funded by the Gates Foundation

When we started BenchFly five years ago, in 2009, our mission was to make research a better career for current and future generations of scientists. Today we continue to work toward this goal using video as the primary means to educate scientists in companies, in universities and now in high schools! In the fall of 2013, we were incredibly […] [...]

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