Centennial In The Rearview Mirror

As of March 17, 2017 we will have Gathered our COM together 104 times, shared in the knowledge and experience of 26 Mug Club’rs, and published 94 regular issues of […]

Should I stay or should I go?

Reflections of a New PI by Christian Danve M. Castroverde “Should I stay or should I go?” belts The Clash in their classic punk rock hit from 1982. Although this […]

Science is Communication – How The Story’s Told

By Bethany Huot You may have heard the saying that how well you understand something is evidenced by how well you can explain or teach it to someone else. There […]

Temperature, aspirin & bio-chemical warfare in the battle for global food security

by Bethany Huot Why study plant disease? In short, to feed people. There are millions of people in the world who suffer from malnutrition (1). Having access to sufficient, safe […]

Reflections on the Academic Job Market

I became familiar with Erin Sparks on Twitter (@ErinSparksPhD) , and finally got to meet her this summer at the 2017 ICAR conference. Riding the bus back together from the […]

Do it anyway!

I asked Tiffany Lucas to write this post after hearing her insights during the “Science Careers Outside of Academia” career panel hosted at the Danforth Center during ICAR2017. While all […]

Science is Communication – A Time to R.O.A.R.

By Bethany Huot This year at The Pub Club we have been focusing on one of the most important aspects of doing science – Communication! While we may view conducting […]

Conference Prep Series: Storify your Science

By Bethany Huot This year at The Pub Club we have been focusing on one of the most important aspects of doing science – Communication. This post will introduce you […]

#SciTricks

By Bethany Huot While at ICAR 2017, Adam Seroka and I were talking with Jacqueline Monaghan, who is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University. She shared that, as a new […]

An Inside Scoop on Interviewing to be an Assistant Professor

by Kyaw Aung Who knew job interviews would be so brutal fun? If you are a graduate student or post doc, you might dream of becoming a professor at a […]

Conference Prep Series: Tweetiquette

by Bethany Huot Reminder: This post series is an expansion of the post I wrote for ASPB’s Plant Science today blog in preparation for the Plant Biology 2016 meeting (Click […]