Plants and Pipettes

Your favourite tools are back to talk about some great science tools: a 28-page guide book for SciComm, DIY microscopes and the best AI-crafted pickup lines this side of the Mississippi. Also some actual plant science.

• The effects of climate change on Australia’s only endemic Pokémon: Measuring bias in species distribution models
• Joram’s favourite plant is Coffea stenophylla 
• Arabica-like flavour in a heat-tolerant wild coffee species
• Follow up on this: Missing: Have you seen this Coffee? – Plants and Pipettes 
• Beronda Montgomery
  • My most memorable mentors? Plants
  • Jonathan Van Ness on Instagram: “Lessons from Plants is out this week by our fav @beronda_m !! Make sure to follow her, buy her book & enjoy this garden side chat Also…”
  • Beronda Montgomery and Crystal Fleming – Lessons from Plants
  • Plantae Webinar – Lessons from Plants: A conversation with Beronda Montgomery
  • A Biologist Shares The Life Lessons We Can Learn From Plants
  • Mentoring Lessons from Plants with Dr. Beronda Montgomery
  • Lessons from Plants
  • Plants Were My Beacon of Hope During the Pandemic Elle
  • Beronda Montgomery – MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
  • Beronda Montgomery, #LessonsFromPlants April 2021 (@BerondaM)
  • @berondam
  • Make equity essential to expedite change in academia
  • April 2021 – Beronda L. Montgomery
  • Developing your own academic “index”: An interview with Dr. Beronda Montgomery
  • Language Matters: Considering Microaggressions in Science | CBE—Life Sciences Education

• He Was a Stick, She Was a Leaf; Together They Made History
• Researchers from Bayreuth and Göttingen call for a combination of new breeding technologies and organic farming
• Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms
  • news report here Small farms outdo big ones on biodiversity — and crop yields 
• World-first clear solar glass greenhouse opened at Murdoch University
  • ClearVue Solar Glass Greenhouse Officially Opened – Solar Quotes Blog

• Designing a high-resolution, LEGO-based microscope for an educational setting
• Foldscope Instruments | Magnify Your Curiosity 
• Broadening the impact of plant science through innovative, integrative, and inclusive outreach
• An autonomous debating system
  • Am I arguing with a machine? AI debaters highlight need for transparency 
  • GPT-3 tries pickup lines (janellecshane.substack.com) 
• Broad-scale Applications of the Raspberry Pi: A Review and Guide for Biologists
• Why does my cat love sitting on my laptop?

• We read “The Botany of Desire” by Michael Pollan in the newest episode of the Plant Book Club!
• Also check out Flora and Friends!

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