This is why I love the “for us, by us” model practiced by the UK Black in Plant Science UK Real allies do not take center stage … they support, promote & facilitate.

The Plant Journal is calling for new reviewers to expand the breadth of our reviewers wrt expertise/diversity/location/career stage. Reviewers are crucial and much appreciated & as a @sebiology journal, reviewing efforts also support science & scientists tinyurl.com/ehvnf5cz

If you're new to our followers - welcome! Learn more about why we exist and the importance of our network, in this video featuring one of our co-founders Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso a Future Leader Fellow UK Research and Innovation alongside another co-founder Afro-Gene youtube.com/watch?v=o-ZpZ7…

How do we create future climate-resilient crops? 🌱☀️ The Benitez-Alfonso Lab, led by Professor Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso, carries out cross-disciplinary research into plant cell walls. At our launch event, guests were invited to look at different plant tissues under the microscope 🔬👇

PAPER from jenny russinova and Daniel Van Damme in Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147…

While everyone's waiting for Wordspace to start up again in October, how about coming to this event? A tractor ride, fruit picking, the seeds of poems ...

Have you registered? A limited number of childcare/caretaker awards is availabe!

Honoured to share this collaboration published online today Annals of Botany with Harsha Somashekar et al. "Callose Deficiency Modulates Plasmodesmata Frequency and Extracellular Distance in Rice Pollen Mother and Tapetal cells" academic.oup.com/aob/article-ab…

Join us in our first in person conference on October 22nd. Follow Black in Plant Science UK for more information.

Important reminder on the use of aniline blue for callose detection. For enhanced specificity you need other probes i.e. monoclonal antibodies! See our latest preprint biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are pleased to announced that registration for the inaugural BiPS Conference is 🎊now open🎊 and will be taking place at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) in Cambridge this autumn. You can register here: eventbrite.com/e/100062639949… More info on our website: blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

Last week's #ThirdPCASymposium brought together 908 attendees from 59 countries, creating a truly global community of plant scientists! From groundbreaking research presentations to lively discussions, the energy and innovation were incredible. Thank you to all who participated!

Check out this great opportunity for a PI/faculty position in Irapuato. I have always been greatly impressed by the research and scientists at this institution. This position is targeted for women and will provide a much needed increase on the way to gender parity.

Huge congrats to all involved in this very important strategy!

And now we're inviting you to our first ever BiPS conference where we will have a plenary talk by the inspiring Steven Spoel of Spoel Lab. You asked, and we delivered so make sure to register for your place at our conference: blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

No matter what your career background is or cultural heritage, the BiPS Conference 2024 is open to all plant enthusiasts. If this is you, then make sure to register for your place and join as at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) on Tuesday 22 October! blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

At this year's conference our networking lunch and dinner will provide a space for people to get to know one another in the relaxed setting of Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU). Find out more and register here: blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

The deadline for poster submissions at the BiPS Conference is Friday 4 October. So make sure to register for your place, to share your research with our incredible network! blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

Great opportunity to visit a leading institution in Plant Research Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) and meet leading figures such as Nicola J Patron 👩🏾‍🔬🌱⚙️, Thelma Madzima, Ph.D, Afro-Gene and FRSE Professor Spoel Lab . JOIN US FOR A DAY OF GROWTH AND NETWORKING. Register and RT blackinplantscience.org/bips-conferenc…

See you all plasmodesmata enthusiasts!! Looking forward to share Benitez-Alfonso lab latest unpublished work! And visit Danforth Center