NEWS & EVENTS
Image credit: Nathanael Prunet & Daniel von Wangehheim
Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Award Named to Honor Philip N. Benfey
“Grandpa” Philip takes Benfey lab grandkids on a ride in his gator on the wooded trails near his house (2017).
Five world-renowned scientists are recipients of the inaugural Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement awards
NAASC Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Award (PACLA)
Bite-sized Mentoring Plan for Undergraduates
Arif Ashraf, elected as an Early Career Scholar for the 2022-2023 term, shares his insights on designing optimal mentoring plans for undergraduates. Dr. Ashraf has recently started his first independent position as an Assistant Professor at Howard University, in Washington D.C., USA
Effective & Inclusive Session Training
13 Free session organizer training slides for re-use & free to edit with this attribution: Developed by J. Friesner (North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee) drawing on resources developed by ADVANCEGeo Partnership
Bonus 2 slides: (1) to provide to session organizers to show at start of session and (2) list of references
Diversity & Inclusion for Excellence in Science (DI4ES)
NAASC is a volunteer-led non-profit organization based in the US to support the community of scientists and educators that use the reference flowering plant, Arabidopsis
Announcing Awardees for ICAR 2023-Chiba, Japan
ICAR 2023- organized by Japanese Arabidopsis scientists
George Rédei: a founder of Arabidopsis as the reference flowering plant
Image Credit: Erik Potter, University of Missouri-Columbia
From this article: https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/67884
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
ICAR 2024- UC San Diego, California, USA
NAASC is bringing ICAR to California for the first time in its history!
ICAR 2024 will be held at University of California, San Diego.
We are currently developing the program: Confirmed speakers: 4 Keynote speakers & 18 Plenary speakers.
Under development: the majority of sessions that will be proposed and organized by community members.
October 15, 2023 is the deadline for community proposal submissions (see the ICAR 2024 website for details)
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July 15-19, 2024
UC San Diego