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Annual PCA Travel Award

The PCA Travel Award is designed to assist one to two Black, Latine, and/or Indigenous scientists to attend the 3rd Plant Cell Atlas Symposium in person on August 12-14, 2024 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, USA.

Previous Awardees
  • 2024: Virginia Lis Barrera (3rd PCA Symposium) 
  • 2023: Oluwatoyosi Adaramodu (GRC on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology) 
  • 2022: Maketalena Aleamotu’a and Iman Yangaza (ASPBs Plant Biology 2022)

See below for eligibility requirements

The award recipient(s) will receive:
  • Full funding for registration fees.
  • Full funding for travel and accommodations.
  • Administrative assistance in making arrangements for travel and accommodation (if needed).
  • Introduction to PCA members and activities, before and during, the conference.
  • Access to 1-2 mentors to provide assistance navigating the conference.
 

Eligibility

Those who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply for the PCA Travel Award:
  • Black, Latine, or Indigenous scientist
  • Location: any country
  • Career stage: any
Previous PCA Travel Award winners are not eligible to apply.
 

To Apply

Apply
Application Deadline: Applications the 2024 travel award are now closed

There is no fee to apply. Applicants are encouraged to also submit an abstract for a poster or talk at the 3rd PCA Symposium.

To apply you will need to provide:
  • First and Last Name
  • Email address
  • Organization
  • Position Title
  • Demographic Information
  • A statement on how attending the 3rd Plant Cell Atlas Symposium will help your scientific career (500 word limit).
The selected awardee(s) will be notified by March 6, 2024.
Deep learning and 3D isosurface rending reveals the spatial relationship of cell mitochondria (blue), Golgi and Golgi vesicles (green) and cell wall with plasmodesmata voids (magenta) in barley root using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. Photo credt: K. Czymmek
Deep learning and 3D isosurface rending reveals the spatial relationship of cell mitochondria (blue), Golgi and Golgi vesicles (green) and cell wall with plasmodesmata voids (magenta) in barley root using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy. Photo credt: K. Czymmek
Reconstruction of an Arabidopsis first leaf from a six-day old seedling. Photo credit: F. Bossi
Reconstruction of an Arabidopsis first leaf from a six-day old seedling. Photo credit: F. Bossi
ER marker (green) and anthocyanin (magenta) in Arabidopsis epidermal cells. Photo credit: Alexandra Chanoca (Otegui Lab)
ER marker (green) and anthocyanin (magenta) in Arabidopsis epidermal cells. Photo credit: Alexandra Chanoca (Otegui Lab)
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“The Plant Cell Atlas operates predominantly out of Michigan State University. We acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – the Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. We affirm Indigenous sovereignty and hold Michigan State University accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.”

For questions about the PCA Initiative please contact us at [email protected].

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    • Publications >
      • 2022 Plant Physiology Focus Issue
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    • Upcoming Events >
      • Spatial Metabolomics Workshop - March 2025
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    • JR Biotek-PCA Best Talk Winner
    • PCA Art Exhibit >
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      • Plant Biotechnology
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      • Bowie State University
      • Howard University
      • Morgan State University
    • Futurum Brochure
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