PCA at ABRCMS 2022

The PCA will be attending Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students this year! Come find the Plant Cell Atlas at Booth #521 in the expo hall to chat, learn about, and find out how to become involved in the Plant Cell Atlas initiative. If you are interested in a career in plant science you can find current open positions listed below or check out plant science Fellowships for Undergraduate, Graduate, and Postdoctoral fellowship funding opportunities.

PCA Booth
Date: November 10-12, 2022
Time: November 10th 2:10 PM - 5:40 PM
            November 11th 1:15 PM - 4:35 PM
            November 12th 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Exhibit Hall, Booth #521

 

Open Plant Science Positions

Scientists/Technicians

Data Science Associate
Lab: Christopher Topp
Area: Plant root phenomics using 3D imaging
Institution: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Location: St. Louis, MO USA
Number of Positions: 1

Postdoctoral Researchers

Postdoctoral Fellow
Lab: David Jackson
Area: Plant developmental biology,  cell-cell signaling and genomics
Institution: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Location: Cold Spring Harbor, NY USA
Number of Positions: 2

Postdoctoral Associate
Labs: Ivan Baxter & Todd Mockler
Area: Abiotic stresses in Sorghum and Setaria
Institution: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Location: St. Louis, MO USA
Number of Positions: multiple

Postdoctoral Scholar
Lab: Sam Leiboff
Area: Plant developmental biology, molecular genetics, and crop genomics
Institution: Oregon State University
Location: Corvallis, OR, USA
Number of Positions: 1

Tenure-Track Faculty

Assistant Professor
Area: Biology - Genetics/Genomics
Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Location: Amherst, MA, USA
Number of Positions: 1

Specialists

CROPPS DEI Specialist
Area: Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) Science and Technology Center
Institution: Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, NY, USA
Number of Positions: 1

AgBioData Working Groups

Working Group Volunteers 
Area: "Reimagining a sustainable data network to accelerate agricultural research and discovery" - Research Coordination Network
Organization: AgBioData
Location: Virtual
Number of Positions: multiple

Epidermal plasma membrane in green and nuclei (H2B-TFP) in blue, together with chlorophyll autofluorescence in red below in the mesophyll. Photo credit: Kate Harline (Roeder Lab)

Pin1-YFP (yellow) and DR5::RFP (red) in the maize shoot apex. Photo credit: Leiboff Lab

Depth-coded image of microtubules in root hairs of the model grass, Brachypodium distachyon. Photo credit: Elison Blancaflor