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View this email in your browser SPRING 2022 NEWSLETTER In Brief Events -Multiplex Microscopy Symposium      May 19, 2022 -2022 PCA Symposium      Dec 12 & 13, 2022 -Career Panel: Plant Biology Entrepreneurship Science News -PCA Focus Issue -PCA Presentations People News -PCA Travel Awards -New PCA Core Network Participants -New PCA Steering Committee and Imaging Chairs -First PCA Symposium Awards Community News -Call for Artists -Community Surveys -PCA Art and Science Exhibit Events Registration is open for the PCA Multiplex Microscopy Symposium on May 19, 2022! Register here. Save the dates for the second PCA Symposium! We are accepting nominations for invited speakers until April 25, 2022. Feel free to nominate yourself or someone you would like to hear speak about their research. Nominate a speaker here. Follow our PCA Twitter account and website for information on our upcoming Career Panel featuring plant scientists who work at startup companies. Past Events Science News PCA Focus Issue Plant Physiology featured the Plant Cell Atlas in its February 2022 Focus Issue. Read more. PCA Presentations Dr. Sue Rhee gave two insightful presentations on the Plant Cell Atlas initiative in 2021. Click the links below to listen and learn a bit about the drive behind the PCA! You can find more videos on the PCA website and YouTube channel. 1. eLife Podcast: Episode 77 - "Mapping plant cells" 2. EMSL XChange Seminar Series - "Plant Cell Atlas" People News PCA Travel Awards The Plant Cell Atlas is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the PCA Travel Award, Maketalena Aleamotu’a and Iman Yangaza. Meet them here! New PCA Core Network Participants A new cohort of scientists joins the PCA organizational team. Meet them here! New PCA Steering Committee and Imaging Chairs We have 2 new Steering Committee members and new Chairs for the Imaging Committee. Meet them here! First PCA Symposium Awards Best Abstract Talk Award Winners 1st Place Hilde Nelissen - VIB/Gent University, Belgium 1st Place Marc Libault - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA 2nd Place Gergo Palfalvi - National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan 3rd Place Xiaosa Xu - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Best Poster Presentation Award Winners 1st Place Dr. Trevor Nolan Duke University, USA 2nd Place Dr. Song Li Virginia Tech, USA 3rd Place Dr. Devang Mehta University of Alberta, Canada Community News Call for Artists - PCA Art and Science Exhibit We are designing banners for 2-3 additional plant scientists from underrepresented groups and are looking for artists to create the new art. In recognition of their work artists will receive gift cards and will be promoted via social media. More Info Community Surveys Are you interested in metabolomics or single-cell sequencing? Let us know what you want to learn about by filling out the two surveys linked below. Your valuable input will help us to design activities that are tailored to the communities needs. Both surveys will remain open until Mon April 11, 2022. Metabolomics Survey Single-cell Sequencing Survey PCA Art and Science Exhibit - Spring Exhibit The 2nd installation of the PCA Art and Science Exhibit is up! It focuses on plant biotechnology. If your institution is interested in showing the first installation featuring 4 Black plant scientists please contact us at plantcellatlas@gmail.com. Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*