ROOT-SHOOT RCN
@root-shoot.bsky.social
An NSF BIO-LEAPS funded project. Rooting Out Oppression Together & SHaring Our Outcomes Transparently will cultivate change towards an inclusive, equitable, scientific future for plant sciences. https://rootandshoot.org/
The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open!
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open!
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
We're wrapping up another year of the ROOT & SHOOT Research Coordination Network!
It's been a busy year: See "Highlights of Year Four"
rootandshoot.org/highlights-o....
We've done a lot but the icing on the cake was publishing our first big project in eLIFE elifesciences.org/articles/106... 🎉
It's been a busy year: See "Highlights of Year Four"
rootandshoot.org/highlights-o....
We've done a lot but the icing on the cake was publishing our first big project in eLIFE elifesciences.org/articles/106... 🎉
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations
The ROOT & SHOOT project in the plant sciences has produced guidelines to help scientific societies organize conferences that are more inclusive and offer more supportive environments to all attendees...
elifesciences.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We're wrapping up another year of the ROOT & SHOOT Research Coordination Network!
It's been a busy year: See "Highlights of Year Four"
rootandshoot.org/highlights-o....
We've done a lot but the icing on the cake was publishing our first big project in eLIFE elifesciences.org/articles/106... 🎉
It's been a busy year: See "Highlights of Year Four"
rootandshoot.org/highlights-o....
We've done a lot but the icing on the cake was publishing our first big project in eLIFE elifesciences.org/articles/106... 🎉
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The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The new #NSF #GRFP application now excludes 1000’s of students, including those who were told they could apply this year, or who planned to apply next year.
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
We have a new specific petition urging #NSFGRFP undo this harmful action. If you are impacted sign here: laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
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Already 300+ signatures in one afternoon.
Read & consider signing + sharing a petition to reverse eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance at this year's GRFP.
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Read & consider signing + sharing a petition to reverse eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance at this year's GRFP.
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
September 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Already 300+ signatures in one afternoon.
Read & consider signing + sharing a petition to reverse eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance at this year's GRFP.
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Read & consider signing + sharing a petition to reverse eligibility restrictions and ensure applicants (including 2nd year PhD students) have a fair chance at this year's GRFP.
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
Rethinking Researcher Assessment and Incentives at U.S. Academic Institutions: Online Workshop
Oct 28-29.
events.nationalacademies.org/45044_10-202...
This workshop will explore new approaches to expand the assessment criteria beyond traditional outputs such as grants, publications, & citations.
Oct 28-29.
events.nationalacademies.org/45044_10-202...
This workshop will explore new approaches to expand the assessment criteria beyond traditional outputs such as grants, publications, & citations.
Rethinking Researcher Assessment and Incentives at U.S. Academic Institutions: A Workshop
Register for this event from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
events.nationalacademies.org
September 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Rethinking Researcher Assessment and Incentives at U.S. Academic Institutions: Online Workshop
Oct 28-29.
events.nationalacademies.org/45044_10-202...
This workshop will explore new approaches to expand the assessment criteria beyond traditional outputs such as grants, publications, & citations.
Oct 28-29.
events.nationalacademies.org/45044_10-202...
This workshop will explore new approaches to expand the assessment criteria beyond traditional outputs such as grants, publications, & citations.
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Great advice here that AAB will be embracing into the future...
We are incredibly excited & proud: our first publication is out in eLIFE!
"Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations"
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This project was a team effort involving contributors from seven professional societies. #PlantSci
"Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations"
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This project was a team effort involving contributors from seven professional societies. #PlantSci
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations
The ROOT & SHOOT project in the plant sciences has produced guidelines to help scientific societies organize conferences that are more inclusive and offer more supportive environments to all attendees...
elifesciences.org
August 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Great advice here that AAB will be embracing into the future...
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this year's applicants - now limited to 1st YEAR GRAD STUDENTS- “will have just over 6 weeks—& that’s only after earlier this week the agency extended the posted deadlines by about 2 weeks, from late October to early November, with no announcement or explanation.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
this year's applicants - now limited to 1st YEAR GRAD STUDENTS- “will have just over 6 weeks—& that’s only after earlier this week the agency extended the posted deadlines by about 2 weeks, from late October to early November, with no announcement or explanation.”
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
We are incredibly excited & proud: our first publication is out in eLIFE!
"Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations"
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This project was a team effort involving contributors from seven professional societies. #PlantSci
"Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations"
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This project was a team effort involving contributors from seven professional societies. #PlantSci
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations
The ROOT & SHOOT project in the plant sciences has produced guidelines to help scientific societies organize conferences that are more inclusive and offer more supportive environments to all attendees...
elifesciences.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We are incredibly excited & proud: our first publication is out in eLIFE!
"Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations"
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This project was a team effort involving contributors from seven professional societies. #PlantSci
"Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations"
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
This project was a team effort involving contributors from seven professional societies. #PlantSci
If you are attending #PlantBiology2025 in person, you can also attend the online events.
We encourage you to attend "Fostering Inclusion in Plant Biology," Aug. 13 at 11 AM Eastern time (and recorded).
You can also buy a ticket for just the online event.
plantbiology.aspb.org/plant-biolog...
We encourage you to attend "Fostering Inclusion in Plant Biology," Aug. 13 at 11 AM Eastern time (and recorded).
You can also buy a ticket for just the online event.
plantbiology.aspb.org/plant-biolog...
July 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If you are attending #PlantBiology2025 in person, you can also attend the online events.
We encourage you to attend "Fostering Inclusion in Plant Biology," Aug. 13 at 11 AM Eastern time (and recorded).
You can also buy a ticket for just the online event.
plantbiology.aspb.org/plant-biolog...
We encourage you to attend "Fostering Inclusion in Plant Biology," Aug. 13 at 11 AM Eastern time (and recorded).
You can also buy a ticket for just the online event.
plantbiology.aspb.org/plant-biolog...
Join us Thursday July 3 at 10am PDT (1pm EDT, 6pm in the UK) for a fascinating webinar presented by Dr. Guadalupe Maldonado Andrade from Cal Poly Pomona, speaking on "What Grows in the Margins: Plants, People, and the Politics of Care". Free to join, register here rootandshoot.org/webinar-plan...
June 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us Thursday July 3 at 10am PDT (1pm EDT, 6pm in the UK) for a fascinating webinar presented by Dr. Guadalupe Maldonado Andrade from Cal Poly Pomona, speaking on "What Grows in the Margins: Plants, People, and the Politics of Care". Free to join, register here rootandshoot.org/webinar-plan...
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Mary Williams, PI of the ROOT & SHOOT (R&S) initiative (led by @aspbofficial.bsky.social) talks to #ICAR2025 about the mentor development activity underway with the R&S plant society consortium @plantteaching.bsky.social @root-shoot.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Mary Williams, PI of the ROOT & SHOOT (R&S) initiative (led by @aspbofficial.bsky.social) talks to #ICAR2025 about the mentor development activity underway with the R&S plant society consortium @plantteaching.bsky.social @root-shoot.bsky.social
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Please join @kateycooper.bsky.social and @ascbiology.bsky.social for a webinar about LGBTQ+ experiences in biological sciences! June 18th, 2025 at 2pm EST. #pride #pridemonth #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
June 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Please join @kateycooper.bsky.social and @ascbiology.bsky.social for a webinar about LGBTQ+ experiences in biological sciences! June 18th, 2025 at 2pm EST. #pride #pridemonth #outinstem #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #queerinstem #cellbio #cellbiology #ascb
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After writing about feeling personally a little adrift working in higher ed, I interviewed a group of people who had found pathways to resist and take action. Here's what I learned from them, w/ thanks to @karencosta.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social & others
www.chronicle.com/article/5-st...
www.chronicle.com/article/5-st...
Advice | 5 Steps to Defend Higher Ed
How to stand up for academe in this era of constant attacks from federal and state governments.
www.chronicle.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
After writing about feeling personally a little adrift working in higher ed, I interviewed a group of people who had found pathways to resist and take action. Here's what I learned from them, w/ thanks to @karencosta.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social & others
www.chronicle.com/article/5-st...
www.chronicle.com/article/5-st...
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There's another workshop scheduled to support this initiative, June 6th, 12pm ET, led by Dr. Katherine Xue, assistant professor at UC Irvine who has written for The New Yorker, Harvard Magazine, and The Conversation. blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
June 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
There's another workshop scheduled to support this initiative, June 6th, 12pm ET, led by Dr. Katherine Xue, assistant professor at UC Irvine who has written for The New Yorker, Harvard Magazine, and The Conversation. blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
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Join us in making a video that advocates for science using the hashtag #RootingForScience! We're releasing them en masse the week of June 23rd. To get you started, here’s a workshop I gave with @root-shoot.bsky.social about how to make videos for science advocacy: tinyurl.com/rootingforscience
Make a video that roots for science! With Molly Edwards, PhD – ROOT & SHOOT
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May 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us in making a video that advocates for science using the hashtag #RootingForScience! We're releasing them en masse the week of June 23rd. To get you started, here’s a workshop I gave with @root-shoot.bsky.social about how to make videos for science advocacy: tinyurl.com/rootingforscience
Did you miss last week's workshop? No fears, we recorded it for you! Please join us by making a video that roots for science and sharing it using "RootingForScience. We'll be releasing and amplifying the videos the week of June 23.
Learn more at
rootandshoot.org/make-a-video...
Learn more at
rootandshoot.org/make-a-video...
May 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Did you miss last week's workshop? No fears, we recorded it for you! Please join us by making a video that roots for science and sharing it using "RootingForScience. We'll be releasing and amplifying the videos the week of June 23.
Learn more at
rootandshoot.org/make-a-video...
Learn more at
rootandshoot.org/make-a-video...
We've got another training session scheduled for May 30, it's a great way to prepare yourself to react constructively if you see harmful behavior. Free registration, all are welcome!
rootandshoot.org/bystandertra...
rootandshoot.org/bystandertra...
May 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We've got another training session scheduled for May 30, it's a great way to prepare yourself to react constructively if you see harmful behavior. Free registration, all are welcome!
rootandshoot.org/bystandertra...
rootandshoot.org/bystandertra...
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Join this upcoming workshop with @science-irl.bsky.social- Molly Edwards! Molly received a NAASC award in 2024 for her efforts to disseminate plant biology knowledge! (And…you can view that award talk here ➡️ youtu.be/Lyu_Kgifstc)
May 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Join this upcoming workshop with @science-irl.bsky.social- Molly Edwards! Molly received a NAASC award in 2024 for her efforts to disseminate plant biology knowledge! (And…you can view that award talk here ➡️ youtu.be/Lyu_Kgifstc)
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Inclusive Science Education Is Not Zero-Sum, by David Asai.
"As scientists and educators, we must insist that inclusion remains at our core. We know that inclusion and excellence are not mutually exclusive, and that an equitable future for all of us is possible." 👍 issues.org/inclusive-sc...
"As scientists and educators, we must insist that inclusion remains at our core. We know that inclusion and excellence are not mutually exclusive, and that an equitable future for all of us is possible." 👍 issues.org/inclusive-sc...
Inclusive Science Education Is Not Zero-Sum
Including everyone in science education improves the scientific enterprise and is essential for the democratization of personal agency.
issues.org
May 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Inclusive Science Education Is Not Zero-Sum, by David Asai.
"As scientists and educators, we must insist that inclusion remains at our core. We know that inclusion and excellence are not mutually exclusive, and that an equitable future for all of us is possible." 👍 issues.org/inclusive-sc...
"As scientists and educators, we must insist that inclusion remains at our core. We know that inclusion and excellence are not mutually exclusive, and that an equitable future for all of us is possible." 👍 issues.org/inclusive-sc...
Happening tomorrow (Wed 7 May) at 4 PM EDT. Join this free online workshop with New York Times reporter Clay Risen to learn how to write an Opinion article for your newspaper. All are welcome!
cornell.campusgroups.com/ASAP/rsvp_bo...
cornell.campusgroups.com/ASAP/rsvp_bo...
McClintock Letters Op-Ed Writing Workshop with NYT Reporter Clay Risen (zoom link below) - Cornell Advancing Science and Policy Club
Learn from New York Times reporter Clay Risen about how to write an op-ed piece, to help you write your piece for the McClintock Letters Initiative!
cornell.campusgroups.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Happening tomorrow (Wed 7 May) at 4 PM EDT. Join this free online workshop with New York Times reporter Clay Risen to learn how to write an Opinion article for your newspaper. All are welcome!
cornell.campusgroups.com/ASAP/rsvp_bo...
cornell.campusgroups.com/ASAP/rsvp_bo...
Join us for free, online, Bystander Intervention Training Workshops for plant scientists, presented by ADVANCEGeo Partnership. These interactive workshops help you recognize when & how to step in when you see problematic behavior.
All welcome but space is limited.
rootandshoot.org/2025-bystand...
All welcome but space is limited.
rootandshoot.org/2025-bystand...
2025 Bystander Intervention Training Workshops – ROOT & SHOOT
rootandshoot.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Join us for free, online, Bystander Intervention Training Workshops for plant scientists, presented by ADVANCEGeo Partnership. These interactive workshops help you recognize when & how to step in when you see problematic behavior.
All welcome but space is limited.
rootandshoot.org/2025-bystand...
All welcome but space is limited.
rootandshoot.org/2025-bystand...
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Don't miss this free virtual workshop featuring #BSAmember, Molly Edwards! Learn about short-form video production and science communication.
Tuesday May 13th from 8-9am PDT, 11am – noon EDT.
For more information, and to register, visit: rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
Tuesday May 13th from 8-9am PDT, 11am – noon EDT.
For more information, and to register, visit: rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
April 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Don't miss this free virtual workshop featuring #BSAmember, Molly Edwards! Learn about short-form video production and science communication.
Tuesday May 13th from 8-9am PDT, 11am – noon EDT.
For more information, and to register, visit: rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
Tuesday May 13th from 8-9am PDT, 11am – noon EDT.
For more information, and to register, visit: rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
Join us for an exciting Student Symposium workshop featuring Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social. It's an interactive workshop on science communication, focused on short-form video production. May 13th 11am EDT.
More information & registration link here rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
More information & registration link here rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
April 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join us for an exciting Student Symposium workshop featuring Molly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social. It's an interactive workshop on science communication, focused on short-form video production. May 13th 11am EDT.
More information & registration link here rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
More information & registration link here rootandshoot.org/planting-the...
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Ranking Member Lofgren Urges NSF to Ignore Inflammatory Cruz Report, Releases Democratic Staff Report in Rebuttal democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...
Ranking Member Lofgren Urges NSF to Ignore Inflammatory Cruz Report, Releases Democratic Staff Report in Rebuttal | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
April 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ranking Member Lofgren Urges NSF to Ignore Inflammatory Cruz Report, Releases Democratic Staff Report in Rebuttal democrats-science.house.gov/news/press-r...