These are links from our Scoop It page between February 1st and February 17th: Job promoting plant science in the UK UK Plant Sciences Federation Executive OfficerSalary: £31,000 – £40,000The Society of Biology has a number of Special Interest Groups that provide expertise on specific topics within the Biosciences. The UK Plant Sciences Federation (UKPSF) [...]

In the way that you do when you follow a link and then another one and another, I’ve stumbled across Science & Plants for Schools, which “creates opportunities for teachers and students to find out more about plants and to become more interested in plant science” – very worthwhile aims!

These are links from our Scoop It page between January 18th and January 30th: Landscapes for People, Food and Nature: a new Blog from Bioversity, FAO, UNEP et al A new blog on Landscapes for People, Food and Nature is launched today. Fortunately, its just in time for a new University of Leicester undergraduate module [...]

Recent findings show that genetic material in plant foods may survive digestion, circulate through our bodies and modulate our gene expression. These findings could alter our understanding of nutrition, genetic regulation and open up new vistas for engineering foods.   New foods for thought. Trends Plant Sci. 19 Jan 2012 Tweet

These are links from our Scoop It page between January 3rd and January 17th: The Archaeobotanist: African Archaeobotany 2011 A blog reviewing Dorian Fuller's archaeobotanical highlights of 2011. Africa, as a continent, remains one of the archaeobotanically least known and so it worth noting a number of contributions over the past year. One of the [...]