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    The Taproot

    The Taproot

    The Taproot

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    Length:
    43 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    The Taproot is the podcast that digs beneath the surface to understand how scientific publications are created. In each episode, we take a paper from the plant biology literature and talk about the story behind the science with one of the authors.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 43 episodes

    Title

    S6E5: Transforming plants and the culture of publishing

    In this episode, we speak with Yunde Zhao, a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biolog...

    43 minutes
    		Jan 24, 2023

    Taproot S6E4: Can We Force Academic Structures to be Inclusive?

    In this episode, we speak with Jason Williams, Assistant Director of Inclusion and Rese...

    42 minutes
    		Jan 17, 2023

    Taproot S6E3: Classroom Cosplay: Applying Creative and Scientific Approaches to Teaching

    In this episode, we speak with Jennifer Robison, an Assistant Professor of Biology at M...

    35 minutes
    		Jan 10, 2023

    Taproot S6E2: The tension between robustness and efficiency in biological and human systems

    In this episode, our guest is Olivier Hamant. Olivier is a PI at INRAE in the Plant Rep...

    45 minutes
    		Dec 20, 2022

    Taproot S6E1: May I have your attention, please? Searching for causal mutations and for institutional support.

    Taproot S6E1: May I have your attention, please? Searching for causal mutations and for...

    49 minutes
    		Dec 13, 2022

    S5E5: STARTing Out as a PI, Pivoting During COVID, and Advocating for Change

    In this episode, our guest is Aman Husbands. Aman is originally from Canada and got his...

    40 minutes
    		Feb 23, 2021

    S5E4: Interacting with Plants, Pathogens, and the Public

    This week’s podcast is a conversation with Dr. Kevin Cox. Kevin earned his PhD at Texas...

    32 minutes
    		Feb 16, 2021

    S5E3: Pre-stressed Conditions: Epigenetics and Life as a Black Academic

    In this episode, we talk with Dr. Thelma Madzima, Assistant Professor of Cell and Molec...

    44 minutes
    		Feb 09, 2021

    S5E2: Multiculturalism Matters in the Rhizosphere - and in Academia

    This week’s podcast is a conversation with Dr. Adán Colón-Carmona, Professor of Biology...

    40 minutes
    		Feb 02, 2021

    S5E1: Finding Strength in Diverse Scientific Communities

    This week’s Taproot podcast episode is a conversation with Dr. Tanisha Williams A plant...

    38 minutes
    		Jan 26, 2021