S3E0: Season 3 Starts Next #TaprootTuesday!

Introduction to The Taproot: 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. by The Taproot

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S2E1: Phenotyping Roots without Pulling up Your Own with Guillaume Lobet: To kick off Season 2, Ivan and Liz talk with Guillaume Lobet, Assistant Professor at the Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Université Catholique de Louvain. He was also a graduate student at UCL and took three postdoctoral positions in Germany and Bel ... by The Taproot

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Taproot Episode 1, Season 1: Extreme Open Science and the Meaning of Scientific Impact with Sophien Kamoun: In this episode, the hosts and Sophien discuss a recent collaborative paper (Islam et al., 2016, BMC Biology) that really embodies the concepts of open science. It addresses the source and characterization of a newly discovered wheat blast in Banglad ... by The Taproot

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S1E2: Normalizing Nomenclature and The Idealism of Youth with Carolyn Lawrence-Dill: In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, an Associate Professor of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology as well as Agronomy at Iowa State University. We discuss a paper from her grad school days that has a great back story abo ... by The Taproot

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S1E7: Sessile: Measuring Mentoring and other Bleeps with Brian Dilkes: In this episode, we take a different approach than usual- we bring a conversation we were having offline with our friend Brian Dilkes about a paper that tries to define the key variables that predict a ‘successful’ faculty member. We talk about some ... by The Taproot

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S1E6: Population genetics, authorship lists, work/life balance and raining cockroaches with Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra: In this episode, we discuss a relatively recent paper from Jeff’s lab that illustrates the pros and cons of planning authorship lists in advance. We have an honest discussion about publishing in “high impact” journals (please note the ironic air quot ... by The Taproot

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S1E4: Embracing Uncertainty in Science and Science Careers with Siobhan Braybrook: In this episode Ivan and Liz talk with Siobhan Braybrook, Career Development Fellow at The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge and soon-to-be Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at UCLA. We discuss two of her pa ... by The Taproot

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S1E3: Academia, Industry, and Pivoting on Projects with Luca Comai: In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Luca Comai, a Professor of Plant Biology at the Genome Center at University of California, Davis. We discuss a paper he published as part of his transition from industry to academia that he feels illustrates a ... by The Taproot

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S2E3: Spiraling out of Silence; Speaking up for Science and Scientists with Kevin Folta: Message from Ivan and Liz: We want to bring listeners attention to this blogpost on Biofortified. https://biofortified.org/2018/08/kevin-folta-coi/ We believe that evidence presented here contradicts several of Kevins assertions in the episode abou ... by The Taproot

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S2E2: Minding the Gap with Elizabeth 'Toby' Kellogg: In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Elizabeth ‘Toby’ Kellogg about her research interests and career path. Toby received her PhD at Harvard University, then completed a postdoc with R.A. Howard, also at Harvard University. She worked at the Harva ... by The Taproot

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S2E0: Join us for Season 2: In Season 1 of The Taproot, co-hosts Liz Haswell and Ivan Baxter dug beneath the surface of a manuscript to understand how scientific publications in plant biology are made. This season we will be talking to five guests who have succeeded despite fac ... by The Taproot

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S1E5: Finding GLOry- The Power of New Technology To Spur Innovation with José Dinneny: In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with José Dinneny, a staff member at the Carnegie Institute for Sciences in Palo Alto, CA. We discuss a recent paper that describes a novel system for imaging root growth that balances the need for visualization wit ... by The Taproot

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S2E5: Evolving Approaches: Herbicide Resistance in Weeds and What Men Can Do to Fight Gender Discrimination in Science: In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Gina Baucom, Assistant Professor in Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. Gina earned her PhD and completed a postdoc at the University of Georgia. She joined the faculty ... by The Taproot

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S2E4: Understanding Biological Networks and When to Break the Circuit with Ross Sozzani: In this episode, Ivan and Liz talk with Rosangela (Ross) Sozzani about her research and career path. Ross received her Ph.D. at the University of Pavia. After her post-doctoral studies at Duke University, Ross received the Armenise-Harvard Career Dev ... by The Taproot

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S3E3: Answering Complex Questions with a Complex Community: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Needhi Bhalla to bust the myth that science is set up to be a meritocracy. We discuss one of her recent manuscripts, and how scientists can embrace complexity and diversity as we ask questions and mentor early career ... by The Taproot

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S3E5: Simon Says: Captivate the public with snazzy videos of plant defense, send plants to space, and embrace curiosity-driven science: In this episode, Liz and Ivan talk with Professor Simon Gilroy to bust the myth that plant scientists are only motivated to feed the world. So, let’s get back to the basics! Simon has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 200 ... by The Taproot

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S3E2: The World According to Dan: truth, Stats, and SNPs: This season of the Taproot is all about busting myths. In this episode, we talk with Dan Kliebenstein and bust the myth that if p < 0.5 your conclusion is correct. Dan Kliebenstein is a full professor at the University of California Davis, as well a ... by The Taproot

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S2E6: Graduate Student Mental Illness; A Wild Type Phenotype?: In the final episode of Season 2, Liz and Ivan talk with Jeff Long, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the vice chair of the Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology department and co-director of the Cell and ... by The Taproot

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S2S3: Getting Ready for Season 3: Stayed tuned for Season 3, where our theme will be "myth-busting". While we have some topics, we also want to hear from our audience about their ideas as well. Please take our brief survey: https://goo.gl/forms/a96VBgBG8RwHDieZ2, tell us more about y ... by The Taproot

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S3E0: Season 3 Starts Next #TaprootTuesday!: We are excited to announce that the first episode of Season 3 will be released next Tuesday! This season, we have some amazing guests joining us and each episode will focus on busting a common science myth. Be sure to listen to Seasons 1 and 2 whil ... by The Taproot

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S4E0: Teaser: This season’s theme is “Cultivating a Career”, and we’ll talk about this from both sides--ideas and advice for your own career AND for helping the careers of others. Be sure to listen to our previous seasons while you wait and stay tuned! Follow u ... by The Taproot

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S3E1: Changing the Shape of Microbes and Mentoring: This season we are busting myths, and in this episode, we discuss the myth that mentoring is a one-way street. We talk with our guest Beronda Montgomery, Ph.D., about a cyanobacterium that changes shape in response to stress, and how mentors and trai ... by The Taproot

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S3E4: Challenging Environments: Sunflowers, Drought, and Making Waves as an Early Career Scientist: In this episode, Liz and Ivan talk with Dr. Rishi R. Masalia to bust the myth that early to late-career scientists should not speak up and make a difference to training programs and local communities. But how can we know when to or when not to STFU? ... by The Taproot

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S4E2: The GRExit and how we choose who goes to grad school: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Zen Faulkes about the graduate application process, what program directors are looking for and how hard it is (or indeed impossible) it is to have unbiased selection system. Zen gained a B.A., Psychology at the Uni ... by The Taproot

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S4E7: Milestone-Based Decision-Making In and Out of the Lab: This episode, we continue our discussions about cultivating a career with guest Kelly Gillespie, Nursery Solutions Lead at Bayer Crop Science. Kelly got her bachelor's degree at Knox College, a small liberal arts college in Illinois. She then moved o ... by The Taproot

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S3E6: Opening Channels of Communication Between Cells and Scientists: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso who is a faculty member at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom to bust the myth competition is a part of science that cannot be avoided. Dr. Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso is originally fr ... by The Taproot

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S4E4: Graduate Interviews Demystified: In the previous episode, we talked with Dr. Scott Barolo about his research and shared tips for completing written graduate school applications. In this episode, we go to the next step, following up with Scott to discuss what to do once you’ve made i ... by The Taproot

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S4E1: Identifying the Principle Components: Gender Dimorphism in Flowers and Consciously Building a Happy and Rewarding Career in Science: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Ambika Kamath, a behavioral ecologist and a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, about her undergraduate research and how to make value-based career decisions. Ambika is originally from India and gained her B.A. in ... by The Taproot

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S4E3: How to mastermind experimental designs and and your graduate applications: In this episode, we talk with Dr. Scott Barolo about how he made a popular board game into a teaching tool, and we start a two-part discussion about the grad school application process. Scott gained his BSc at Penn State University and his Ph.D. in ... by The Taproot

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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 A&M University before returning to his hometown of St Louis, Missouri to do a postdoc with Blake Meyers at The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Kevin has won ... by The Taproot

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