Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young is the administrator of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). She obtained her Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in Paper Science and Engineering and spent about 6 years teaching and researching Read more…
Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Dr. Philippa Borrill is a lecturer in Plant Biology at the University of Birmingham (UK). She carried out her undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge. She obtained her PhD from the John Innes Read more…
Read this blog post on the ASPB website about the career of Machi Dilworth, a founding member of the Women in Genomics dinner.
Interview conducted and written by Modesta Abugu Valérie Verdier is the Chairwoman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD-France). Her research interests are Plant/microbe interactions (on tropical crops), Molecular plant-microbe Read more…
Women scientists and the genomics community lost a long-time advocate on 9 December 2019 when Dr. Mary E. Clutter passed away. She was a prominent advocate for women in science throughout her career and a founding member of the annual Read more…
An Interview with Kellye Eversole Like many areas of science, the early days of genomics quickly became a male-dominated discipline. While more women were earning advanced degrees and training in this area, fewer were finding a place in faculty and Read more…