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The Frontiers Research Topic "Arabidopsis 2010 and beyond – big science with a small weed", published in May 2013, is a collection of peer-reviewed articles highlighting the efforts of the German Arabidopsis community.
The Frontiers Research Topic "Arabidopsis 2010 and beyond – big science with a small weed", published in May 2013, is a collection of peer-reviewed articles highlighting the efforts of the German Arabidopsis community.
Arabidopsis research is of undeniable importance for us, plant scientists. The massive volume of data generated since the completion of the Arabidopsis genome project and the ongoing functional studies not only have and still will clarify fundamental aspects of biological processes, but also represent a potent basis for crop improvement.
This understanding, however, may not be clear among the major public. Members of the plant science community share a duty in reporting the impacts, applications, benefits and drawbacks of their research to the society in a responsible and transparent way. By doing so, we are able to increase awareness, fire up interest and tackle misconceptions that influence people's responses and policymakers' decisions.
The AFGN outreach section serves as a communication channel between scientists and non-scientists. Below you will find useful links on German and European efforts in communicating plant science, as well as relevant information concerning plant biotechnological approaches and GMO legislation in the EU and worldwide. If you know any initiative not listed here, please do contact us!
In the last years, there has been a considerate decrease in funding basic plant research in the UK and in the USA, at the expenses of a greater demand for money to applied research to address food security and alternative fuel issues. In Germany this scenario is slightly different, as shown by the number of Arabidopsis projects that are currently running (see Current Projects).
This is not only a result from the curiosity, creativity and hard work of the group leaders, postdocs and PhD students driving the German Arabidopsis research. It is also facilitated by the fact that two major organisations funding research in Germany (DGF and ERC) support open-theme approaches that are oriented to basic research. Below you will find a list of funding options relevant to different career stages. Click to check which one better suits your current situation and please share with us additional infos we might have missed. Please contact us via our mailing list or via Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!.
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