Maneesh Lingwan

05/26/2026

🚨ASPB Members: ASPB 2026 Elections Are Open! Vote now for President-Elect and elected members. 👉 The deadline is June 19, 2026. https://excom.aspb.org/.

Also, join us for the Meet the President-Elect Candidates webinar next Wednesday, May 27, at 1 pm Eastern time to hear from the candidates.

02/11/2026

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02/11/2026

📣 Nominations are now open for President-elect and Secretary-elect.

The deadline is Friday, February 27, 2026, so submit your nomination soon!👉http://excom.aspb.org.

02/11/2026

📅 Save the date! We have a free upcoming Plant Physiology webinar on Ecophysiology, 26 Feb (2PM GMT). 🌱

👉 Speakers Amanda Cardoso, Thomas Williams, and Sabina Villadangos, hosted by Agustin Zsögön and moderated by Thomas Depaepe.

👉 More info and registration link: https://blog.aspb.org/plant-physiology-webinar-focus-on-ecophysiology/.

02/11/2026

📣 Check out the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” https://blog.aspb.org/new-teaching-tool-genomic-analysis-of-botanical-collections/. 🌱

01/19/2026

2025 was a wonderful year to work with Plant Physiology as an Assistant Features Editor and Reviewer. Looking forward to many more such opportunities ahead!

01/19/2026

2025 was a wonderful year to work with Plant Physiology as an Assistant Features Editor and Reviewer.
Looking forward to many more such opportunities ahead! Plant Physiology , The Plant Cell , Plantae , American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) , Donald Danforth Plant Science Center , Plant Direct Journal , PlantingScience Science , ScienceAlert ,Saint Louis Science Center

12/31/2025

12/27/2025

Cool worm, right? Well, it’s actually an amphibian. Meet Microcaecilia dermatophaga, a species belonging to a group of limbless amphibians called caecilians. This critter can be found in parts of northeastern South America, where it inhabits sandy loam on the forest floor. As an adult, it munches on termites, ants, and earthworms. And as a juvenile? It feeds on its mother’s skin! Don’t worry: As her children begin to feed on live prey, the mother eventually regains the mass she lost to her hungry offspring.

Photo: Wilkinson M, Sherratt E, Starace F, Gower DJ (2013) A New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). PLoS ONE 8(3): e57756