S5E1: Finding Strength in Diverse Scientific Communities

The Taproot by Plantae / American Society of Plant Biologists

Jan 26, 20210:38:17Science & Medicine

This week’s Taproot podcast episode is a conversation with Dr. Tanisha Williams A plant researcher, she was inspired this summer by the simultaneous rise of the pandemic and the civil uprising against police brutality to...

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