Table 2.
Examples of social media use in the plant sciences
| Example | Author/curator | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Plant science news |
‘Functional Biology of Plants’ |
Martin Hodson and John Bryant |
https://www.facebook.com/FunctionalBiologyofPlants |
| ‘Science and Plants for Schools’ |
Science and Plants for Schools |
https://www.facebook.com/scienceandplants |
|
| ‘Kamoun Lab’ |
Kamoun Lab. The Sainsbury Laboratory |
https://twitter.com/kamounlab |
|
| ‘Cytogenomics and Epigenetics Laboratory’ |
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Cytogenetics, University of Sao Paulo |
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cytogenomics-and-Epigenetics-Laboratory/160417117341406 |
|
|
Plant science blogs |
‘AoB Blog’ |
Annals of Botany |
http://aobblog.com/ |
| ‘Weeding the Gems’ |
GARNet |
http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/ |
|
| ‘All Under One Leaf’ |
UK Plant Sciences Federation |
http://blog.plantsci.org.uk/ |
|
| ‘Berry Go Round’ |
Plant blog carnival |
http://berrygoround.wordpress.com/ |
|
| ‘Plantcellbiology.com’ |
Anne Osterrieder |
http://www.plantcellbiology.com/ |
|
| GMO Pundit |
David Tribe |
http://gmopundit.blogspot.co.uk/ |
|
| ‘The New York Botanical Garden’ |
New York Botanical Garden |
http://nybg.tumblr.com/ |
|
|
Magazine-style |
‘Arabidopsis’ |
GMI Vienna |
http://www.scoop.it/t/arabidopsis |
| ‘Plant Biology Teaching Resources’ |
Mary Williams |
http://www.scoop.it/t/plant-biology-teaching-resouces-higher-education |
|
| ‘UBC Botanical Garden’ |
UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research |
http://pinterest.com/ubcgarden/ |
|
|
Video, audio and photos |
‘ChloroFilms’ |
ChloroFilms |
http://www.chlorofilms.org/ |
| ‘Musical Cells’ |
Anne Osterrieder |
http://www.youtube.com/plantendomembrane |
|
| ‘Inner Worlds’ |
John Innes Centre |
http://www.youtube.com/user/InnerWorldsJIC |
|
| ‘Plant News: audio’ |
Gatsby Plants |
http://www.gatsbyplants.leeds.ac.uk/news_type.php?type=audio |
|
| Plant microscopy |
Fernan Federici |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anhedonias/ |
|
|
Groups |
‘Plant Science’ on Google+ |
|
https://plus.google.com/communities/107276823972957651082 |
| ‘Botany’ |
http://www.reddit.com/r/botany/ |
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| ‘UK Plant Sciences Federation | UK Plant Sciences Federation | http://www.linkedin.com/groups/UK-Plant-Sciences-Federation-4498840 |