GDCB’s Rodermel named to American Society for Plant Biology committee

Steve Rodermel, professor in the Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, has been appointed to a five-year term on the Publications Committee of the American Society for Plant Biology. ASPB, the world’s largest organization of plant scientists, oversees The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, two of the dominant journals in plant biology. Rodermel said the Publications Committee will be selecting a new editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell this coming year, and is also considering starting a new journal to complement Plant Cell and Plant Physiology.