Table 2 Examples of social media use in the plant sciences
From: The value and use of social media as communication tool 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/ | ||
| ‘UK Plant Sciences Federation | UK Plant Sciences Federation | http://www.linkedin.com/groups/UK-Plant-Sciences-Federation-4498840 |