<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/news/2024-01-30-recruiting-the-next-generation-of-plant-scientists-at-abrcms.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>01/30/2024</pubDate><title>Recruiting the next generation of plant scientists at ABRCMS</title><description>Lucas Reist, a graduate student in the Cell &amp; Molecular Biology and Molecular Plant Science, or MPS, programs attended the 2023 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists, or ABRCMS, in Phoenix, Arizona.</description><highlights/><author>Kara Headley</author><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/reist-banner.jpeg" alt="Close up on pamphlets on a table"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/reist-headshot.JPG" alt="Lucas Reist"/></image><tags><tag>students</tag></tags></item>