Long the impoverished Cinderella of the biological research kingdom, plant
science has just had a visit from the fairy godmother. Today the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute announced it would hire up to 15 plant biologists
and spend $75 million over the next 5 years to enable these new HHMI
researchers to pursue creative and fundamental research. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/09/how-plant-biologists-hit-a-75-million.html?etoc
