*A note from Jonathan and the Getting Curious team: We are covering the latest SCOTUS developments on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/curiouswithjvn/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/curiouswithjvn" target="_blank">Twitter </a>@CuriouswithJVN. Head there for insights from past guests, resources, and relevant episodes from our archive. We invite you to listen to this episode whenever feels right for you, and we hope that you’ll find comfort and energy from it.* The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, and we have a spring in our step because Professor Beronda Montgomery is back on Getting Curious, for an episode all about trees! How do trees know when to unfurl their leaves in the spring? Do they have growth spurts? What’s bud grafting all about? Learn all that and more—plus, catch up on the latest from Jonathan and Mark’s garden.   Beronda Montgomery is a writer, science communicator, and currently a Michigan State University Foundation Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics. Beronda will soon be Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean at Grinnell College. Her recent book is Lessons from Plants (2021, Harvard University Press). If you aren’t already obsessed with Professor Montgomery and following her on all the socials, she’s on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/BerondaM" target="_blank">@BerondaM</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/plantlessons" target="_blank">@PlantLessons</a>, and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beronda_m/?hl=en" target="_blank">@Beronda_M</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/plantlessons/?hl=en" target="_blank">@PlantLessons</a>. Her website is <a href="http://berondamontgomery.com/" target="_blank">berondamontgomery.com</a>. And you can follow her New Scientist column <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/author/beronda-l-montgomery/" target="_blank">here</a>! Jonathan is on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jvn/" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> and<a href="https://twitter.com/jvn" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.vanness/" target="_blank"> Facebook</a>. Transcripts for each episode are available at<a href="https://www.jonathanvanness.com/gettingcurious" target="_blank"> JonathanVanNess.com</a>. Love listening to Getting Curious? Now, you can also watch Getting Curious—on Netflix! Head to<a href="http://www.netflix.com/gettingcurious" target="_blank"> netflix.com/gettingcurious</a> to dive in. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our socials are run and curated by<a href="https://middleseat.co/" target="_blank"> Middle Seat Digital</a>. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to<a href="http://www.thequincat.com" target="_blank"> TheQuinCat.com</a>. Getting Curious merch is available on<a href="https://www.podswag.com/collections/getting-curious-with-jonathan-van-ness" target="_blank"> PodSwag.com</a>.

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