Arif, plant biologist and host of the podcast, will talk to lead author of a recently published plant biology paper. The guest will simply explain the story of the publication, answer questions from the host, and share personal experience and details related to the article. As an audience, you will tune in to the episode with an expectation that you will know the story of the paper without reading it. Besides, you can keep listening the podcast during your experiment, walking outside, in your car and wherever possible.
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No Time To Read is hosted by Arif Ashraf. The show has published 36 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "S4E12 | Olivia Hazelwood | PAUSE & PLAY of cell cycle" (13 September 2026, 9 minutes), "S4E11 | Avilash Singh Yadav | Growth directions across cell layers" (5 September 2026, 26 minutes), and "S4E10 | John Hodge | Phenotyping grass stomata" (22 August 2026, 19 minutes).
No Time To Read publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for No Time To Read is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. No Time To Read requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. No Time To Read's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for No Time To Read are Scientific Research & Development. No Time To Read has a science audience.
Arif Ashraf hosts No Time To Read, a science show with 36 episodes published.
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Episode #12
No Time To Read podcast S4E12 PAUSE & PLAY of cell cycle Guest: Olivia Hazelwood, Graduate student, Ashraf Lab, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia X: @corylus_L BlueSky: @ohazel.bsky.social Host: Arif...
Episode #11
No Time To Read podcast S4E11 Growth directions across cell layers Guest: Avilash Singh Yadav, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst Previously: Fleming postdoctoral associate, Roeder lab, Cornell...
Episode #10
No Time To Read podcast S4E10 Phenotyping grass stomata Guest: John Hodge, Post-doctoral Associate, Andrew Leakey’s lab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign BlueSky: @jghodge.bsky.social Host: Arif Ashraf, Assistant...
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No Time To Read podcast S4E9 Root hair & mechanical stress Guest: Vyankatesh Zambare, Graduate student, Anderson Lab , The Pennsylvania State University X: @Venky_Zee Host: Arif Ashraf, Assistant Professor, University...
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No Time To Read podcast S4E8 Temperature signal & cell wall thickening Guest: Greg Gregory, Hazen Lab, University of Massachusetts Amherst BlueSky: @backinbrach.bsky.social Host: Arif Ashraf, Assistant Professor...
Episode #7
No Time To Read podcast S4E7 Cis-regulatory sequence evolution Guest: Kirk Amundson, USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, Bartlett Lab, University of Massachusetts Amherst X: @KirkAmundson BlueSky: @kirkamundson.bsky.social...
Episode #6
No Time To Read podcast S4E6 CLAVATA receptors in maize Guest: Penelope Lindsay, Research Associate, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University Previously: Postdoctoral fellow, Dave Jackson’s lab...
Episode #5
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p><p>S4E5</p><p>Cell cycle during plant regeneration </p><p> </p><p>Guest: Laura Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill </p><p>Lab...
Episode #4
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p><p>S4E4 </p><p>Phase separation in plants </p><p> </p><p>Guest: Heather Meyer, Assistant Professor of Biology, Syracuse University</p><p>X: @Dr_Heatherini </p><p><br></p><p>Host: Arif...
Episode #3
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p><p>S4E3 FERONIA & cell wall integrity </p><p> </p><p>Guest: Ajeet Chaudhary, Postdoc, Wang and Xu lab, Carnegie Institute for Plant Science, Stanford </p><p>X: @Ajt_chaudhary...
Episode #2
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p><p>S4E2</p><p>CLE peptide and symbiosis </p><p> </p><p>Guest: Sagar Bashyal, Müller lab, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies </p><p>X: @SagarBashyal11 </p><p>BlueSky...
Episode #1
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p><p>S4E1</p><p>Drought Recovery-Induced Immunity (DRII) </p><p> </p><p>Guest: Natanella Illouz-Eliaz, Ecker lab, Salk Institute for Biological Studies</p><p>X: @NatanellaE</p><p>BlueSky...
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Episode #7
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p> <p>S3E7</p> <p>Translational landscape in a maize microRNA biogenesis mutant </p> <p> </p> <p>Guest: Hailong Yang, Bartlett lab, University of Massachusetts Amherst</p> <p>Previously at...
Episode #6
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p> <p>S3E6</p> <p>Cell wall integrity and endomembrane trafficking </p> <p> </p> <p>Guest: Natalie Hoffmann, McFarlane lab, University of Toronto </p> <p> </p> <p>Host: Arif Ashraf, Assistant...
Episode #5
<p>No Time To Read podcast </p> <p>S3E5 </p> <p>GRASSY TILLERS1 (GT1) and SIX-ROWED SPIKE1 (VRS1) homologs share conserved roles in growth repression </p> <p> </p> <p>Guest: Joseph Gallagher, US Department of...
Episode #4
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p> <p>S3E4</p> <p>Combined plant stress database </p> <p><br></p> <p>Guest: Muthappa Senthil-Kumar, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), India </p>...
Episode #3
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p> <p>S3E3</p> <p>SHR and SCR coordinate root patterning and growth early in the cell cycle </p> <p><br></p> <p>Guest: </p> <p>Cara Winter, Associate Research Professor, Duke University</p>...
Episode #2
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p> <p>S3E2</p> <p>The peptide GOLVEN10 alters root development and noduletaxis in Medicago truncatula </p> <p><br></p> <p>Guest: Sonali Roy, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural...
Episode #1
<p>No Time To Read podcast</p> <p>S3E1</p> <p>Plant carbonic anhydrase-like enzymes in neuroactive alkaloid biosynthesis </p> <p><br></p> <p>Guest: Ryan Nett, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and cellular...
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