Woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until 2000 BC! But why did they go extinct? Were they doomed once stuck on the island? We went to Siberia, collected bones & teeth, and sequenced 21 complete genomes. Here is what we found (🧵) Paper in Cell: cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

ICONIQUE ✨ #GoHabsGo | #RepêchageLNH | #NHLDraft

Major new study on the origin and evolution of #palms - preprint below - led by @SidonieBellot @KewScience and a great team of collaborators #Angiosperms353 #phylogenomics

A simple farewell lunch outing in the Gardens with Dr Eve Lucas (RBG Kew) and Dr Timothy Utteridge before she leaves this evening for the UK. Looking forward to her next visit for more work in Southeast Asian #Syzygium and #Myrtaceae. #SBGScience @KewScience

Are you interested in plant conservation and attending IBC2024 ? Take a look to our workshop (Sun 21/06, 12:00-13:30h): Spatial applications of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) plants 🌲🌼🗺️!!

Interesting talk today @Kewscience by @JeannettWhitton on species concepts that could work for apomicts. See her recent monograph: "The species as a reproductive community emerging from the past". doi.org/10.18061/bssb.…

Spatial Phylogenetics of Mediterranean-type floras session was really exciting yesterday evening. It included analyses for relatively local floras (Iberia, Chile, South Africa) to the flora of the whole world. See more at: shawnlaffan.github.io/biodiverse/

🚨Job Alert! We are looking for a Lab Manager interested in working for the Fungarium Sequencing Project at Kew! Do you like Fungi? Are you a magician with genomics techniques? Interested in historical collections? Join the team! @KewMycology @KewScience #labmanager #genomics

Just baked! The impact of #genomesize on plant risk of #extinction. A huge collaborative effort led by Marybel Soto Gomez and Ilia Leitch. Always a pleasure to team up with such talented #scientists Kew Science Institut Botànic de Barcelona nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Marguerite daisies, mums, chamomile, yarrow, mugwort, wormwood, and even sagebrush all belong in tribe #Anthemideae (#Compositae) 🌼 Our phylogenomic workflow helps us shed light on their complex evolutionary history doi.org/10.1111/jse.13… #angiosperms353 #PAFTOL #Asteraceae 🌼

In recognition of extraordinary contributions to the development of science in and for South Africa over an extended period of time. Congratulations to the NRF’s Lifetime Awardee, Prof Richard Cowling. #NRFawards2024

Research Briefing just out in nature, summarising our #angiosperm "big tree" paper out in April. A handy summary if you don't want to read the whole paper! Kew Science Alexandre Zuntini #Angiosperms353 #phylogenomics Free link: rdcu.be/dRIOX

New job at Kew Mycology! Deadline: 29/09/24 careers.kew.org/vacancy/lead-d… #fungi #Database #LeadDeveloper #IndexFungorum Irina S. Druzhinina

jenny williams recent paper, forging the way forward for #UAVs to be used in the management of #deforestation. 🔥🌿 #MadForRest Guardian Science @KewScience @KewGardens @TeamKMCC #conservation Feedback Madagascar

New article just published revealing patterns of the world’s most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered tetrapod species. 🐸🦚🐊🦥 1/3rd are housed within just 0.7% of the world’s land surface, with half found nowhere else. Nature Communications rdcu.be/dS6nE 1/3

JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our expeditions, enrich our collections, support our conservation collaborations, and inspire through teaching and engagement. Please RT! 1/6 botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/j…

📢DEADLINE EXTENDED for our topical collection: "#Systematics, #NaturalHistory and #conservation of Erica (#Ericaceae)"! 👍Studies on the #nomenclature, #taxonomy, #phylogeny, #ecology & conservation of the genus #Erica welcome until 15 December⌛️ 🔓See: doi.org/10.3897/phytok…

TREES (NERC TREES Doctoral Landscape Award) – a major new initiative for PhD studentships in environmental science led by three @UCL departments (EarthSciences UCL, UCL Geography & GEE UCLbiosciences) and involving ten universities and research institutes... ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/…

🚨 Join the Daru Lab Stanford University for a 1-year postdoc in plant functional biogeography & macroecology! 🌿 Explore trait diversity, species distributions, & evolutionary processes using cutting-edge tools. Apply by Dec 15, 2024 Start Jan 2025 Details/apply: forms.gle/SCKU8SX1RsLN8a…

This editorial introduces our latest topical collection: Systematics, natural history, and conservation of Erica (Ericaceae). 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/phytok… Michael David Pirie Jaime Fagúndez Félix Forest Fernando Ojeda Copete