Well done to Matheus Colli-Silva for publishing on the domestication of cupuacu, a relative of cacao that is used to make juice from its pulp. nature.com/articles/s4324…

Genome of cacao relative cupuacu (Theobroma grandiflorum) published. ucc.ie/en/cacaowire/b…

How have humans affected the modern distribution of cacao? This paper uses data from herbarium specimens and remote sensing to assess... ucc.ie/en/cacaowire/b…

Phylogeny of cacao wild relatives just published in Journal of Systematics and Evolution... ucc.ie/en/cacaowire/b… doi.org/10.1111/jse.13…

For #EarthDay2024 yesterday we were delighted to host a tour of the UCC Ireland Arboretum (UCC Arboretum) for the visiting Climarerasmus group. CLIMAR: Strengthening research, innovation and knowledge transfer on Climate Change & Tourism in Higher Education Institutions in Latin America

TWO new research assistant jobs on offer in our herbarium ⬇️ The first is to install a state-of-the-art digitisation facility within our herbarium and manage the digitisation and imaging of the collections and the digitisation of the herbarium. my.corehr.com/pls/trrecruit/…

The Amazon rainforest doesn't just remove ~2 billions tons of CO2 every year. It also moves ~20 billions tons of water through evotranspiration, the so-called "flying rivers", critical for planetary balance. I wish more people knew this.

Losing biodiversity means losing the fight against #ClimateChange. Via International Fund for Agricultural Development

Happy to share our discovery of three new species of wild cacao relatives coming from herbarium research, all from Amazonia. Read more: doi.org/10.1007/s12225… #Botany #NewSpecies #Research Kew Bulletin New York Botanical Garden Ciência USP CacaoWiRe

Three new species of Theobroma described link.springer.com/article/10.100… ucc.ie/en/cacaowire/b… Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC ERI Barbara Doyle Prestwich PhD @RBGE_Science Ciencias Naturales UR Species described based on examination of herbarium specimens. Maximize access and invest in curation of herbaria. Photo: D. Daly

New PhD position in my group! If interested in plant molecular biology, CRISPR, transcriptomics and proteomics studies to understand how different abiotic stresses control plant growth and development then apply for this opportunity. Deadline - 19th of August 2024, see below.👇

✂️✍️ PART 1 – See how a botanical collection is made in the Sarawak rainforest with #TeamRBGE's Tropical Botanist Peter Wilkie! Collections made on this field trip will provide scientists with invaluable new material to support future research and conservation activities.

Happy to host folks interested in phylogenetics, biogeography, speciation and diversification in tropical forests CCMB for DBT-RA

NYBG Curator Fabián A. Michelangeli & colleagues' new #scipub decribes 3 new Theobroma species (cacao) from western Amazonia, expanding our knowledge of the regional flora & wild relatives of this economically significant plant. Read more --> link.springer.com/article/10.100… #NYBGscience

Today at the #IBC2024- perceived derogatory names of plants already published won't be changed. Kew's Director of Science supports this, claiming resources are best spent studying biodiversity. Why then, spend millions to move Kew's herbarium and disrupt studying biodiversity?

And that's just the cost of the building! Not to mention all the staff time taken already and the future plus costs of moving specimens, staff and collaboration across Kew's existing sites. It's a biodiversity crisis! Not the time to put the critical herbarium in a corner!! 🙏

An article on new Theobroma species… news.mongabay.com/2024/07/new-re… Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC Cliona Maher Ciencias Naturales UR SEFS UCC

Encantada de anunciar que UCC Ireland es sede de la primera edicion en Irlanda - los esperamos 18 al 23 octubre en UCC Embassy of Colombia to Ireland Embajada de Irlanda en Colombia UCC SPLAS Cancillería Colombia Front Line Defenders ERI SDSN Ireland Global Justice Society UCC UCC Hispanic Soc UCC Envirosoc SILAS ISS21

Impact of Domestication on Seed-Borne Endophyte Diversity in Cacao A collaboration between the Max Planck Tandem Group in Holobionts  (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) and AGROSAVIA link.springer.com/article/10.100…