Thanks to funding from the Victorian Government’s $17.5 m Bushfire Biodiversity Response and Recovery program, a medical-grade X-ray cabinet has arrived to the Victorian Conservation Seedbank, which will be used to check if rare seeds are viable. #scienceweek #rbgvscience

The IPS invites you to a free webinar "The Madagascar Giant Suicide Palm – A Tale of Tiger Prawns, Carbon Sequestration and Internet Chat-Rooms " with the one-and-only Dr. John Dransfield. 5 September 2020, 2pm EDT. Free but you must register in advance: ow.ly/b0YL50B4HKp

‘Herbaria are a unique resource for understanding global biodiversity and for addressing societal challenges’

We are currently preparing our Annual Report and looking for some images we can use to show the amazing plant recovery in bush fire affected areas. If you have images you can share, please email me at [email protected]. All images used will be acknowledged. Thank you!

Specimens from #orchid genus #Oberonia, part of our global collection @royalbotanicgardensvic, feature in publication by Daniel Geiger SBMNH, & colleagues. The publication can be accessed online: [secure.aos.org/digital-librar…](secure.aos.org/digital-librar…)

Happy #wattleday The #genome of the Golden #Wattle (Acacia pycnantha), Australia’s national floral emblem, is being sequenced as a reference genome project supported by Bioplatforms Australia. The team includes @royalbotanicgardensvic researchers & partners. #rbgvscience AusPlants

Papers published by RBG Victoria Honorary Associate, Sara Maroske & Australian Tropical Herbarium John Dowe: John #Dallachy (1804–71): from gardener to botanical collector publish.csiro.au/hr/Fulltext/HR… & on Dallachy's collecting botanical specimens at Rockingham Bay publish.csiro.au/hr/Fulltext/HR…

New fern species, Pteris epaleata, published today by RBG Victoria Daniel Ohlsen & colleagues in our journal Muelleria. #rbgvscience #ferns #newspecies #pteris Bush Blitz rbg.vic.gov.au/documents/Muel…

Announcing RBG Victoria 2020-21 Jim Willis studentships. These provide a unique opportunity for 3rd/4th year students with an interest in plant &/or fungal taxonomy/systematics to gain research experience with our staff. rbg.vic.gov.au/about-us/job-o… #rgbvscience #cybecfoundation

Conservation of carnivorous plants in the age of extinction sciencedirect.com/science/articl… RBG Victoria Alastair Robinson & colleagues have published a new paper that is well worth a look. #rbgvscience #carnivorousplants #conservation #ageofextinction

Fitting recognition of RBG Victoria Botanist, Neville Walsh -new genus erected in his honour: Walsholaria. This is split from daisy genus Olearia by Guy L. Nesom, in New genera from Australian Olearia (Asteraceae: Astereae). phytoneuron.net/2020Phytoneuro… #rbgvscience #olearia #daisy

New publication by RBG Victoria's #rbgvscience staff Continental‐scale metagenomics, BLAST searches, and herbarium specimens: The Australian Microbiome Initiative and the National Herbarium of Victoria bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #metagenomics Bioplatforms Australia AusMicrobiome #fungi

We've been pretty quiet about it, but did you know we have been running our Sydney Travel Science Seminars entirely online for the past 6 months? Our next one is in 2 hours by Dr James Clugston (James Clugston, PhD) on conservation genetics of #cycads in Australia! rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/Science/Virtua…

I had the most amazing time serving on SSB's interim Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee over the last year with these incredible scientists and have learned so much! We are now looking for new members: apply by 15 Oct! systbio.org/dei-committee.… Society of Systematic Biologists #diversitymatters

Check out this RBG Victoria #job on CareersVic for a #Bioinformatician to play a leading role in #Genomics for Australian Plants (GAP) careers.vic.gov.au/job/research-s… #rbgvscience AusPlants #Bioinformatics

The 11th Sydney Phylogenetics Workshop will be an online event in late Jan 2021. This workshop will provide an intro to phylogenetic analysis using maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods. Registration will be free! For #sydneyphylo updates visit: meep.sydney.edu.au/workshops/

New paper by RBG Victoria uses #conservationgenetics & #habitatmodelling, Genetic Patterns and Climate Modelling Reveal Challenges for Conserving Sclerolaena napiformis (Amaranthaceae s.l.) an Endemic Chenopod of Southeast Australia ##mdpidiversity via MDPI

JOB ALERT: Only two more days to apply for a postdoc on conservation genetics of some of Victoria's rarest plant species, and how they were impacted by the 2019-2020 summer bushfires. seek.com.au/job/50837756?t…

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