And to conclude her talk, an invitation for everyone to contribute with the #MadridDeclaration from #IBC2024. You can contribute via this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Having a lovely time at #IBC2024 "wikifying" the conference. Take Brian du Preez who has just presented at the African Taxonomy session. I've just created a #Wikidata item for him, wikidata.org/wiki/Q127691661, taken a photo & linked to multiple identifiers.

Excited for plenary by Prof Nox Makunga PhD - #BlackBotanistsWeek ! #IBC2024

link.springer.com/article/10.100… New monograph of the extraordinary African parasitic plant genus Hydnora - hot off the press! Click here to get up close and personal with probably the WEIRDEST plant in the world ✨🐙 Chris Thorogood @ol1grace Prof Dunc Cameron 🏳️‍🌈♿️ 🐝 @KewAfrica @KewBulletin

🌱Workshop: Esparto Grass "More than a plant". #IBC2024

we made the cover!! ☺️

Alexandre Antonelli KewGardens begins his public lecture at #IBC2024 by arguing that reports on the state of world’s plants & fungi are critical because (quoting Edward O. Wilson) “we are drowning in information, but starving for wisdom”.

During IBC2024 #IBC2024, and surrounded by Botany friends and colleagues, I recieved one of the most important milestones of my academic life 🥹🥹🥹 ‼️I will start as Assistant Professor of Botany at Universitat de les Illes Balears - UIB next course!!!!!!🌿🌺✨️✨️✨️🎉🥳 Yaaaaaaaayyyy!!!!!!

Tour de force on the origins and diversity of the African flora by Muthama Muasya IBC2024 read the papers in Annals of Botany special issue!

Stephen Boatwright encourages all participants of #IBC2024 to join the XXI International Botanical Congress in Cape Town & discover all the wonders (not just botanical!) in South Africa. #IBC2029

Thanks for a great time and the invitation to give one of the public lectures. It has been a very fruitful gathering of botanists …we look forward to the next one in Cape Town! #ibc2024 #ibc2029

I’m absolutely in awe of this artistic summary by Patricia Chan of the invited lecture I gave IBC2024. The meeting has been a constant source of joy this week. Leaving Madrid with some very wonderful memories and new friends. I totally 💚this!!!👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Rubisco is evolving for improved catalytic efficiency and CO2 assimilation in plants | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

The world’s most prolific carbon-fixing enzyme is slowly getting better | Research from University of Oxford #bio154 #plantbiology #photosynthesis ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03-0…

Join us for the 2024 MSA Symposium & AGM! 📅 Sept 17-18, 📍UNISA Science Campus, Johannesburg. Guest speakers: Profs Nokwanda Makunga, Olga de Smidt, Nonhlangabezo Mabuba & Sooraj Baijnath. Register now: shorturl.at/bn6s6 Metabolomics South Africa #MSASymposium

I am looking for a motivated PhD student who is interested in understanding the fundamentals of gene regulation. They will be working directly with me on a DECRA funded project (scholarship guaranteed for domestic students). DM me if you know of anyone interested, including you

📌 Several PhD Fully Funded Positions in Bioinformatics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Sciences, Microbiology at the Graduate School Life Science Munich in Germany 🇩🇪... Please share and spread the word! For details visit: wp.me/pbv48T-9vS

So great to do a Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees #ScienceCafe and the topic is mushroom diversity in South Africa. So many new species that have been discovered recently. Wonderful work from Prof Karin Jacob’s lab - Karin Jacobs! 👏🏾💚🙏🏾