Laura Klein, PhD (@lk_botanist) 's Twitter Profile
Laura Klein, PhD

@lk_botanist

Plant lover, Head Curator & Director of Herbal Research for the @LeafWorksDNA team. Enthusiast of evolution, plant hybridization, and economic botany.

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American Institute of Biological Sciences (@aibsbiology) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Attention graduate students: Apply for the 2021 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award. #2021EPPLA winners receive communications & policy training and a chance to meet lawmakers. Learn more at aibs.org/news/2020/2011…

Laura Klein, PhD (@lk_botanist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#GivingTuesday may have passed, but LeafWorks is still looking for applications for BSA student memberships - please pass along to any female student botanists you know!

Gavin Phillips (@seedygav) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yeeehaaaah! #Seeds of Acacia carneorum (Purplewood #Wattle) finally in my hands! Most patches of this largely clonal species almost never produce fruit so to grab the first for #PlantBank near Menindee today is pretty special. #SavingOurSpecies #conservation #biodiversity #botany

Yeeehaaaah! #Seeds of Acacia carneorum (Purplewood #Wattle) finally in my hands! Most patches of this largely clonal species almost never produce fruit so to grab the first for #PlantBank near Menindee today is pretty special. #SavingOurSpecies #conservation #biodiversity #botany
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CALL FOR PAPERS: If your research focuses on #gametophytes, #AppsPlantSci is organizing a special issue on Methodologies in Gametophyte Biology, led by Sally Chambers, Jerald Pinson, PhD & @susann_wicke. Submit your proposal by Feb 15! cms.botany.org/file.php?file=… Wiley Plant Science @ebsessa

CALL FOR PAPERS: If your research focuses on #gametophytes, #AppsPlantSci is organizing a special issue on Methodologies in Gametophyte Biology, led by Sally Chambers, <a href="/jerald_pinson/">Jerald Pinson, PhD</a> &amp; @susann_wicke. Submit your proposal by Feb 15! cms.botany.org/file.php?file=… <a href="/wileyplantsci/">Wiley Plant Science</a> @ebsessa
ZoΓ« Migicovsky (@zoemig) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why have just one apple a day? Start the new year off with over 1000 apples in our new article on the genomic consequences of apple domestication. Thank you to my coauthors @foodimprover Agricultural Research Service Kyle M. Gardner 🍎 🍏 🧬 nature.com/articles/s4143…

Why have just one apple a day? Start the new year off with over 1000 apples in our new article on the genomic consequences of apple domestication. 

Thank you to my coauthors @foodimprover <a href="/USDA_ARS/">Agricultural Research Service</a> <a href="/AlleleFreak/">Kyle M. Gardner</a> 🍎 🍏 🧬 

nature.com/articles/s4143…
Emily Warschefsky (@ewarschefsky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was quite a treat to highlight @ColinKhoury et al's great work on the conservation status of crop wild relatives of the United States - check out their massive undertaking (and, if you like, my accompanying Commentary) pnas.org/content/117/52…

Laura Klein, PhD (@lk_botanist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hey Vitis Underground, my Laffy Taffy had a πŸ‡ joke: Why did the farmer yell at the grape? Because it was being un-raisin-able! ...I'll see myself out.

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U of Sheffield Archaeology is under review and may lose their department, which includes zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, human osteology & palaeoanthropology. You can show support here! tinyurl.com/eanznsw

Kaylan Reddy (@kaythebotanist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you so much to Botanical Society of America for awarding me the best poster in the #Ethnobotany sectionπŸ₯³πŸ˜! So humbled and grateful for the opportunity to have participated in #Botany2021. Learn so much and met some awesome scientists 😁 #plantsarecool #phytochemistry #BIPOCinBotany

Thank you so much to <a href="/Botanical_/">Botanical Society of America</a> for awarding me the best poster in the #Ethnobotany sectionπŸ₯³πŸ˜!

So humbled and grateful for the opportunity to have participated in #Botany2021. Learn so much and met some awesome scientists 😁
#plantsarecool #phytochemistry #BIPOCinBotany
Women for Women Intl (@womenforwomen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re closely monitoring the situation unfolding in #Afghanistan. Our team is safe. They are very sad, but calm, and sheltering in place. We are so proud of them and the work they do serving #afghanistanwomen and their families across the country. 1/6 support.womenforwomen.org/donate/afghani…

ZoΓ« Migicovsky (@zoemig) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm so thrilled to be editing a special issue, Fruit in Focus, with Beth Forrestel πŸ‡ and Emily Warschefsky πŸ₯­ for one of my favourite journals, Plants People Planet 🌱πŸ‘₯🌐 πŸ’πŸ‘πŸ‰πŸ‹πŸπŸ₯πŸ«πŸŠπŸ“πŸπŸŽ Please share your fruit-related articles by March 15 2022, more details here: newphytologist.org/news/view/287

I'm so thrilled to be editing a special issue, Fruit in Focus, with <a href="/phylofeast/">Beth Forrestel</a> πŸ‡ and <a href="/ewarschefsky/">Emily Warschefsky</a> πŸ₯­ for one of my favourite journals, <a href="/plantspplplanet/">Plants People Planet 🌱πŸ‘₯🌐</a> πŸ’πŸ‘πŸ‰πŸ‹πŸπŸ₯πŸ«πŸŠπŸ“πŸπŸŽ

Please share your fruit-related articles by March 15 2022, more details here: newphytologist.org/news/view/287
Laura Klein, PhD (@lk_botanist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

πŸ“£ Calling all economic botanists! The #BSAeconomicbotanysection is holding a silent auction at #Botany2022. Please consider contributing ethnobotanic items to support student travel and presentation awards. DM me with donations and retweet widely! Botanical Society of America