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Dr. Knapp Sandra Knapp, this year's Beaty Biodiversity Lecturer at the University of British Columbia, gave a fascinating and persuasive talk last night about why plant description still matters.

"My sides are many, my angles aren't few. I'm the Dodecahedron, and who are you?". Nice little article on Plants People Planet on the many faces of plant breeding with @postdocsays et al. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.30

New study on phylogenomics tools for yams that I had the pleasure of working on with an amazing group of collaborators from UBC, UH, Naturalis and Kew.

Excited to share our phylogenomic study of Pandanales, a charismatic order of monocots that encompasses spectacular morphological diversity and whose evolutionary history had long remained uncertain doi.org/10.1111/cla.12… EEB_POC

One week left to apply for our #phdopportunity w/ @gawright47 @OxZooDept & me @KewScience Evidence for drugs in nectar as a co-evolved trait in plant-pollinator interactions. Supported by our new Leverhulme grant. Deadline 19-Feb21. Pls RT or fwd zoo.ox.ac.uk/graduate-studi…

Huge congratulations to Bill Baker and the #PAFTOL team on their launch of #TreeofLifeExplorer, a massive phylogenomic dataset for angiosperms that will only continue to grow from this initial release of over 3000 samples!

Extremely valuable study for global food security and human health. Proud and privileged to be working with such amazing colleagues doing such impactful research @KewScience

Great to see superb @KewScience colleagues featured in on the news highlighting the value of agrobiodiversity Marybel Soto Gomez Future foods: What you could be eating by 2050 bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Check out Food Forever at Kew for an engaging, artsy and thought-provoking programme on how or food choices can positively transform our planet #KewFood

Tartu #npnextgen treasure hunt 🌱 Ivan Mijail Oğuz Top, Ph.D. Adéla Přibylová Marybel Soto Gomez

What a privilege to hear about the past, present and future of APG from the greats who've led it from the start: Mark Chase, Doug & Pam Soltis, Peter Stevens @KewScience

Inspiring & revealing talk by Miranda Lowe CBE Miranda Lowe CBE on #declonising Museum collections & the overlooked role of people of colour for #BlackHistoryMonth for @KewScience. To a packed house too - busiest I’ve seen the Jodrell lecture theatre since the pandemic 👏👏👏👏

Is this a tiny alien? Nope! It's a non-photosynthetic plant that derives nutrition from fungi & part of a fascinating lineage that we recently described as a new family, Afrothismiaceae, with Martin Cheek, Sean Graham & Paula Rudall biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Photo by Vincent Merckx

Day 2 of #PlantsFor30x30 @KewScience opens with Dr James Borrell and Marybel Soto Gomez presenting their Ethiopian pilot on conservation of agrobiodiversity.

Neither Airbnb nor the host are taking responsibility for renting a Paris flat that is highly dangerous for a kid (large stairwell hole dropping to level below) and surrounded by hostile neighbors. What gives Airbnb Help?

Completely mind-blown with the creativity of the entries I've judged for the Royal Society of Art Student Design Awards RSA Student Design Awards (SDAs). Student designs for the brief "Tomorrow's Menu" give me hope for more sustainable food systems in the future

🚨More judging progress to report this week... Our panel for Brief 8⃣: Tomorrow's menu have discussed brief entries. Judges were compelled by the level of creative detail, regenerative understanding & systems thinking. A big thank you to all our judges for their time and care!

Plants sustain human life. A new Science study looks at the global distribution of more than 35,000 utilized plant species spanning 10 use categories. The results suggest a need to preserve biocultural diversity hotspots. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/5z7