The deadline for submissions to the special issue of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been extended to March 2nd! This will be a special issue focusing on the topic of The European Heritage of Folk Medicines and Medicinal Foods: Its Contribution to the CAMs of Tomorrow. Please visit the following link for more details: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/si/ehfm/
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Load More...En route to #Scotland today!! Excited to meet fellow botanists and plant lovers in Edinburgh this weekend! Plus... I have a special #FoodiePharmacology #podcast taping scheduled with one of Scotland’s rising star chefs! 💫 🍴 🌱
Last few seats remaining! Don’t miss @QuaveEthnobot, @MariaFadiman and @Ethnobotanica share fascinating stories of #ethnobotany research and exploration this Sunday at 2pm. Reserve your free place at https://t.co/euWJlIbxxo
Over 200 people have registered! #Edinburgh plant lovers - get your tix now before they're all gone! @Ethnobotanica , @MariaFadiman and I can't wait to share our stories of #ethnobotany #research and #exploration with you on 9/15! #WomeninScience #WomenInSTEM #botany #Garden
We're excited to be joined by a trio of ethnobotanists @QuaveEthnobot @MariaFadiman @Ethnobotanica this Sunday, where they will shine new light on plants. Reserve your free tickets for #Ethnobotany: Plants, People & Nature at https://t.co/euWJlIbxxo
Rose galls have an interesting history of use in traditional medicine and are packed with astringent phytochemIcals like tannins.
Words of the Day: “Puck’s Pincushion” — folkname for the rose gall (aka Robin’s Pincushion, Devil’s Pincushion, moss gall, bedeguar gall), caused by the gall wasp Diplolepis rosae; esp. visible in September on field & dog roses.
"How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely?" Nice to see a bit of economic botany featured on the front page of @BBCNews (by @timharford)
How do people learn to cook a toxic plant safely?
Cassava is very dangerous if not prepared properly, so how did people develop and share that knowledge?
www.bbc.co.uk
What a fun panel! Was awesome to rock out on some cool science with this power crew of #WomenInScience ! We talked about everything from analytical chemistry to plant-based “meat”, psychoactive plants, MSG, CBD, essential oils, fermented foods, artificial sweeteners & more! 🔥 🍴
Chow food & beverage panel was 🔥! Great conversation and a lovely audience! #DragonCon
More about our new #GlassFlowers exhibit in the @HarvardMuseum from the Gazette! We are so excited for #FruitsInDecay to open tomorrow! Thanks to our amazing Glass Flowers team and the @HarvardMuseum for making this happen!
‘Fruits in Decay’ on exhibit in Harvard’s Glass Flowers gallery
“Fruits in Decay,” a new exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, depicts the marvel of rotting fruit.
news.harvard.edu
