June 17-21, 2013. Dr. Quave will meet with officials in the Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) Health Authority at the Zayed Complex for Herbal Research and Traditional Medicine. Established in 1996, the ZCHRTM “is unique in the sense that under one roof it has interdisciplinary research approach and interfacing traditional systems of medicine with modern scientific research methodology. With the establishment of ZCHRTM, health authorities has taken a step forward for the world wide propagation of herbal medicines which has a long and cherished tradition in the United Arab Emirates and is forming an important part of “National Health Care Delivery System”. Visit their website to learn more about initiatives currently underway at ZCHRTM.
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Load More...Fascinating study on the Mediterranean sea grass Posedonia oceanica!! Used in traditional medicine in Sicily to treat hemorrhoids and new study shows it also plays a role in cleaning up plastic waste in the 🌊 oceans!! Plants are too cool!!🤩🌿
Plants helping us out in all kinds of ways! @earthwatch_org https://t.co/IAlDBX6Ffm
“This is going to be kind of a slow walk of evolution. We’re going to have to have tools that slowly develop with it,” Emory's Matthew Woodruff tells @AP about need for new #COVID19 treatments as the virus mutates
Some COVID-19 mutations may dampen vaccine effectiveness
Scientists are reporting troubling signs that some recent mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19 may modestly curb the effectiveness of two curre...
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This makes my ❤️ so happy!! Yay science!! Yay LEGO’s!! Go get those antibiotics in New Zealand!!
Productive day at work today. Even better that it involved Lego :) Big thanks to @QuaveEthnobot for publishing the instructions to build a Lego fraction collector. We’ve made some tweaks so it moves a bit more smoothly. Now to discover some new antibiotics with it 🤞
"You know, it's not that easy to come in and say, I want to do a book about a toothless guy who's poaching orchids in South Florida. It doesn't instantly grab you as a great story," said author @susanorlean about her book, "The Orchid Thief".
Susan Orlean Revisits 'The Orchid Thief' 20 Years Later
Author Susan Orlean revisits her wildly popular book "The Orchid Thief," about an orchid hunter living in South Florida. It's this month's Sundial Boo...
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Excited to speak with middle and high school students in the Miami, FL area this morning for the #FairchildChallenge Green Treasures workshop!! @FairchildGarden #Ethnobotany #MedicinalPlants #Outreach #SciComm #Science #education #botany #Florida
High School - Challenge 6: - Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Challenge 6: Green Treasures – Fairchild’s Pharmacy For Individuals or Groups (2–5 students per group) — Maximum points: 200 (100 per entry; 2...
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Wahoo! The Emory Molecular and Systems Pharmacology graduate program account (@EmoryMsp) has officially launched! Follow this to stay up to date on research from Emory faculty + amazing students + lab teams working on #drugdiscovery #pharmacology #infection #cancer + more!
Hello, world! This is the 1st tweet for the @EmoryUniversity @laneygradschool Molecular & Systems #Pharmacology graduate program! ⚕️
Follow our channel to keep up with the latest exciting research & educational activities happening with our MSP faculty & students! RT🙏 #PhDChat“We should investigate sources that have already been used—in some cases for millennia—by humans to treat infections.” -#StandUptoSuperbugs Ambassador @QuaveEthnobot
Researcher Looks to Plants in Search for New Antibiotics
Dr. Cassandra Quave’s path to her work as a leader in antibiotic drug discovery research initiatives at Emory University in Atlanta started when she...
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Whoa! Super #fungi in #space might help block harmful #radiation... by "eating" the radiation for energy. Take that gamma rays!
Chernobyl fungus could shield astronauts from cosmic radiation
A recent study tested how well the fungi species Cladosporium sphaerospermum blocked cosmic radiation aboard the International Space Station.
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Excited to be part of this collaborative paper with @fab_ethnopharm @anywar_godwin and L.A. Garbe. We provide a new literature assessment tool for determining which #medicinalplant species to prioritize for lab studies. #ethnobotany #pharmacognosy Read:
A Bibliographic Assessment Using the Degrees of Publication Method: Medicinal Plants from the Rural Greater Mpigi Region (Uganda)
In ethnopharmacological research, many field assessment tools exist. Yet, these miss that critical point of how to really determine which species meri...
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Scott taught me so much about plants in grad school! He's a pro! This is a great opportunity for folks to learn more about those pretty plants found in your homes and offices! 🌿🤩
I'm thrilled to announce I'm teaching a 2nd round of The #Botany of #Houseplants, a 4-session webinar course starting Feb 6, 2021 at 8pm Eastern (better time for folks in Asia & Pacific). It will cover lots of cool topics. US$25. Course schedule is here: https://t.co/OeQLZHbajt
NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED! In ethnopharmacological research, existing field assessment tools miss that critical point of how to really determine which species merit the costly lab studies. This gap can be filled by the Degrees of Publication (DoP) method.
A Bibliographic Assessment Using the Degrees of Publication Method: Medicinal Plants from the Rural Greater Mpigi Region (Uganda)
In ethnopharmacological research, many field assessment tools exist. Yet, these miss that critical point of how to really determine which species meri...
doi.org
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