We had a great time at Fernbank Museum of Natural History for the Herbarium Outreach event and lecture today! Click HERE to view photos from the event on Facebook. There is also a great blog posting on the lecture hosted on the Destination Health EU site. You can read the…
Emory University ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave discusses how poisons in plants have been adapted to revolutionize modern medicine, everything from surgery to congestive heart failure and cancer treatments.
Emory University ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave discusses some little-known facts about historical poisoning deaths as well as how a plant poisons could be reason behind the myth of Cyclops.
Deadly Cures: Medical Discoveries from Poisonous Plants Emory Herbarium Curator, Dr. Quave, will be giving a special free public lecture “Deadly Cures: Medical Discoveries from Poisonous Plants” on March 1st at 4 pm at Fernbank Museum of Natural History. We’ll also have an educational outreach event before the talk, with displays…
Save the Date- Thursday, August 21st! I’ll be giving the Science Cafe talk in the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Plants and Human Health Series. This will be a fun, interactive evening, with hands-on activities that coincides with Cocktails in the Garden! So, plan on coming at 6pm to enjoy a cocktail,…
Dr. Quave’s presentation from the 2014 Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science is now up on Vimeo. Enjoy! http://vimeo.com/101350350
I’ll be giving a public lecture on medicinal plants and the search for new antibiotics this Friday (2/21) at Florida Atlantic University! This lecture is free and open to the public as part of the Frontiers in Science Public Lecture series. My talk will feature descriptions of the exciting work…
Dr. Quave will be participating in an upcoming Women in Bio event: “Paths to Success: Entrepreneurship in the ATL“. Event details, including registration information can be found on the event website. Description from the WIB website: WIB-Atlanta – Paths to Success: Entrepreneurship in the ATL on October 17, 2013 October…
Dr. Quave will present a lecture entitled “Medicines from Nature: An ethnobotanical approach to anti-infective drug discovery” for the Cornell University Department of Plant Biology seminar series on March 7th, 2014. She will also be presenting a guest lecture in Dr. Eloy Rodriguez’s “Medical Ethnobotany of New World Cultures” course.…
Dr. Quave will present a lecture titled “Medicines from nature: Ethnobotany and the science of human health” as part of the Emory University Anthropology Department Seminar series on November 11th, 2013 in the Anthropology building, room 303 at 4:15 pm. Dr. Quave is an Associated Faculty member with the department.…
This is so frustrating & not at all surprising as it happens to many #WomeninSTEM: "Her research impact H-index score is almost double" but she "has been paid between $9,000 & $36,000 less than male professors in her dept with similar or lesser experience from 2016 to 2018"
#ChemTweeps - Katrina is not on twitter, but if you know her, consider reaching out to voice your support and applaud her courage to speak out and fight back.
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Why biological collections need to be preserved for future generations
Why biological collections need to be preserved for future generations
Photo: Matt Kelly More than a century ago, when botanists and naturalists were in the field collecting plant and animal specimens, they couldn’t hav...
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Great new Sapiens podcast on quinoa, ranging from the economy to racialization of the crop to historical processes of migration and identity-formation in Peru via @sapiens_org
What’s the Cost of Quinoa?
Many had hoped that quinoa production would lift farmers out of poverty and rehabilitate a war-torn nation—but the state of this seed remains uncert...
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As a #disabled #scientist that also engages in #fieldwork on rough terrain - I’ve learned that planning is key! I have to be strategic about alternative modes of mobility to reach the plants I need - be it by donkey, canoe, car, & etc. But with planning & patience- I can do it 🙌
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. As an American living with disabilities, I have to spend a lot of time planning how to get from one place to the next.
People were advised to boil the water for one minute past a rolling boil. Infants, the elderly and those with immune deficiencies should be particularly cautious.
Boil Water Advisory Continues Into Tuesday For Much Of Atlanta | 90.1 FM WABE
Many Atlanta residents, and some in DeKalb County, were advised Monday to boil water before consuming, or cooking with it, following a problem at a ci...
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"If you wanted to create the worst possible scenario for introducing the first gene-edited babies into the world, it is difficult to imagine how you could improve on this farce." @edyong209 deftly reviews 15 steps of a CRISPR catastrophe:
The CRISPR Baby Scandal Gets Worse by the Day
The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.
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How an irked Northern California postal patron helped crack a global plant smuggling scheme via @mercnews
How an irked Northern California postal patron helped crack a global plant smuggling scheme
She was stuck in line and annoyed. Her complaint uncovered a story of amazing obsession with a strange little California plant.
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Oh my gosh- this is so cool!! Thanks so much @itstinali for your thoughtful Wikipedia write-up! I really appreciate it! #womeninscience #WomenInSTEM
@QuaveEthnobot Hi Dr. Quave! I'm a UCLA biochem student and for an honors class, I chose to write a Wikipedia article on you as a woman scientist to increase representation. Your work has been so inspiring for me, so I wanted to reach out and thank you 💖. https://t.co/6cxMLLJDQ8
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan argues that instead of compensating soybean farmers for losses, we should pay them to plant native perennials to protect bees and butterflies.
Hold the Soy, Save the Pollinators | Civil Eats
Ethnobotanist Gary Nabhan argues that instead of compensating soybean farmers for losses, we should pay them to plant native perennials to protect bee...
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Ooh your reminder that you've got until Dec. 11th to apply for @CAH's Science Ambassador Scholarship! Covers -FULL TUITION- for a woman in science, technology, engineering, or math. Must be high-school senior or undergrad student to qualify. GET IT GIRL
The Science Ambassador Scholarship
Applications are now open for the Science Ambassador Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship for women in STEM.
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Powerful patient stories. #AMR is a real issue affecting real people - from the young to the old.
Superbugs kill 700,000 people a year. Here are just a few real-life stories about the fight against #antibioticresistance. Thanks to @IDSAInfo for compiling these. @CARB_X @Wellcome_AMR @BARDA @PHEgov @gatesfoundation @DHSCgovuk @UKgovGHS #GAMRIF @BU_Law https://t.co/g8GiNXs8Ez
