The Quave Lab has launched a new student research fundraiser! Help us meet our goal of raising $5,000 to support purchase of supplies for student research projects, local field expeditions to collect new plants, and chemistry and microbiology experiments. Buy a t-shirt and make a donation by November 1st HERE…
Ethnobotanists like @QuaveEthnobot are scouring the world for plants used as folk remedies to turn into drugs – but it's harder than movies like Medicine Man make it look!
From folklore to pharmacy
Although many drugs have in the past come from plants, Hayley Bennett discovers that it's hard work getting them approved today
www.chemistryworld.com
Many drugs have come from plants- but getting them approved & to market is not an easy task. @gingerbreadlady explores some botanical drug successes & discusses future projects with #QuaveLab & others: "From folklore to pharmacy" #pharmacognosy #botany
From folklore to pharmacy
Although many drugs have in the past come from plants, Hayley Bennett discovers that it's hard work getting them approved today
www.chemistryworld.com
Fantastic! Indigenous knowledge of crops - & biodiversity of crops - is so key to #foodsecurity! I'm also really heartened to see that plans for access & benefit sharing are in place in accordance with #Nagoya protocol. #TraditionalKnowledge #NativeMaize #Botany #LessFertilizer
An indigenous Mexican variety of corn gets its own fertilizer from the air thanks to... bacteria in its mucus-covered aerial roots. If the ability can be bred into conventional corn, it could be huge win for agriculture. https://t.co/dbCar55lHD
Heartbreaking look at what is already happening in resource-poor hospitals. Take heed - this is a global threat. "Scourge of superbugs killing Malawi's babies" @CNN #antibioticresistance #klebsiella #CRE #antibiotics #AMR
Scourge of superbugs killing Malawi's babies
Malawi is facing an epidemic of infections causing sepsis, particularly among newborns, made worse by ever-increasing resistance that bacteria are sho...
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Plants literally rule the world in terms of biomass. Many of our foods, medicines, textiles, tools come from plants. Yet, the study of plants has declined across K-12 & college curricula! Let's #BringBackBotany education! Our planet's health depends on it!
Plants Are the World's Dominant Life-Form
Flora make up the majority of Earth’s biomass, followed by bacteria
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So grateful to be chosen for the Peter Raven Award. Thank you @AmSocPlantTaxon, Greg Anderson @uconneeb & awesome colleagues who wrote letters. #scicomm #outreach #STEAM @RutgersSEBS via @BucknellU
Bucknell Professor Lauded for Science Evangelism — News ’18
Professor Chris Martine, biology, was recognized with one of the botany world's highest honors for his science outreach, including his long-running Yo...
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