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New E-book is posted

cquave April 22, 2012 April 22, 2012Education, Etnobotanica.us News education, medicinal plants 0

The newest version of the student-authored collection of Medicinal Plant Monographs is now available under the Teaching tab on the Etnobotanica website. This latest edition includes an additional 26 medicinal plant monographs written by my students enrolled at Emory University in the HLTH385-000 “Botanical Medicine and Health” course.

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Center for the Study of Human Health website launched!

cquave January 13, 2012 January 13, 2012Etnobotanica.us News education, human health, research 0

Announcing the launch of Emory University’s new Center for the Study of Human Health website! The vision of the Center is to advance health knowledge and inspire students to confront the challenges of improving human well-being. It serves as a nexus for intellectual discourse on topics of human health, CAM,…

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    Lukasz Ciesla@ciesla_lukasz·
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    Doesn't get better than this: #cats and #naturalproducts! Nepetalactol was found to increase plasma β-endorphin levels in cats and also repels the mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Thus, self-anointing behavior helps to protect cats against mosquito bites. https://t.co/w9JXmRS9Xe

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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
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    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!!🤩🌿

    Maria Fadiman@MariaFadiman

    Plants helping us out in all kinds of ways! @earthwatch_org https://t.co/IAlDBX6Ffm

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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
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    ⚕️❤️ Yes! “let the science speak” #ScienceIsBack #ScienceMatters

    ⚕️❤️ Yes! “let the science speak”

#ScienceIsBack #ScienceMatters
    NowThis@nowthisnews

    Dr. Fauci says working under Biden is ‘a liberating feeling’

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    Emory University News@EmoryNews·
    21 Jan

    “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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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
    22 Jan

    This makes my ❤️ so happy!! Yay science!! Yay LEGO’s!! Go get those antibiotics in New Zealand!!

    This makes my ❤️ so happy!! Yay science!! Yay LEGO’s!! Go get those antibiotics in New Zealand!!
    Dr Siouxsie Wiles@SiouxsieW

    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 🤞

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    WLRN Public Media@WLRN·
    21 Jan

    "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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    AFP News Agency@AFP·
    21 Jan

    #UPDATE In a dramatic about-turn, the new US administration on Thursday thanked the World Health Organization (#WHO) for leading the global coronavirus pandemic response and vowed to remain a member state https://t.co/U8MBsiIqRm #AnthonyFauci #Fauci

    #UPDATE In a dramatic about-turn, the new US administration on Thursday thanked the World Health Organization (#WHO) for leading the global coronavirus pandemic response and vowed to remain a member state https://t.co/U8MBsiIqRm #AnthonyFauci #Fauci
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    Greg Fenves@gregfenves·
    21 Jan

    Team Emory is awesome! They are ready for weekly COVID testing with classes beginning soon. Testing is crucial to keep our campus healthy—please make sure you're getting tested. More info: https://t.co/rITq1lnXpO

    Team Emory is awesome! They are ready for weekly COVID testing with classes beginning soon. Testing is crucial to keep our campus healthy—please make sure you're getting tested. More info: https://t.co/rITq1lnXpO
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    Society for Economic Botany Students@SEBotanystudent·
    21 Jan

    For those who couldn't make it at the event time, below is a recording of the session! The SEB Student Council thanks for great suggestions and inputs to @CillaWehi @QuaveEthnobot @RenataSoukand @salalberrywoman @repetebarbados

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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
    21 Jan

    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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    American Botanical Council@HerbalGram·
    21 Jan

    Join TODAY's free webinar COVID and the Botanical Industry: Perspectives from the Field live at 9 AM EST:

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    Leo Hickman@LeoHickman·
    20 Jan

    President Biden has now signed the executive order which means the US is rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change. Will be deposited with UN later today and take formal effect in 30 days

    President Biden has now signed the executive order which means the US is rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Will be deposited with UN later today and take formal effect in 30 days
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    Corina Newsome@hood_naturalist·
    20 Jan

    “For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us” - Amanda Gorman

    “For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us”
- Amanda Gorman
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    Emory College@emorycollege·
    20 Jan

    Our amazing Pultizer-Prize winner @jerichobrown has written an original poem for today's inauguration of @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. You can read it, or listen to Jericho read his words, in the @NYTmag: https://t.co/i6Gz6NUMsF

    Our amazing Pultizer-Prize winner @jerichobrown has written an original poem for today's inauguration of @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris.
You can read it, or listen to Jericho read his words, in the @NYTmag: https://t.co/i6Gz6NUMsF
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    Mark Plotkin@DocMarkPlotkin·
    19 Jan

    Ethnoapiology: #Hallucinogenic Honey via @string

    World's Largest Honey Bee Makes Rare Hallucinogenic Honey

    Harvesters scale tall cliffs to collect this rare honey from Himalayan giant honeybees.

    www.treehugger.com

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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
    20 Jan

    #ScienceIsBack 🌎💚⚕️

    #ScienceIsBack 🌎💚⚕️
    CBS News@CBSNews

    “Profound grief, but unprecedented opportunity”: @francesarnold, who will lead the outside science advisory council, says it is each generation's responsibility "to preserve our fragile planet, prepare our economy and our workforce for the future, and pass on a better world”

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    Save Antibiotics@saveantibiotics·
    19 Jan

    "The growing menace of bacterial resistance to #antibiotics is one of the most under-reported issues of our time," surgeon warns.

    Antibiotics spilling out of a pill bottle

    Oxford research tackles threat of antibiotic resistance

    Oxford says the "public cannot get enough of experts" with a £100m donation for antibiotics research.

    ow.ly

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    EmoryMSP@EmoryMsp·
    19 Jan

    We're excited to highlight some of the ground-breaking work undertaken in #pharmacology at #Emory! We'll be posting links to papers from the labs of MSP, beginning with our most recent 2020 publications! Please follow, comment, and share! #SciTwitter #SciComm #PhD #research

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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
    19 Jan

    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!

    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!
    EmoryMSP@EmoryMsp

    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

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    Pew Health@pewhealth·
    19 Jan

    “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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    🌿Kellogg Lab🍄@jkellogg916·
    18 Jan

    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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    Foodie Pharmacology Podcast@FoodiePharma·
    18 Jan

    In that magical period between winter & spring in the NE US & Canada, tapped sugar maples yield buckets of clear sap. Once concentrated, the resulting sticky syrup is used as a natural sweetener for everything from breakfast treats to specialty cocktails. https://t.co/JjFd8Gemwv

    In that magical period between winter & spring in the NE US & Canada, tapped sugar maples yield buckets of clear sap. Once concentrated, the resulting sticky syrup is used as a natural sweetener for everything from breakfast treats to specialty cocktails.

https://t.co/JjFd8Gemwv
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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
    18 Jan

    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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    Save Antibiotics@saveantibiotics·
    17 Jan

    “Sharing both successes and failures helps scientists avoid repeating failed studies,” @QuaveEthnobot says of the important role data sharing plays in the fight against #antibioticresistance.

    Researcher Looks to Plants in Search for New Antibiotics

    pew.org

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    Dr. Cassandra Quave🌿⚕️@QuaveEthnobot·
    17 Jan

    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! 🌿🤩

    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! 🌿🤩
    🌴Scott Zona, Ph.D.🌴@Scott_Zona

    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

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    Fabien Schultz@fab_ethnopharm·
    17 Jan

    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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    Mothers in Science@mothersinsci·
    15 Jan

    It's today! We're excited to launch our new pandemic resource! Here you can find 1) data on the impact of the pandemic on #WomenInSTEM 2) recommendations to STEM employers to support them 3) policies & support programs 4) Pandemic/STEM news. #PandemicParenting #AcademicParents

    It's today! We're excited to launch our new pandemic resource! Here you can find 1) data on the impact of the pandemic on #WomenInSTEM 2) recommendations to STEM employers to support them 3) policies & support programs 4) Pandemic/STEM news. #PandemicParenting #AcademicParents
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    Save Antibiotics@saveantibiotics·
    15 Jan

    .@QuaveEthnobot’s data is the latest addition to @pewhealth’s open access #antibiotic research tool, following a contribution from @Merck in October.

    SPARK Receives New Data from Merck and Kyorin

    www.pewtrusts.org

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    Save Antibiotics@saveantibiotics·
    15 Jan

    “I want the broader #antibiotic discovery community to benefit from this work, not spend another year re-creating it,” @QuaveEthnobot says of her decision to share data from her team’s latest research with @pewhealth’s SPARK.

    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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    Oberlies Research Group@OberliesGroup·
    15 Jan

    I love articles of a historical perspective like this. Thank you Dr. Kingston for your contributions to the natural product sciences.

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    So many epiphytes growing on these sweeping oak br So many epiphytes growing on these sweeping oak branches!
    Bicycle botany in the woods! Bicycle botany in the woods!
    Botanizing by bicycle in Myakka State Park today. Botanizing by bicycle in Myakka State Park today. It sounds easier than it is. I’m 😓 tired! 😆
    Grandpa’s wisdom shared with his 4 grandkids... Grandpa’s wisdom shared with his 4 grandkids... “Now, this is how you start a fire.” 🔥

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    Isn’t this the most beautiful staghorn fern you’ve ever seen?! It started off as a small gift - about a foot large - from my paternal grandmother to my mom back in the early 1970s.  Fifty years later, it hangs from thick coils of chains in the boughs of a sturdy oak tree. I can’t imagine how much it weighs now! 

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Yaupon holly 

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    Lyonia lucida Locally known as the Fetterbush Lyo Lyonia lucida

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