Topic: Medical ethnobotany and the discovery of new drugs for antibiotic resistant infections Dr. Quave will tell the story of how her research group has discovered new leads for antibiotic adjuvants, from field research documenting the traditional use of these plants in topical therapeutics for skin infections, to the laboratory…
Congratulations to our students on their excellent work in botanical research this summer! Today, they presented the results of their studies at the Emory SURE Research Symposium. Photo updates are available on Dr. Quave’s Facebook and Twitter pages!
Dr. Quave is honored to be delivering the keynote lecture at the 2015 Atkins Medicinal Garden Walk and Lecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy on July 17th! Guided tours of the gardens will be offered by UIC’s ethnobotanists. The Lecture will be held at noon.…
We’re hiring a new Collections Manager at the Emory University Herbarium! Please apply online to the Emory jobs website. To view the full posting, go directly to the Emory Careers page: http://www.hr.emory.edu/eu/careers/ and search using posting ID: 53292BR
I’m excited to announce the publication of a new review article with European collaborators on fermented plant-based foods and beverages in Europe: Sõukand, R., M. Biró, A. Dénes,Y. Doğan, A. Hajdari, R. Kalle, B. Reade, B. Mustafa, A. Nedelcheva, C.L. Quave, Ł. Łuczaj, A. Pieroni. (2015) An ethnobotanical perspective on…
I’m excited to announce that a paper with collaborators in Hungary has been published in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. The research article, titled “Ethnoveterinary practices of Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania“, addresses the interesting topic of folk practices associated with ethnoveterinary medicine. Ethnoveterinary medicine is perhaps best described as…
I’m excited to announce that our new paper with European collaborators has just been published in the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine! The research article, titled “A cross-cultural comparison of folk plant uses among Albanians, Bosniaks, Gorani and Turks living in south Kosovo” by Behxhet Mustafa, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni,…
Curious about the distinction between poison and medicine? Wonder where so many of our life-saving drugs came from? Join us at Dr. Quave’s special public lecture “Deadly Cures: Medical Discoveries from Poisonous Plants” at 2pm on Sunday, May 17th at Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden to find out! Reserve your…
Pictures from our annual hike and picnic are posted here. We had a great time exploring the beautiful rare (and even endangered species) of Arabia Mountain preserve.
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…
