Poisonous Plants Revolutionize Medicine
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.
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Poisonous Plants in History and Myth
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.
Paper featured in a News and Views commentary in Nature Plants
Our recent paper on ethnobotanical knowledge as a source of resilience for food security and health strategies in the Balkans was featured in a News and Views piece in Nature Plants this week! The commentary was authored by Drs. Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana and Manuel J. Macía and titled: “The benefits of…
Special Lecture on Poisonous Plants on March 1st! FREE Tickets
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…
Blog piece on our ethnobotanical research int he Balkans
Check out this new blog piece on our work! Here is an excerpt quote in the piece: “A lot of international attention has been focused on the Balkans to try to support reconciliation and development. If you really want to help local communities in a way that’s sustainable and culturally…
New research article on ethnobotany, food security and resilience in the Balkans
We are excited to announce the release of a new research article from our work in the Balkans with collaborator Dr. Andrea Pieroni of the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Italy). The article can be accessed at the Nature Plants Website: http://www.nature.com/articles/nplants201421 Quave, C.L. and A. Pieroni. (2015). A reservoir of…
New Editorial on the Open Science Network
We have a new editorial piece on the progress of the Open Science Network in Ethnobiology published in Ethnobiology Letters. Click here to read more about what’s happening with the OSN!
Emory Herbarium has a new website
Emory University Herbarium, which curated by Dr. Quave, now has a new website and Twitter feed! The Emory Herbarim is home to more than 20,000 plant specimens, and features special collections in medical botany, granite rock outcrop species, and more. Check it out! Website:https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/emoryherbarium/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmoryHerbarium
New paper reviews state-of-the-art tools for anti-virulence drug discovery in staph!
Flipping the switch: tools for detecting small molecule inhibitors of staphylococcal virulence Drs. Quave and Horswill have co-authored a review on different laboratory tools and approaches that can be used to detect small molecule inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus virulence. Virulence inhibitors could be used in the future as adjuvants to…
New book on Ethnobotany in the Balkans!
Hot off the presses: Ethnobotany and Biocultural Diversities in the Balkans Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Development and Reconciliation Edited by: Andrea Pieroni and Cassandra Quave The E-book can be ordered at the Springer site. Print copies are available at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
