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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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.
