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…
We have a book chapter out in Svanberg and Łuczaj’s new book: Pioneers in European Ethnobotany. Click here to View the PDF. Check out this and other new 2014 publications by Quave and colleagues under the Publications tab. Full Citation: Pieroni, A. and C.L. Quave. (2014). Pioneering Ethnobotanists in…
Dr. Quave recently traveled to Mallorca, Spain to accept one of twenty Phytoneering Awards from the Bionorica Global Research Initiative competition. The prize in the amount of 50,000 euros will be used to launch a new study in the Quave lab on medicinal plant natural product activity against acne biofilms.…
Dr. Quave’s presentation from the 2014 Indonesian-American Kavli Frontiers of Science is now up on Vimeo. Enjoy! http://vimeo.com/101350350
I have just completed an ethnobotanical field study on the volcanic island of Pantelleria n collaboration with Dr. Alessandro Saitta, mycologist and Asst. Professor at the University of Palermo, Italy and with support from the Emory Center for the Study of Human Health. Dr. Saitta and I examined the local…
I am so excited to announce that our newest paper on our biofilm inhibitor formulation, 220D-F2 from the Elmleaf blackberry, has been published in PLoS ONE! Here, we report exciting activity against pneumococcal biofilms! Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is an important human pathogen associated with high morbidity and mortality, causing serious…
I am happy to announce that we have a new recruit to the Emory University Herbarium! Dr. Jane Bradbury will begin her work as the Emory University Herbarium (GEO) Collections Manager this June. She will be working with Dr. Quave (Curator) on the Herbarium Revitalization Project, made possible by a…
I am excited to announce that my research proposal was selected for one of the Bionorica Global Research Initiative prizes! This award of 50,000 euros will be used to support my lab’s research on the identification of new botanical therapies for acne.
Dr. Quave has joined the Emory Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS), in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) program. This new appointment will enable Dr. Quave to teach graduate courses and serve as the primary advisor of GDBBS graduate students. To learn more about applying to the…
