👏🏼Congratulations to all the speakers of the Plant conservation genetics symposium second session

🌿Inspiring talks at the Plant conservation genetics symposium (session 2) at #ibc2024 Gene rescue theory, population genetics of endangered Magnolias, inbreeding depression in Pericopsis elata, Angiosperms353, and genomics for Mexican agaves & cacti promise cutting-edge insights

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It is commonly thought that global warming might be good for some plants such as cacti, which are adapted to arid and semi-arid environments. Want to know how correct this assumption is? Join us this Sept 29 to find out! Register for the webinar here: https://t.co/Tay376aeUj

Join our next coming Seminar on Cactaceae! 🌵 Dra. Mónica Arakaki (UNMSM Perú) will be talking about hybridization in Trichocereeae. 🗓️ Friday, Dec 3rd Subscribe here: https://t.co/rv2rtQyjSg

HSBC is planning to continue financing coal for another 2 decades(!). And this is somehow seen as "good news"??? This really shows how completely out of touch with reality we are and how urgently the narrative needs to change. #FaceTheClimateEmergency https://t.co/uhSEtsXo6J

Happy #ChocolateDay to all! Theobroma (Food of the Gods) cocoa, looks very different from a foil covered choco bar. Here is an illustration from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, written by Hermann Adolph Köhler (1834 - 1879, physician & chemist) #chocolate #naturalhistory

Commonly known as Star Rock, 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘴 is endemic to Mexico. It is one of the most popular Ariocarpus spp. because it is the largest and fastest-growing spp. in this genus that is known for its slow growth. It also has a beautiful ⭐ shape and flowers.

Since 1873, the LinnSoc had never closed its doors apart from holidays. And here we are today: 3 & a half months into a lockdown. Read @isacharmant’s essay on what happens to collections during global crises; situations collection heads never want to face. https://t.co/N9yPHgfV3K

I am so proud of this little paper just published, the result of years of studying evolutionary theory. I tell you here what's wrong with adaptive radiations as a concept, and what should we do about it... comments welcome and please rt! @langebiomx https://t.co/OByEzwjyio

How depressing

Carlos aka "Charlie" shows us how he harvests turnips. He's paid piece rate & earns $1.50 every 2 buckets. Charlie is the fastest in his crew averaging 24-26 buckets per hr. Many workers just earn minimum wage as it's easy to cut your fingers if you rush w/ this job #WeFeedYou

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, UN scientists to warn

“Statistics and graphs are great — but there’s nothing like the power of a visual to help people understand the natural world.”

There’s no one correct way to seek anonymous feedback from people under your supervision, but these tips can help. @ScienceCareers

Beautification

Ya casi!!! @__Konibb 😀 https://t.co/fehsvgnCeD

Ya esta disponible la convocatoria del XXIX Verano de la Investigación Científica de la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias! La recepción de solicitudes es hasta el 5 de abril de 2019. Puedes consultarla en:  https://t.co/FvLaAINOyH

I have not read this new review yet, but I like very much the sound of it: "disagreements between molecular dating studies should primarily be interpreted as a debate about assumptions and prior beliefs, such as the interpretation of fossil evidence"