Researchers call on Duke University to reconsider its herbarium closure wral.com/story/research…

Faculty allege decision to close Duke Herbarium motivated by departmental competition, ‘limited resources’ dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

Herbaria and other natural history collections will almost never be revenue generating. But that can't be the only rationale for keeping something. What has become of this embarrassingly wealthy university, one that claims to be a beacon of knowledge in the South?

hey Duke University to be the Harvard of the south... you may have to, you know, invest in Herbaria, basic research, libraries, and archives. Here's a quick tip: to be the Harvard of the south, perhaps copy the original Harvard and invest in your Herbarium?

Collections are truly priceless | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Back by popular demand for 2024: The #Oscars as things seen in science. First up, Sam Rockwell as a failed PCR

Smartphones in the '50s? When it comes to cutting-edge technology, it looks like BTI did it first! (Apple, can we have a word?) Can you spot all the anachronisms in these candid shots from BTI's Archives? 🔊Sound on to hear a special song we found too!

Going "gaga" over this video from Molly Edwards, PhD and the shout-out to Fay-Wei Li 李飛葦!

News in nature on chatbots in peer review nature.com/articles/d4158… What do people think about referee report on our paper in @BMCseries #BMCPlantBiol peer review link at bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Paper is doi.org/10.1186/s12870…

Duke University's herbarium merits continued enhancement, not dissolution! drive.google.com/file/d/1istcgs…

BTI proudly announces that Maria Harrison has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society! Congrats, Maria! 🎉 news.btiscience.org/237697-boyce-t…

Thrilled to share this study by Jacob Suissa, Fay-Wei Li 李飛葦, and me published today in Nature Communications "Convergent evolution of fern nectaries facilitated independent recruitment of ant-bodyguards from flowering plants" nature.com/articles/s4146…

Two new papers out this week! Paper #1 on developing a new #hornwort #transformation method to visualize #pyrenoids Joyce Van Eck Laura Gunn JXB @jxbotany.bsky.social Boyce Thompson Inst academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-ar…

Two new papers out this week! Paper #2 on the convergent evolution of #fern nectaries Nature Communications led by the amazing Jacob Suissa Dr. Corrie Moreau Boyce Thompson Inst nature.com/articles/s4146…

Check out this fascinating article from BTI alum Jacob Suissa! Researchers found ferns and flowering plants started using ant-bribing nectar glands around 130 million years ago, revealing how plants and ants evolved creating an unique relationship.🐜 theconversation.com/ferns-and-flow…

Cornell has an open tenure track faculty position (Asst. Prof.) in PLANT ECOLOGY in the E&EB Dept., please consider applying! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27879

Thanks Bento Lab 🧬 for the last minute trouble shooting. Now we have PCR running in the car!! Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Moore Foundation #MBLSYM2024

If you need a distraction on the Election Day, you can read our newest paper Molecular Plant & Plant Communications - we found that #hornwort #Rubisco is wicked!! Absolutely fun collaboration with Zen Oh Laura Gunn funded by U.S. National Science Foundation Boyce Thompson Inst Cornell CALS cell.com/molecular-plan…

My first Laura Gunn collab with Fay-Wei Li 李飛葦 research article is out @mplantpcom ! Using SynBio approaches we found a new Rubisco assembly intermediate and successfully express hornwort Rubisco in E.coli. 1/3 cell.com/molecular-plan…

Jacob Suissa and I wrote a #book about #ferns! It's beautifully illustrated by the amazing artist Laura Silburn. Will be released in May and you can preorder from Amazon. More here: mailchi.mp/btiscience/fer…