Steven Dodsworth
@drsdodsworth.bsky.social
Lecturer in Plant Science at Birkbeck College, University of London. 🌿Botanist. 🎹Pianist. 🏳️🌈He/him.
Editor-in-Chief of Bot. J. Linn. Soc.
@botjlinnsoc.bsky.social
https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/9458567/steven-dodsworth
Editor-in-Chief of Bot. J. Linn. Soc.
@botjlinnsoc.bsky.social
https://www.bbk.ac.uk/our-staff/profile/9458567/steven-dodsworth
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Great to work with partners inc @rbgkew.bsky.social & @naturalengland.bsky.social to produce the new #GBRedList for vascular plants.
The bad news: 26% of wild plants are under threat, up from 23% in 2005.
The good news: Conservation action works, as partners @plantlifeuk.bsky.social have shown!
The bad news: 26% of wild plants are under threat, up from 23% in 2005.
The good news: Conservation action works, as partners @plantlifeuk.bsky.social have shown!
While 1 in 4 UK plants remain threatened, the Red List offers a roadmap for recovery - proof that action works. We’re proud to have contributed alongside experts from @bsbibotany.bsky.social, @ukceh.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social & others 💚
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November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Great to work with partners inc @rbgkew.bsky.social & @naturalengland.bsky.social to produce the new #GBRedList for vascular plants.
The bad news: 26% of wild plants are under threat, up from 23% in 2005.
The good news: Conservation action works, as partners @plantlifeuk.bsky.social have shown!
The bad news: 26% of wild plants are under threat, up from 23% in 2005.
The good news: Conservation action works, as partners @plantlifeuk.bsky.social have shown!
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Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
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October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Exciting fully-funded PhD project in my group, working with #ChelseaPhysicGarden @acmjulier.bsky.social to explore plant-insect interactions in urban gardens, and for urban planting schemes. Funded through NERC TREES DTP, all details here: tinyurl.com/mr3u42b8 Pls repost + email me if interested!
Deciphering plant-insect interactions in a diverse urban botanical garden and the implications for developing urban planting schemes at Birkbeck, University of London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Deciphering plant-insect interactions in a diverse urban botanical garden and the implications for developing urban planting schemes at Birkbeck, University of London, listed on FindAPhD...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Exciting fully-funded PhD project in my group, working with #ChelseaPhysicGarden @acmjulier.bsky.social to explore plant-insect interactions in urban gardens, and for urban planting schemes. Funded through NERC TREES DTP, all details here: tinyurl.com/mr3u42b8 Pls repost + email me if interested!
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Ask the Government stops allowing energy companies to charge the same price as gas for much cheaper to produce renewable electricity. Please sign and share! This will reduce bills overnight. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas
Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.
petition.parliament.uk
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ask the Government stops allowing energy companies to charge the same price as gas for much cheaper to produce renewable electricity. Please sign and share! This will reduce bills overnight. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
It’s that wonderful season again where the Nerine and friends come out. #bloomscrolling #flowers #amaryllids
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It’s that wonderful season again where the Nerine and friends come out. #bloomscrolling #flowers #amaryllids
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1) This is why I think we are all doomed. I started this petition demanding electricity from renewables (over 50% of all electricity now in the UK) be detached from the much more expensive cost of wholesale gas. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Ban cheap renewable energy from being charged at the price of expensive gas
Mandate energy providers to stop charging the same price as expensive gas for much cheaper renewable energy. We think they should pass any savings on to consumers, rather than keeping them as profit.
petition.parliament.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
1) This is why I think we are all doomed. I started this petition demanding electricity from renewables (over 50% of all electricity now in the UK) be detached from the much more expensive cost of wholesale gas. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Annual and perennial #sunflowers. Bit of a struggle with the lack of water but still looking lovely. #flowers #bloomscrolling
August 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Annual and perennial #sunflowers. Bit of a struggle with the lack of water but still looking lovely. #flowers #bloomscrolling
July 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Second harvest of courgettes this year, doing well. Loving all the different varieties too. #allotment #harvests #growyourown
July 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Second harvest of courgettes this year, doing well. Loving all the different varieties too. #allotment #harvests #growyourown
Busy with work and almost missed it, didn’t think it would flower this year. An astonishing spicy scent too. Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’ #flowers #hymenocallis #bulbs #bloomscrolling
June 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Busy with work and almost missed it, didn’t think it would flower this year. An astonishing spicy scent too. Ismene ‘Sulphur Queen’ #flowers #hymenocallis #bulbs #bloomscrolling
June 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The gloriously superb Gloriosa superba, aka the flame #lily amongst others! Soaring high #bloomscrolling #flowers
June 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The gloriously superb Gloriosa superba, aka the flame #lily amongst others! Soaring high #bloomscrolling #flowers
June 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New one for me this year, Weldenia candida just flowering, very cute Commelinaceae #flowers #spring #bloomscrolling
May 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New one for me this year, Weldenia candida just flowering, very cute Commelinaceae #flowers #spring #bloomscrolling
May 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
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April 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy Easter everyone! Here are some spring flowers to bring cheer. #flowers #bloomscrolling
April 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happy Easter everyone! Here are some spring flowers to bring cheer. #flowers #bloomscrolling
Oh look it’s me🤪 and Canarina canariensis, the endemic bellflower of the Canary Islands #flowers #bellflower #tenerife
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Oh look it’s me🤪 and Canarina canariensis, the endemic bellflower of the Canary Islands #flowers #bellflower #tenerife
Wonderful giant Sonchus hierrensis flowering on La Gomera #flowers #dandelion
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Wonderful giant Sonchus hierrensis flowering on La Gomera #flowers #dandelion
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM