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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 28d

The AAB Applied Tree and Forest Biology group is hosting ‘Creating Canopies II’ at the grand Crown and Mitre hotel in Carlisle. 🌳
Kicking off w Chris Quine and Ruth Mitchell #AABCreatingCanopies

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The Scottish Forestry Trust @forestrytrust.bsky.social · 29d

The Scottish Forestry Trust is proud to have once again supported the Association of Applied Biologists' Travel Grants for early-career professionals attending the Creating Canopies II Conference. #AABCreatingCanopies web.cvent.com/event/7e93d2...

Summary. - Creating Canopies II: Resilience, Adaptation and Regenerative Approaches

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 27d

Fantastic D1 #AABCreatingCanopies with great talks, stimulating discussion and a successful (dry) forest walk!

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 27d

D2 morning includes trees from the urban environment in Toronto and then plenty about Ash!
👏 Well done Scarlet Maguire for a great first conference talk!
#AABCreatingCanopies

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 27d

Also had a very proud supervisor moment as my PhD student Vaishali gave a wonderful talk today about her tree cuttings #AABCreatingCanopies

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 27d

Apologies my account wouldn't load but it's been a fabulous 2 day meeting with #AABCreatingCanopies thanks to @aabiologists.bsky.social and all our funders. Thanks to everyone who came along! Thanks to Ted and the wonderful volunteers who took us around Coombs wood yesterday!

Photo of tall pines with diverse broadleaf and shrub understory.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 28d

Our first keynote, Chris Quine introducing forests and forestry, preparing the context for our meeting #AABCreatingCanopies

Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 28d

Kicking off with #AABCreatingCanopies Ted introducing us to Carlisle and the forest surrounds! @aabiologists.bsky.social

Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Apr 27

Today is the last day of my two weeks annual leave, but gees what a doozie of a day it is.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Apr 24

Learn how some plants are adapted to certain conditions...I hope it helps people choose plants better suited to changing local climates....out now! www.hachette.co.uk/titles/amand...

RHS What to Grow for a Climate Resilient Garden

As the world's climate changes, this timely book from plant expert, Dr Amanda Rasmussen, explains what we should be planting in our outdoor spaces. What t...

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Mar 8

Calm before the storm at Science in the park!

Me sitting behind a table with plants on it. The plants were used in medieval medicine. Blue skies outside the Camelia house windows.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Mar 7

As a dual AU/UK citizen, with family and friends just hit by a cyclone, I've been thinking about the way each culture faces adversity...UK: keep calm and carry on; AU: hold my beer (Cracking jokes). Born into AU, that's my natural state but it's worth noting that doesn't mean we don't care...😉

Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Mar 7

Love the sound of students having fun! Best cohort yet in my third year class. It's a self-directed group work session and the majority of the class are here, talking, laughing, working.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Mar 4

A few snaps from Kew Wakehurst where we're visiting the millennium seed bank for an event tomorrow @vilasjohn.bsky.social

Winter garden with bright pink and white heather flowers under a brilliant white birch tree

Looking up toward the sky along the trunk of a conifer into the twisted branches above.

Purple crocus scattered on the hillside sloping toward the waterfall.

Me at sunset with the misty trees in the background.

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Jitka Klimesova @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social · Feb 26

Merry surprices: plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/f...

Flowers below and bulbs above

Commentary and photos by F. Curtis Lubbe and Jitka Klimešová from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Flowers belowground The belowground world can be quite surprising —…

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · Feb 25

Well!
royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...

Science under threat | Royal Society

The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 7

🌿 The Michael Cichan Paleobotanical Research Grant, presented by the BSA Paleobotanical Section, is open! 🌿

Up to $2500 for post-docs or non-tenure track positions to support researching paleobotany.

Apply by March 15, 2025: botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSAawards #IamaBotanist

A fossilized leaf imprint is embedded in a textured stone background. Overlaid on the image are bold white banners with black text. The top banner reads “BSA Paleobotanical Section Awards,” the central banner highlights “Michael Cichan Paleobotanical Research Grant,” and the bottom banner displays the application deadline, "March 15, 2025." The website "www.botany.org" is listed at the bottom.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Feb 7

What I love about teaching? Having students come back after a break in our 3 hr class telling me they were just messaging their mum to tell them about stuff they just learnt! (a 3rd yr, not a 1st yr!)

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Feb 5

#BlackHistoryMonth
Now more than ever, we must uplift, amplify, & celebrate Black scientists, scholars, & leaders.
Beronda Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social is a plant scientist who researchers & teaches about mentoring & culture.
Read "Lessons from Plants" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Book cover. The title is Lessons from Plants, the author is Beronda L. Montgomery. The cover is pale green with colorful drawings of plants surrounding the title.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Feb 4

Moodle is great in educational settings. But it's not meant for collaboration. The real world, whether we like it or not, is hybrid and, (at least for the time being), globally linked. Surely essential transferable skills include both team skills and familiarity of digital collaboration platforms?

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Feb 4

Yes that last comment was heavy with sarcasm.

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Feb 4

My 3rd yr class uses Teams to collaborate for a semester-long project (more on my webpage)...this week a 3rd yr student told me they hadn't used Teams since secondary school....🤯..we really have reverted to preCOVID dark ages...good to know students are well prepared to use Moodle in the real world!

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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · Jan 30

#PeerReview and #ScientificPublishing should focus on collaboration instead of gatekeeping.

We'll create a more inclusive environment and get better science because of it.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk. 🧪

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Healthy Crops @healthycrops.bsky.social · Jan 29

🌾 Postdoc Opportunity! 🌾

Join Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer’s research team at @hhu.bsky.social for an exciting postdoc position in disease resistance in rice!

📩 Apply now! Send your CV & motivation letter to [email protected]

RT & share! 🌱
#Postdoc #PlantScience #RiceResearch

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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · Jan 30

Yaye! I look forward to hearing what you think!

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