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Plant Worlds: a cross-disciplinary forum on human-plant relationships is @unikent 19th-20th May 2017. Call for papers now live! #plantworlds

 University of Kent
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Joined January 2014
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Fruity with a note of fungus: How fungal infections change the aroma of wine blog.frontiersin.org/2017/06… via @frontiersin
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Great talk by MIT's Ani Liu on how synthetic biology is changing how plants & people interact. ted.com/talks/ani_liu_smelfi…?

Smelfies, and other experiments in synthetic biology

What if you could take a smell selfie, a smelfie? What if you had a lipstick that caused plants to grow where you kiss? Ani Liu explores the intersection of technology and sensory perception, and her...

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We need to talk about ‘cut-and-paste’ genome editing, warns pioneer | Oxford Today oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/feature…
Mycorrhizae alter gene expression & plant metabolism to increase resistance to soil heavy metal contamination link.springer.com/article/10…
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JSTOR Global Plants@JSTORPlants28 Mar 2017
A Diet of Fruit (Not Leaves) Made Primates Big Brainiacs bit.ly/2nJgKyV via @PlantWorldNews
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JSTOR Global Plants@JSTORPlants28 Mar 2017
Mustard seeds without mustard flavor: new robust oilseed crop can resist global warming - from @uni_copenhagen ow.ly/dWxP30almjl
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Happy Spring! Find out why you shouldn't eat the daffodils, with @compoundchem ow.ly/HDQB30al64I
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BBC News - How an obscure seed is helping to save the elephant bbc.co.uk/news/business-3933…

How an obscure seed is helping to save the elephant

A look at how the seed of a South American tree is increasingly being used as an alternative to ivory.

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PlantLink@PlantLink15 Mar 2017
Swedish Plant Researchers might have discovered 'Oldest plants on Earth' bbc.com/news/science-environ…

'Oldest plants on Earth' discovered

The origins of plants may go back hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, according to fossil evidence.

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DTU@DTUtweet15 Mar 2017
Mapping #genetics of #amazon #rainforest plants @DTUBioinfo @bioSYNergy_dk @bentpetersen @oliveirag @uni_copenhagen dtu.dk/english/news/nyhed?id…
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JSTOR Global Plants@JSTORPlants20 Mar 2017
Hawaiian biodiversity has been declining for millions of years / ow.ly/rQoY30a24Uw via @ucberkeley
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Biomimicry Institute@BiomimicryInst16 Mar 2017
What's your greatest design challenge & how would #nature solve it? #Asknature by using our #Biomimicry Taxonomy eepurl.com/cGpT2H
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Have something to say about ethnobotany,bioprospecting, or multi-species ethnography?Submit an abstract by 31 March! kent.ac.uk/sac/events/plant_…

Anthropology - Anthropology - University of Kent

This Anthropology Legacy page celebrates the people, ideas, and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of humanity. It honors the discipline’s ongoing commitment to exploring cultures,...

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Anthropocene: social science misconstrued rdcu.be/oDHI
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP): Emergence As an Alternative Technology for Herbal Medicine… goo.gl/KjcT0p
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Sue Evans@sueevansphd12 Sep 2016
Old but great introduction to a complex topic. Traditional medicine for modern times shar.es/1wMjzh vía @SciDevNet
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Deceptive curcumin offers cautionary tale for chemists nature.com/news/deceptive-cu…

Deceptive curcumin offers cautionary tale for chemists

Nature - Spice extract dupes assays and leads some drug hunters astray.

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BBC News - Urbanisation signal detected in evolution, study shows bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it newscientist.com/article/mg2…

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it | New Scientist

From clothing Adam and Eve to linking the Maasai with heaven, the fig tree appears in countless origin myths. Discover the source of its exceptional powers

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BBC News - Fossil fruit from 52 million years ago revealed bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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