Monthly Archives: October 2013

Ruth Harker – RBG Kew – linking the Vicieae seed collection to herbarium collections of Nigel Maxtead

Ruth Harker visited RNG last week to study herbarium spcimens collected by Nigel Maxtead while he was working with Professor Frank Bisby.  She writes: I’m working on the Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change Project, which is based at Kew’s Millennium … Continue reading

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XIV OPTIMA 9-15 September 2013

The XIV OPTIMA (Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area) Meeting in Palermo (9-15 September 2013) has been brought to conclusion. It was attended by 176 participants from 28 different countries and comprised 16 Symposia with 79 lectures … Continue reading

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Flying pigs gather interesting sounds

Yesterday on Taxacom a request for short sound files of scientists’ voices was made by Andy Mabbett, a Wikipedian from Birmingham.  This request formed part of a project to add more sound files to Wikipedia.  I happened to pick up … Continue reading

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