Fantastic heartfelt thread…

Stacey D. Smith@iochromaland.bsky.social · last yr.

On Friday, my son stayed home from school because he had a sore throat and wasn’t feeling well. He went with my husband to his office for the morning while I handled our daughter. When he came back at lunch, he was not interested in eating, saying his throat hurt too much. 1/n

Excited to share a new paper with Sandra Guerrero-Rubio and @docbroc.bsky.social on the convergent evolution of betalains, now published in @newphyt.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... A 🧵

Multiple transitions to high l‐DOPA 4,5‐dioxygenase activity reveal molecular pathways to convergent betalain pigmentation in Caryophyllales

Many specialized metabolic pathways have evolved convergently in plants, but distinguishing multiple origins from alternative evolutionary scenarios can be difficult. Here, we explore the evolution .....

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All three days were epic!

That was a good day for Natural History Humanities initiatives! Thank you @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @jillwhitelock.bsky.social for hosting a great workshop! #GLAM

Cambridge University Library@theul.bsky.social · last yr.

Bringing botanical illustrations and pressed plants to your feed 🌿 We recently hosted colleagues working across Cambridge collections with Collections-Connections-Communities to celebrate the launch of their Natural History Humanities research programme: loom.ly/C8reZbo @camglamresearch.bsky.social

Productive and inspiring day with BGCI colleagues at @rbgkew.bsky.social talking about living collections management and data ecosystems. A highlight was first ever visit to the newly restored Marianne North gallery. Absolutely fabulous. Must see.

Great Collections Lab yesterday: how communities shape participatory research! Questions were on issues that matter most to academic and non-academic researchers & what changes are needed in this space. Grateful to be able to convene these conversations! #research #participatory #community #seminar

💫 Thrilled that our seed funding on Participatory Research partly allowed for MAA at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social won £90K for: “From the Caribbean to Cambridge: Reimagining Pre-Columbian Archaeology Collections Together” Apply now for the new round! www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...

Participatory Research project awarded a grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund - Collections Connections Communities

We are very pleased to share the news that the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge was granted £92,000 from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund for the project: “Fro...

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The @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social are calling on retailers to label all peat containing products to help consumers avoid buying it. You can sign their open letter here to support them www.wildlifetrusts.org/peat-inspect... I’ve signed!

Peat Inspectors Open Letter to Retailers | The Wildlife Trusts

Hidden Peat- an open Letter to Retailers

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Applications open for the new round of Participatory Research fund! NEW & IMPROVED! Check the Further Particulars and Apply via our website. Email us for any questions, and spread the word! www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/opportunities/ @jillwhitelock.bsky.social @docbroc.bsky.social @nealspencer.bsky.social

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📅 If you are in Cambridge on the 26 February, 5-7pm, join us for our termly Keynote on the exciting topic of 'Tapping Natural History Collections for Interdisciplinary Research' by Yota Batsaki @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social Plants, animals and rocks can tell us more than what we might think!🪷🦎🪨📖👇

Cambridge Collections Connections Communities@camglamresearch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us for our termly Keynote Lecture! Launching our Natural History Humanities with a lecture from Yota Batsaki @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social: Tapping Natural History Collections for Interdisciplinary Research: Perspectives from the Plant Humanities Register below 👇 www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...

TODAY! Come to our interactive workshop and learn from members of our community who took part in the participatory research projects we funded last year via @ukri.org ! Still time to register 👇

Cambridge Collections Connections Communities@camglamresearch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Do your work with collections and interested in how communities shape collections-led research? Register to our Collections Lab Seminar! Details below 👇

If you are looking for beauty, fun, books, plants, insects and more across Cambridge and collections, please follow our wonderful Co-Chair @jillwhitelock.bsky.social 🌱🪷📖🦎

Dr Jill Whitelock@jillwhitelock.bsky.social · last yr.

Bound (1996, The Wachowskis). #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms 📷 #photography @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social

Great to see our paper on the front cover @natureecoevo.bsky.social, with the tropical displays in our glasshouse range! With thanks to all 50+ co-authors. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Nice editorial on the issues facing a variety of ex situ plant collection. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"So, why isn’t conservation horticulture a priority? I suspect it is because the trade off with ornamental horticulture is too high. ... Sadly, it also reveals our disingenuousness – after all, we have a lot to say about the loss of biodiversity." Fascinating read, and an important call to action.

Samuel Brockington@docbroc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our colleague Dr Paul Smith, Secretary-General for Botanic Gardens Conservation International has written an important reaction (“A rude awakening”) to the paper here: www.bgci.org/news-events/...

We’re delighted that our latest paper on the world’s living plant collections has now been published. You can find it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @roinnanluisigh.bsky.social @natureecoevo.bsky.social Grateful for the exclusive by @donnalferguson.bsky.social, here: shorturl.at/GnYIQ

‘The risk of extinction is accelerating’: world’s botanic gardens raise alarm with space to protect endangered plants running out

University of Cambridge research suggests living collections have collectively reached peak capacity

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Powerful and eloquent articulation by @carolinelucas.bsky.social on need for a GCSE in Natural History, Radio 4 Today Programme.

🥳 Collections Lab is back! How communities shape participatory research.Keeping 🤞 for more funding available soon for more participatory research projects! Register via our website👇 @docbroc.bsky.social @jillwhitelock.bsky.social @nealspencer.bsky.social www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...

Collections Lab: How communities shape participatory research - Collections Connections Communities

At Cambridge, so many people use collections for their research and often discussions around its challenges and learning curves remain within such collections. Collections Labs are informal seminars o...

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Thais Vasconcelos @tvasconcelos.bsky.social will be the new Director of the Univ. of Michigan Herbarium starting in January -- and the first woman to fill this role in our herbarium's >100 year history. Congrats Thais!

An obituary celebrating the life and research of Professor Mary Gibby, Ph.D., OBE, FLS, FRSE, PPBPS (1949-2024) by Professor Stephen Blackmore #RoyalBotanicGarden #Edinburgh and Professor Johannes Vogel #MuseumFürNaturkunde #Berlin published today #OpenAccess in #EJBotany: rbge.cc/4gsoNbc

In one year, I genetically engineered the boring Arabidopsis into a beautiful ornamental flower 🧬🌹 Here is how and why I gave this model organism a visual upgrade 🧵(1/7)

Community Collaborations: nature and art at @kettlesyard.bsky.social as part of our funded participatory research projects. Read the blog here 👇 @jillwhitelock.bsky.social @docbroc.bsky.social www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/blog/communi...

Community collaborations: creativity as reciprocal practice at Kettle’s Yard - Collections Connections Communities

Community collaborations: creativity as reciprocal practice at Kettle’s Yard Inga Fraser Kettle’s Yard was the home of the collector and curator H.S. ‘Jim’ Ede and his wife Helen Ede between 1957 and ...

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Job opportunities! We are currently recruiting for the following roles: * Collections & Digitisation Assistant * Herbarium Collections Manager * Research Assistant / Research Associate * Research Laboratory Technician Find out more & apply: tinyurl.com/3smk68t5 #PlantsAtCambridge

🚨Read our latest blog on participatory research projects! Bringing the #ancestors home: how Cambridge collections can support #repatriation using #osteobiographies Funded via CCC thanks to co-chairs: @jillwhitelock.bsky.social @docbroc.bsky.social & #nealspencer www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/blog/bringin...

To celebrate our arrival on @bsky.app here's our most recent report: African Collections Futures: the first initial mapping of African objects, histories, legacies within Cambridge collections! Check it out 👇: www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/... @docbroc.bsky.social @jillwhitelock.bsky.social

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We are now on BlueSky! Here's a cute little angel from our Gutenberg Bible (Inc.1.A.1.1[3761]). Follow us for all the best special collections content!

It was fantastic to be at the launch of the University of Cambridge ‘African Collections Futures’ report tonight. Incredible, rich, important work by Dr Eva Namusoke through the Collections-Connections-Communities research initiative. Summary report here: www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Come work with us! Excited to advertise a two-year Munby Fellowship for a Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities, a collaboration between @theul.bsky.social and the Collections-Connections-Communities Strategic Research Initiative: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49338/ Closing: 17 Jan

We are a research initiative at the University of Cambridge.We support, catalyse, & empower communities of researchers who use the University’s collections in museums, garden, libraries, & archives to discover the past, learn about the present & act on the future. www.ccc.cam.ac.uk

We’ve just posted a new blog. Participatory research with Cambridge Community Arts & Cambridge University Botanic Garden Botanical Hues: Empowering Health Through Natural Dye Research #collections #mentalhealth www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/blog/botanic...

Botanical Hues: Empowering Health Through Natural Dye Research - Collections Connections Communities

Botanical Hues: Empowering Health Through Natural Dye Research Nabil Ali Nabil Ali, the Artist in Residence at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG), established a foundation for members of C...

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