Medicinal Plant Collecting in Eastern Ghana – A Taste of the Future By Brandon Dale This summer I was conducting research in the Chest Clinic and Fevers Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana with a medical student and two other undergraduates from Brown University. My research project was a retrospective literature... Continue Reading →
By Matthew Bond, SEB At-large Student Committee Member, Botany PhD from the University of Hawai'i. When surveying plant diversity in the cloud forest, clear days are rare! This panorama looks down on the Lau Lagoon from the entrance to the cloud forest Have you ever dreamed of packing a bag and moving to a tropical island... Continue Reading →
Project Noah: YOU can make the difference! By Aurélie Jacquet. Are you a scientist? A Nature enthusiast? Or just curious about the world around you? If you haven't heard of Project Noah yet, this blog post is for you! Project Noah is an incredible tool that started as an experiment and became so popular that... Continue Reading →
Sharing community life: what to bring? What to share? What to leave behind? By Mélanie Congretel Most economic botanists whose research is associated with fieldwork will probably have to share, at some point, community life. For a day, for a week, sometimes more, you will get there, sit at someone’s table to chat, visit gardens,... Continue Reading →
Have you ever heard of guarana? My current reasearch focuses on this caffeine-rich, energizing plant originary from the central Brazilian Amazon region. Guarana was first domesticated by the Sateré-Mawé people and is now produced by family and corporate farmers in different parts from Brazil and traded worldwide. You’ve probably seen the name guarana already: on... Continue Reading →
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