Who needs digital innovation when teaching old school plant water relations?

Pete Hollingsworth, Director of science, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh explains the collections at the @rsb.org.uk plant health vist. Darwin collected plants still being discovered in the herbarium.

Shows what a great tutor I was...I think....

Very impressed to see that today's Google icon is about photosynthesis on the occasion of Jan Ingenhousz 287th birthday. He did experiments to show that plants gain mass from the air (CO2) not just from the water around the roots… Central to our research on climate change

Cycling to @unibirmingham.bsky.social the orchids are early this year, shame the canal side was strimmed

Lovely day at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social BIFoR FACE experiment for a DARO visit, you can tour here canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/5240....

Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships 2025 Bioscience undergraduates can now apply to the Royal Society of Biology's paid summer research projects. Successful applicants will receive a stipend of around £400 per week. www.rsb.org.uk/plant-studentships. Closes: 25 April 2025

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Doug Brown @dougbrown1.bsky.social as our new CEO starting 1 Sept 2025. Doug is currently CEO of @britsocimm.bsky.social. We give our sincere thanks to current CEO Dr Mark Downs, who is retiring. Read more: www.rsb.org.uk/news/rsb-appoints-new-ceo

I love working at a university with gorgeous museums & galleries - we have the wonderful Barber Institute of Fine Art, the fabulous Lapworth Museum of Geology & Palaeontology - and beautiful Winterbourne House & Botanical Gardens as well - and lots of sculptures all around. Come and visit!

Jumping Gene, only in the best pubs ;) Celebrating the work of Barbara McClintock. Discovered by experiments with corn that genes could move (jump) within an organisms DNA This can effect development of genetic diseases or changes to adapt to new environments. DH Waimea Mosaic Centennial Its lush

We are so excited to announce that Chat Biology Live is a go! All the event information can be found here: https://buff.ly/3UZMlv7 Please share as much as possible Tickets will be on sale soon, we hope as many of you can join us as you can! #EduSky #iTeachBio 🧬 #SciTeachUK

Check out our free climate change education resources here...https://canvas.bham.ac.uk/courses/52405