An interesting podcast on the history of the Jardin royal des plantes médicinales (which became the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle after the French Revolution) @franceculture.fr www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Join us in Montpellier 🇫🇷 for the annual of the Society for Ethnobotany We’re welcoming transdisciplinary work on contemporary #ethnobotany across plants, people, culture, art & science. Abstracts now open 📅Deadline: 15 March 26 #agroecology #TEK #LEK #design 🔗 ethnobotany.org/home/meeting...

Encouraging to see positions opening in herbarium digitisation at Trinity College, Dublin 🇮🇪, at a time when many biocultural collections are underfunded and understaffed.

Open Access UCL Research: The impact of climate change on medicinal plants and natural products: A scoping review discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

I’ve started a small curated feed : Plants & People It brings together scientific and artistic work engaging plants, knowledge, and situated practices If relevant, using tags like ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, traditional ecological knowledge, biodesign, regenerative futures helps posts appear there

Stay tuned - abstract submission starts on Tuesday #ethnobotany

The Society for Ethnobotany meets in Montpellier, 31 May–4 June 2026. A call for an undisciplined #ethnobotany centred on reciprocity, #decolonial thinking and multispecies relations. #PlantsAndPeople #ethnobiology #plants #biodiversity #traditionalknowledge #OneHealth More : tinyurl.com/SEB2026

PhD in Early Modern Ethnobotanical History – KU Leuven, Belgium Fully funded position Eligibility: Master’s Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 🔗 Details: higherjobz.com/phd-ethnobot... #PhDPosition #Ethnobotany #EuropeJobs #AcademicCareer #ResearchOpportunities #EnvironmentalHistory

Markets are rich in #medicinalplants, & Gumi Shuka in Yerevan is no exception. A visit is never just about buying. You get local names & uses, preparations. Sometimes, without even asking a single question. For instance, the lady mentioned aveluk, maybe you use it too but not in soup. #ethnobotany

O patrão do porto Btw did you know #Portugal comes from Portus Cale? It was a small Roman port known today as #Porto. In the Middle Ages, the region became the County of Portucale. That’s where the Kingdom of Portugal was born in the 12th century. So yes, it all started here ⚓✨ #summer #picture

This #nature #mountain #slovenia

Trying to reunite baby bats with their mother 🦇🦇 After a call to the 🇸🇮 bat rescue centre, we placed them in a warm cardboard box. At dusk, we set the box near where we found them. We set up a camera for a few images, then removed everything to give them the best chance of survival #animal #nature

Call for submissions: Free Radicals | Symposium 🌱 Are plants at the centre of your research? Join us for the symposium by submitting a contribution of your own. More info freeradicalstoolkit.substack.com/p/call-for-s... @julienantih.bsky.social @sashstrelec.bsky.social #sciart #artscience #plants

I’ll be speaking at the SEB conference in Prague. Sharing our work on Montpellier’s Droguier and how plant-based biomaterials sit at the intersection of material culture, and healthcare innovation. If you’re around 7-12 June, let’s meet and talk plants #ethnobotany #materiedica #materialculture

With @sashstrelec.bsky.social we’ve just launched @antihlab.bsky.social substack: Further Research Is Necessary Exploring plants, and the intersections of science, tradition, and global health. First post here open.substack.com/pub/furtherr... #ethnobotany #medicinalplants #materiamedica

In Maastricht today, presenting "Le Droguier" - Montpellier's rich #materiamedica collection at Jan van Eyck Academie's Regenerate! symposium together with @sashstrelec.bsky.social. discussing traditional medicinal knowledge, #materialcultures & regenerative futures. janvaneyck.nl/calendar/reg...

The intersection of natural heritage and collective memory is crucial. How can we better preserve and acknowledge these histories? #art #history #herbalremedies #materiamedica #herbarium

In no particular order : Montpellier’s landscape & vineyard, vitamine sea and a toxic plant (Hyosciamus niger) #photography

#history #botany #art 🌱 Reynoutria japonica / Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed A botanical horror story. c1880, the worlds most invasive #plants are cool and trendy & appear in gardening magazines. Unintended consequences... powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:ls... www.cabi.org/invasivespec...

Montpellier’s materia medica holds collections from Marseille’s colonial exhibitions, reflecting how medicinal plant knowledge was acquired, classified, and circulated. Excited for this event - especially the discussion on #materiamedica as material culture by @marknesbitt.bsky.social

I was preparing my phytovigilance class & came across this recent article by Banaz&Heinrich. They tested 73 Lavandula oral products - 30% failed quality testing & 63% lacked key compounds. Serious issues in HMP & supplements, raising consumer safety concerns. #herbalmedicine doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...

The apocalyptic metal horse of the Paris Olympics has landed in Montpellier, Fr. And yes, the statue of Louis XIV in the background does look like it’s giving a dodgy salute - but let’s not go there.

Pleasure to introduce Le Droguier as part of the Art & Science season at Montpellier’s contemporary Art Gallery MoCo We’ll be holding 2 more guided tours - 11.04 & 16.05 - join us & discover the rich cultural and environmental #history of the 2nd largest #materiamedica collection in #France #ArtSci

An old friend from the US: Trump is the worst but fortunately I live in a liberal area in a liberal state so my day to day is pretty good. Me :

Vance, you absolute bloody plonker !

Oh marvellous! Another masterclass from the diplomatic dream team. Truly, history in the making, just not in the way they think they would. Fair play to Zelensky for keeping his calm while dealing with those two circus acts. 🤡

European perspective for Americans.

AI filters are strong, but human creativity is stronger #AIvshuman #meme #PromptEngineering101 #ChatGPTLogic

"Why invest in new antibiotics? Superbugs surely won’t be a problem…Surely, the market will take care of it.” — The pharmaceutical industry, probably.

Le 7 mars, mobilisons-nous pour les sciences ! 🔬✊ En écho à Stand Up For Science (@standupforscience.bsky.social) et face aux menaces contre les institutions scientifiques, des actions auront lieu dans chaque ville universitaire de France. Infos & inscriptions 👉 standupforscience.fr

Academic activity on #X continues to fall, and #Bluesky continues to eat into X’s share of #SocialMedia. But UK universities are still reluctant to cut ties with X altogether. @andytattersall.bsky.social asks why on ‪@lseimpactblog.bsky.social‬ 👇

🌬️ 🏙️ Namsan park, Seoul 🇰🇷 #photography #city

Feels odd to say I’m actually proud of Macron for once 🇪🇺 Just look at the frustration on the orange turd’s face. Pure gold!

'Rossiter said: “We are entering those negotiations with a sense that transformative agreements have not delivered the kind of benefits we have wanted to see.”' Classic British understatement.

Top tier bunch, USA - what could possibly go wrong?

☀️🌊🐙🐚 w/ @sashstrelec.bsky.social #photography #seaside

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.

I know it’s a long shot, but who knows. I’m updating 200+ years of materia medica data and wondering, has anyone automated the process of converting binomial names from older classifications into today’s APG system? Any leads on a Python script that could help? #botany #taxonomy #materiamedica

'The Isle of Skye Seaweed Co makes a diverse range of products from beard oil and wax to lip balms and moisturisers.' 'Scotland's coastal waters are ripe for seaweed propagation and, increasingly, at an industrial scale. Skye also plays host to Kelp Crofters and Kaly'

#Throwback to Tokyo, October 2024 - when the world still felt somewhat okay. #photography #japan

J’ai adoré travailler sur ce projet, une belle occasion de croiser sciences et arts et d’explorer le dialogue entre savoirs traditionnels et recherche. Dans le cadre de l’expo, on organise des visites du Droguier de la Fac de Pharma: les 7 mars, 11 avril & 16 mai #SciArt🐡 #art #ethnopharmacology

Thinking of our colleagues in the US who continue to navigate the lasting impacts of political decisions on scientific #research. Hope better days are ahead. #savedemocracy from agent #Krasnov ! #science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This week, I was talking with colleagues about our experiences applying for different EU grants. We all agreed on one thing: while it’s amazing to have funding for scientific & cultural projects, the application process is an absolute nightmare #nsfw #EUgrants #ResearchFundings #CulturalFundings 🧵👇

Winter at the Salagou lake - Cévennes 🌬️🥶#photography #nature

Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters

“Without academic freedom there is no competitiveness.” A look back at an important debate on #academic #freedom, with Roberta Metsola, president.europarl.europa.eu, & Prof. Milena Zic Fuchs, ERC Scientific Council member and former Minister in Croatia. Watch the highlights 👉 bit.ly/EP-ESMH

Just giving a tour to some visitors and remembered this pandemic project: a Quarantine Public Library zine answering the question, What is an Herbarium? Print, fold, cut, and you have a little book! Free to share. www.quarantinepubliclibrary.com/what-is-an-h... (@barbarathiers.bsky.social!)

Spring program for the Instructing Colonial Natural History Seminar Series. The first seminar is by the wonderful @nickytheprof.bsky.social on Wed 26 Feb, 3-4 pm C.E.T: The Land of True Britons: Edward Lhwyd's Survey of Wales.

On m’a proposé de vous parler du film « La Fabrique du Mensonge », qui retrace l’oeuvre de Joseph Goebbels comme propagandiste du régime n@zi. Il se trouve que je l’ai beaucoup aimé. Et il me semble, hélas, qu’il interroge directement certaines tendances actuelles de la communication politique.