Super excited to share this short documentary on the orchid research we do at @rbgkew.bsky.social & how it supports conservation (feat. my amazing colleagues Viswambharan Sarasan, Bala Kompali, & myself!) 🌸 w huge thanks to Kew’s amazing social media team! 🎬 watch the full vid: youtu.be/68sMYtaffBE

So thrilled that “The origin and speciation of orchids” is featured in the high-impact collection of @newphyt.bsky.social (124th anniversary) as the top cited & 2nd most read (34K+ reads, 83 cites) amongst +800 papers! A global effort of 48 researchers! 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1469...

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Thrilled & deeply humbled to be featured in @newphyt.bsky.social with a profile on my journey as a Colombian scientist working at @rbgkew.bsky.social M thanks to 🇨🇴 Embassy in 🇬🇧for the kind interview highlighting this story & the hidden secrets of #orchids nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Watch a summary of our ongoing research on the evol of the sacred #coca tree (the most misunderstood useful plant!), including unpublished but v exciting results 🤓 Grateful w the McKenna Acad for the invite to participate in the coca summit last Feb! @natalia-asp.bsky.social youtu.be/D3AgmrF8daE?si…

Brilliant first day at the show. Delighted to win a Gold Medal for our display 🏅🌿 and a prize for the Best Hybrid in the Show for Masdevallia Mandy 🎉. Thanks everyone who came to visit. 🌿 #orchids #orquídeas #nature #conservation

Using 90-million-year-old pollen fossils and DNA from a vast collection of global herbarium specimens, @benkuhnhaeuser.bsky.social has been able to map the spread of rattan palms across Asia, and understand the drivers that led to their astonishing diversity 🌴🏝️ 👉 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

JOB: Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Genomics & help unlock the genetic secrets of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest 🌿 From microbial diversity to bioactive compounds, your work will help shape conservation & bioeconomy research 📅 Apply by 13 April 👉 careers.kew.org/vacancy/post...

V excited to participate in the #Cocaleaf summit organised by the McKennaAcad! It was a privilege to share our science with researchers, policymakers & indigenous leaders shaping coca future, incl David Choquehuanca, VP of Bolivia! Stay tuned for exciting research on coca! #Coca is not #cocaine

50 years of legume research at @rbgkew.bsky.social by Dr Gwil Lewis 👏🎊 www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

It was an incredible privilege to talk yesterday about the botanical and evolutive context of the #coca leaf during a conversation organised by OpenSociety at #UnitedNations! Keen on learning about the cultural and scientific value of this sacred plant? Watch here free! webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15...

🧪 If I were Canadian PM I would immediately: 1. Create a new $15B science fund 2. Offer any credentialed US scientist funding for lab startup and replacement of NIH grants if they move to Canada 3. Immediate permanent residency 4. Citizenship after 2 years Overnight a science superpower

The first chapter of my PhD has finally been published in Systematic Biology! “Discordance Down Under: Combining phylogenomics & fungal symbioses to detangle difficult nodes in a diverse tribe of Australian terrestrial orchids” - advance access link below 1/🧵

This paper attempts to bring a comprehensive perspective on the origin and evolution of the orchid family. In addition it emphasizes the geographical location of the origin of the family nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ayer fue el Día Nacional de la #Orquídea en #Colombia, el país con +4,270 especies registradas. La mayor riqueza del mundo! Las orquídeas nos enseñan sobre evolución y cómo el #cambioclimático afecta su diversidad. Descarga gratis el Árbol de la Vida de las Orquídeas: 🔗 figshare.com/s/241e1bd47d...