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Gene Trading

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Charles Davis weighs in on the latest research on gene transfer published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B this month. See the story in Nature News.

News Archive

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04/29/2010 Announcing the 6th Annual Plant Biology Symposium: Trees and the Global Environment Sixth Annual Plant Biology Symposium 02/11/2010 Nature Research Highlight features Davis and colleagues: Climate Change, Warming boosts invasions. Nature...

Poisoning

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Amanita phalloides is colloquially known as the “Death Cap” mushroom. This is not without cause. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the majority of worldwide mushroom poisonings can be attributed to the amatoxins present in...

Celebrating Carl Linnaeus’ "Philosophia botanica"

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In celebration of the 270th anniversary of Carl Linnaeus’ Philosophia botanica, six different libraries, including our Botany Libraries, put together a showcase of the individual copies from their collections. The Botany Libraries at the HUH is home to...

Meet Dr. Kanchi Gandhi, Taxonomy Cop

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Dr. Kanchi Gandhi is an expert on scientific plant names. As the Herbaria's Senior Nomenclature Registrar, he is the source of a wealth of knowledge for staff both old and new, helping to ensure everyone is following the rules on naming plants. As the...

New Glass Flowers book!

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The highly anticipated new Glass Flowers book is here! In collaboration with Jennifer Brown , Collection Manager for the Glass Flowers, Scott E. Fulton , Conservator for the Glass Flowers, and Donald H. Pfister , Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany...

The Importance of Herbaria

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Professor Charles Davis, Curator of Vascular Plants, discusses the importance of herbaria and our current collaborative project with LVMH Recherche, Parfums Christian Dior with the Harvard Gazette. “Understanding what species are and where they live...

Fruits in Decay

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Fruits in Decay, a new special exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery of the Harvard Museum of Natural History opens tomorrow, August 31, 2019. The exhibit features models depicting blight, rot, and other diseases on fruits and will be the first time the...

Specimen Spotlight - Ophiocordyceps sinensis

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It came from within… Sensationalist news headlines often describe a “zombie fungus” that lurks among us, taking over the brains of helpless insects and forcing them to do its bidding. In science fiction books, movies, and videogames such as The Girl with...