Each year International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March. This year’s theme is “collective individualism – how our individual actions, conversations, behaviours and mind-sets can have an impact on our larger...
Author - Anne Osterrieder
Anne Osterrieder
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Would you like to spread the word about your latest paper? Do you feel that there isn’t enough information available online about your particular area of research? Do you have an engaging video or activity that you’d...
7th International and 16th National Conference on Plant Resources: Current Trends, Challenges and Solutions
Pakistan is the home of some of the world’s leading ecological regions due to immense variation in its wide latitude, spread from gigantic mountain peaks of Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Western Himalayas to the...
Facts, alternative facts and ‘Plant Facts Week’
For Joe Friday, it was enough to ask for “just the facts, ma’am.”* But do the facts help science communication?
Launching ‘Botany Live’: a global online event to celebrate ‘Fascination of Plants Day 2017’
What do you think of when you think of plants?
One picture is worth a thousand words – a community repository is priceless
A community repository of plant illustrations
New Resources Editor vows to review ALL the resources
It is our great pleasure to welcome Dr Ian Street to our editorial team. Ian will be taking on the role of our first ever Resources Editor. What is a Resources Editor, I hear you ask – let me explain. At AoBBlog...
1887 and all since then for Annals of Botany
Mike Jackson, former Chief Editor of Annals of Botany and AoB PLANTS has taken a look back at the past 125 of Annals of Botany, and found some tips for the future along the way.
Plant Records: The Plant that Fooled Millions
Name: Baniwi (Banana Kiwi) plant Scientific name: N/A Known for: Fooling millions and millions of people Record broken: Going viral on the internet At AoBBlog, we like graphs and data. Therefore, I decided to approach...
AoBBlog, Spruced Up and Ready for 2017
As the year draws to a close, we have been working hard behind the scenes to make AoBBlog ready for 2017. The biggest changes have been fuelled by our vision to revamp the negative perception of scientific blogging and...
From plants to patients and back: An interview with Dr Kate Castleden
Career paths are a mysterious thing. As they rarely are linear, it helps to pick up miscellaneous transferable skills on the way, and spot new opportunities as they arise. We hope to feature many different career paths...
A picture is worth a thousand bullet points
Hands up if you have ever ‘speed-read’ a scientific paper just by looking at the figures. Don’t feel guilty, it’s your brain’s fault. Images appeal to us, as we are drawn to bright colours...
Botany needs more rap songs
You might be used to writing scientific abstracts and reports – but have you ever tried to put your research into a rap? A few weeks ago, we received a not-so-usual press release: Four eighth grade students from...
Calling all botanical student societies
We talk a lot about how to inspire the next generation of plant scientists. But how do our students inspire us? Last week, I met one of our undergraduate students, who is the President of our student-led Botanical...
