The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support research related to medicinal plants.
2018 Webster Award
The 2018 Grady & Barbara Webster Award for Outstanding Publication in Plant Systematics was presented at the Botany 2018 Banquet to Matthew Pace and Ken Cameron for their paper entitled "Systematics of the Spiranthes cernua species complex (Orchidaceae): untangling the Gordian Knot".
ASPT President Fishbein's 2018 Banquet presentation
ASPT President Mark Fishbein has shared his Botany 2018 ASPT Incoming President's presentation which contains embedded links for those who were interested.
ASPT Poster from Botany 2018
Training Course in Tropical Field Botany
The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and the Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA) are pleased to announce a 3-week training program in Tropical Field Botany in Ecuador for highly motivated early graduate students from American universities who are interested in pursuing a career in Plant Systematics.
Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology
The Department of Biology at San Francisco State University offers an exciting opportunity for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Biology beginning August 2019.
Herbarium Collections Manager-University of Idaho
Please send feedback to APHIS! (letter from Mark Fishbein)
2018 Cooley Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Dr. Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one of the most prestigious early-career recognitions in the plant sciences, the award is named for George R. Cooley, a successful banker who studied plants and worked in conservation in retirement.
2018 Asa Gray Award
2018 Peter Raven Award
2002 Asa Gray Awardee Natalie Uhl has died
We recently learned of the death of former ASPT member and 2002 Asa Gray Awardee Natalie Uhl. She was an expert in the Palm family and member of the ASPT since 1990. A link is provided below to an obituary.
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/natalie-uhl-renowned-palm-expert-dies-97
2018 ASPT Engagement and Excellence in Plant Systematics Education Award
Oregon State University’s Dr. Melanie Link-Pérez has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Engagement and Excellence in Plant Systematics Education Award (EEPSEA) from the America Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT). The EEPSEA award was established in 2013 in order to recognize educators who have implemented and developed innovative methods for engaging students in the study of plant systematics in the classroom, laboratory or during outreach activities.
2018 ASPT Undergraduate Research Prize
The Rupert Barneby Award of The New York Botanical Garden
The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with research in systematics and/or legume diversity …
Bell Museum seeks Collections Manager
The Bell Museum is seeking a Collection Manager for the University of Minnesota Herbarium (https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/), located in the Biological Sciences Center on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
2018 ASPT Business meeting
Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits
Meet with Your Lawmakers This Summer and Help Inform Science Policy
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The American Institute of Biological Sciences is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 10th annual Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event.
Botany 2018 Schedule
The schedule for Botany 2018 is now live! Its a very full and exciting program.
BOTANY 2018 Schedule Online -
https://mailchi.mp/a3414e39cad7/smz97oxl9i-1522421
We look forward to seeing you all there!!
Chelsea Specht
ASPT President