ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT supports the DUKE Herbarium

As a society, we are standing with The Duke Herbarium and request that Duke University reconsider the decision to divest their herbarium. We ask that you also consider adding your support by signing this petition (https://www.change.org/p/urge-duke-university-to-reconsider-closing-their-herbarium) organized by AIBS, iDigBio, NSCA, and SPNHC with the support of ASPT, ABLS, BSA, and SHC.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christopher Tyrrell
ASPT Statement on Ukraine

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Botany Field Team Lead - Great Basin Institute

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In cooperation with the National Park Service and Capitol Reef National Park, the Great Basin Institute is recruiting a Botany Field Team Lead to join our AmeriCorps program. The Botany Field Team Lead will support the Capitol Reef National Park Division of Resource Management & Science and serve as a member of the rare plant monitoring crew assisting resource staff with surveys and demographic monitoring of three federally listed plant species.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2018/botany-field-team-lead-great-basin-institute

Tenure Track Assistant Professor - Plant Biologist, Oklahoma State

The Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin August 2019. The ideal candidate will address fundamental questions in biology with research interests in plant secondary metabolism (broadly defined), including specialties such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and/or ethnobotany of plant secondary metabolites, or other related fields. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2018/tenure-track-assistant-professor-plant-biologist-oklahoma-state

Flora of the Pacific Northwest just released

Fully revised and updated version of the 1973 edition by C. L. Hitchcock and Art Cronquist. Over 1000 new taxa and updated taxonomy and nomenclature. The first updated Flora for most taxa in the region in over 50 years.

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2018/flora-of-the-pacific-northwest-just-released

FAQ about new Brazilian regulations governing biological materials

Below is a link to the FAQ document about Brazilian regulations governing foreign use of biological materials. This legislation may have implications for herbaria and ASPT members who are or have done research in Brazil and conduct specimen exchange.

http://www.mma.gov.br/images/arquivo/80043/camara-setorial-academia/links_e_documentos/FAQ_on_Law_13.123_for_foreign_biological_collections.pdf

Permalink: https://www.aspt.net/news-blog/2018/faq-about-new-brazilian-regulations-governing-biological-materials