Yes, the bicentennial of the expedition is upon us and the public is discovering (or re-discovering) Lewis and Clark and all they saw and did. In this book, Pursh discussed 132 Lewis and Clark specimens, describing their habitats and other information provided by Lewis. APS loaned Barton's part of the collection to the Academy to join Lambert's work.
So now most of Lewis and Clark's collections were all in the same town, but it would be another 40 years before anyone noticed. On the centenary of the Lewis and Clark expedition, the botanical results of their journey had been published and, after several round trips, were published. Ernie) Schuyler, Associate Curator Emeritus, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, for sharing his extensive knowledge of the Lewis and Clark Herbarium.
Open to a critical reading of the manuscript and many enlightening discussions on the history and taxonomy of the Lewis and Clark Herbarium. The American Journal of Botany is the flagship publication of the Botanical Society of America. Results of the discussion are included in the recommendations at the end of this article.
According to the results of this research, each of the three steps in recruitment requires different processes.
EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS OF FUNGI
UNIVERSITYOF MICHIGAN Professor/Curator
The Department of Biological Sciences (www.fiu.edu/~biology) at Florida International University invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology who will develop a strong extramural funded research program, supervise doctoral students, and contribute to the educational mission of the department. Preference will be given to applicants who use plant, animal or fungal development to answer evolutionary questions. Internal facilities include a vivarium and core facilities for cell and tissue culture, electron and confocal microscopy, histology, and DNA sequencing (http:/ . Zwww.fiu.edu/-biology/).
Jennifer Richards, Evo-Devo Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th ST, Miami, Florida 33199. 1,500.00 is designed to help students and young professionals visit the Field Museum and use our extensive financial botany and systematic collections. People from Latin America and projects in ethnobotany or systematics of economically important plant groups will be given priority.
Dagiti aplikante nga interesado iti grant ket masapul nga agisubmitir iti curriculum vitae ken detalyado a surat a mangiladawan iti proyekto a sapsapulen ti grant. Ti Plowman Latin American Research Fund, a mangsuporta iti daytoy a grant, ket mabalinna nga ipatulod dagiti tsekeda, a mabayadan iti The Field Museum, c/o Department of Botany, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, USA. Daytoy a $1,500.00 a grant ket nadisenio a mangsuporta kadagiti estudiante ken agtutubo a propesional a sumarungkar iti Field Museum ken mangusar kadagiti nasaknap a koleksionna iti ekonomiko ken sistematiko a botanika.
Las personas interesadas en postularse para este premio deben presentar su currículum y una carta que describa el proyecto para el cual se utilizará el premio.
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Marie Selby Botanic Garden (MSBG) announces the completion of an NSF-funded project (NSF DBI-0138615) to curate its Spirit Collection of vascular plants. The MSBG Spirit Collection is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and the second largest in the world (after the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). The NSF grant allowed for the purchase of plastic storage containers and for the replacement of poor quality metal caps and liners.
More than 450 type specimens were identified, a list of which is available on the Internet at: http://www.selby.org/. Preserving plant specimens in spirits preserves the flowers in a form as close to natural as possible, which is essential for understanding the nuances of orchid taxonomy and pollination. It avoids the need to rehydrate flowers from herbarium specimens, especially type specimens that may have only one or a few flowers, thereby better protecting herbarium specimens for future type analyses.
Selby Gardens encourages the use of its Spirit Collection and provides low-cost visitor quarters to botanists who wish to consult the specimens. Complementing the Spirit Collection at Selby Gardens are 9,000 greenhouse accessions, 3,300 exhibition and site accessions, 88,000+ herbarium specimens, including 27,000 orchids, 8,000 bromeliads and 1,700 type specimens. The Selby Gardens Research Library has 6500 volumes (including a 543-volume rare book collection), 300+ active journals, and a microfiche collection of many early botanical references.
For more information, contact Bruce Hoist, Department of Research and Conservation, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, FL 34236-7726.
SECOND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SEEC 2004
SOUTHEASTERN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION CONFERENCE
Each of the lecture topics will be accompanied by practical computer sessions involving bioinformatic exercises and/or use of genomic databases (Maize GOB, Gramene) led by Doreen Ware & Trent Seigfried. After the lecture, groups will be broken into computer labs and discussion sessions to keep numbers small. Generous funding from the NSF Plant Genome Program, Biological Sciences will provide full support for all travel and workshop costs for 14 US citizens only, and is limited to graduate students.
These participants are invited (there will be no online application process) and will be supported by other sources, including generous support from the Rockefeller Foundation. It is expected that the students selected for this workshop will also participate in the Maize Genetics Conference, which will be announced shortly. However, funding from this program will not cover the costs of attending the Maize Genetics Conference.
You will be asked to provide: The subject/area of the thesis project; an essay (500 words or less) on why the course would be beneficial to your research goals;. There will be an initial screening and those receiving further consideration will be contacted by two references. Selection criteria will be based on who will benefit most from the course and academic and research qualifications.
Graduate students working on a related species or considering working with corn are welcome to apply. If you are selected and accepted, you will be required to complete a number of online exercises with Maize GOB and Gramene prior to the course. The goal is to familiarize all students with these databases and related exercises, and to determine whether special sessions and/or grouping of students are desired to accommodate different levels of expertise.
INVASIVE SPECIES: THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS
Come and be part of the synergy; the conference promises to stimulate, stimulate and help in the formation of new ideas and new collaborations. Photos in Tree Bark: A Color Guide were all taken by Huges Vaucher of the Swiss Dendrological Society. Finding another civilization in the universe is one of the fascinations of those curious people called scientists.
After the big bang creation of the universe, it took billions of years for the earth to become suitable for the origin of life. Natural Selection' and 'Survival of the Fittest' are two forces that allow evolution to continue. Surprisingly, the extraordinary decorative qualities of selected title pages are not reflected in most of the featured illustrations of plants.
The authors catalog the exhibition in the last 1/3 of the book, providing very useful information about the publications and their illustrators. With so many books focusing on the characteristics of flowers, this book on foliage is sure to find a place on the shelves of an amateur or professional gardener, as well as in the library of a botanical garden. I recommend this book to the amateur and professional botanist and to anyone who has a deep fascination with the plants we call trees.
The book provides an interesting account of the various botanical resources available to the men of the expedition as they traveled across the country. Nearly half of the book focuses on the specific uses of plants by Lewis and Clark and the people they came into contact with along the way, including the crucial role Sacagawea played in providing wild foods to supplement their diet. This corresponds nicely with the map of their route at the beginning of the book.
With its focus on the scientific importance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, this book would be an excellent addition to the shelves of elementary and secondary school teachers and libraries. The first part delves deeper into the geography, geological history, geomorphology, climate and flora of the country. These sections place the genus Paphiopedilum in the context of Vietnamese flora and are very useful.
But we're not picking because this section provides an overview of the orchids included in the book. The taxonomy of Vietnamese slipper orchids (part III of the book) takes up most of the book (pp. 83-265) and is its heart.
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