Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS)

Official account of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS); we promote the study of plant systematics in Australasia

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

#ASBS2021 starting NOW!! This is the first ever virtual conference of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society. If you are attending and a Twitter user, we invite you to reply to this post and introduce yourself and to follow each other so we can all share this new experience!

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

And that’s a wrap! Your dedicated outgoing/incoming @ASBS_botany Council and SECR subcommittee on the last day of our SECR conference in Mt Annan @AustralianBG 👇

[Julian Herting @JulianBotanic]

With the @ASBS_botany conference coming to a close, I wanted to share with you the magnificent plant tattoos of plants real and not so real that are residing under the skin of some attendants. See all in the thread. Can you name the plants portrayed?

[James Clugston, PhD @Cycadales]

Second day if the ASBS conference for students and early career researchers is as good as day one. Well done to all the speakers. @AustralianBG @ASBS_botany @hsauquet_rbgsyd.

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

The Australian Systematic Botany Society's top gong (the Nancy T. Burbidge Medal) has been awarded to WA plant taxonomist extraordinaire Barbara Rye🙌 #WomenInSTEM

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

Evening social barbecue mixer on the Herbarium courtyard. So good to see this space come to full life!
Thanks heaps @Cycadales for the brilliant idea and all the organisation!
@ASBS_botany @AustralianBG @RBGSydney

[The Australian Botanic Garden @AustralianBG]

The best and brightest young #botanists gathered at the Garden today to showcase their latest projects at the Australasian Systematic Botany Society's first Student and Early Career Researcher conference 🌿🔬 @Cycadales @denise_ora @hsauquet_rbgsyd @ASBS_botany

[James Clugston, PhD @Cycadales]

First day running the ASBS conference for students and early career researchers has been amazing and exhilarating. @AustralianBG @ASBS_botany @hsauquet_rbgsyd. This conference shows what great research happens here in Australia.

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

We’re so thrilled to be hosting this first @ASBS_botany in person conference in the years at our brand new herbarium in Mt Annan, dedicated entrepreneur to the next generation of Australasian botanists!!
#iamabotanist @AustralianBG @RBGSydney

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

It’s lovely to see our #Myrtaceae maven Dr Barbara Rye step out of the #WAHerbarium specimen vaults and into the limelight

https://t.co/rbC5PUp8Qd

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

I’m heading out and about in pursuit of plants this week - this podcast is going to make for perfect listening. A floral story of love, exile and serendipity featuring @ASBS_botany member @paper_daisy_tim

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

ASBS Council is delighted to announce that the latest recipient of the Nancy T. Burbidge Medal is Dr Barbara Rye from the Western Australian Herbarium.
Learn more about her career in this TV interview from @abcnews Gardening Australia:
https://t.co/QmNLZlu9Jt

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Botany jobs! At the Northern Territory Herbarium!! Including Chief Botanist (Darwin) and Herbarium botanist (Alice Springs)!!!

Details can be found by a keyword search for 'botanist' at https://t.co/p4y3HB6P3J

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

#newspecies🚨
#Hypocalymma inopinatum #Myrtaceae from near Lake King is among the plant species formally published today. Rare in the wild but available horticulturally, this Western Australian rarity is an absolute stunner ❤️

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

We’re so excited about hosting the first @ASBS_botany conference by and for student and ECR at our brand new NSW herbarium at the @AustralianBG in Mt Annan! 👇

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Need $$$ to cover field work, herbarium visits or other research costs? Then apply for a Hansjörg Eichler Scientific Research grant by Sept. 14

For @ASBS_botany members, especially students, ECRs and non-salaried researchers

🌿https://t.co/dKsD2iLYBu

[James Clugston, PhD @Cycadales]

Join us for the first-ever ASBS Student and Early Career Researcher conference on 14th-17th of November 2022 at the National hHerbarium of NSW. Let us know by registering here https://t.co/YrSvlI5FrP. @RBGSydney @ASBS_botany @AustralianBG

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

The latest @ASBS_botany newsletter includes information on the Orchid Taxonomy Advisory Group Australasia, an Early Career Researcher register and @graceaceae feature, and guidelines by @Kelly_Shepherd for achieving ethical and amicable authorship on publications. Link 👇

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

To all ASBS postdocs: Marlies Eichler Postdoctoral Fellowship applications close on 31st July 2022. Grants are open to postdocs who are members of ASBS. Funds can be spent on salary for the applicant or project costs.
https://t.co/pWJMF9c630
#systematics #botany

[Kelly Shepherd (she/her) @Kelly_Shepherd]

It is hard to wrap your head around the truly inspirational contribution Dr Barbara Rye has made to taxonomy & conservation in Australia throughout her illustrious career. We are all very grateful. Also happy to know we will still see her at #WAHerbarium even after retirement!