ASBS Meetings

Australasian Systematic Botany Society @ASBS_botany annual meetings.

[ASBS Meetings @ASBSmeet]

The recordings of all keynotes and session talks of this year’s ASBS conference are now available online. To view them log into the ASBS 2021 conference website at https://t.co/ifCCVgI7nk and go to the replays tab at https://t.co/xRgXY8F7lr.

[ASBS Meetings @ASBSmeet]

Thank you all for a fantastic #ASBS2021 virtual meeting.

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

I’ve really enjoyed hearing about research on the Western Australian flora at #ASBS2021 including today’s talks by @jobsonrw (Themeda: Poaceae) and @TaxonomyTim (Hibbertia: Dillenieceae)

📷KR Thiele

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Great to hear @bmichanderson #WAHerbarium outlining taxonomic progress on Geleznowia #Rutaceae (or is that Philotheca?!) as part of the GAP Conservation Genomics initiative @PlantsAus #ASBS2021

[Botany Curator @CarlosLehnebach]

Yay! 3mins speed-talk for @ASBSmeet done! Thanks @JulietWege for chairing this session! #orchids #NZplants #taxonomy #DNA #conservation #botany

[Lizzy Joyce @e_m_joyce]

Just finished watching @Kelly_Shepherd's powerful keynote talk @ASBSmeet #ASBS2021 on managing work-life balance in science and I've never felt more heard! From a little ASBS ECR: thank you so much for sharing your story and bringing this discussion to our society 💚💚💚

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Such a pleasure to chair a session of informative student and speed talks at #ASBS2021 including by botanical twitterati @rpodonnell_ (on a mint taxonomic complex in Australian Lamiaceae) and @CarlosLehnebach (at the heady interface of orchid taxonomy and conservation in NZ)

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

Heaps of excellent phylogenomics presentations today at #ASBS2021, featuring super exciting and ambitious collaborations between GAP and PAFTOL
@PlantsAus @paftol @BioplatformsAus @KewScience

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

Great flash talk by @raeesade on ancestral cone reconstruction in #Podocarpaceae ("Game of Cones")
#ASBS2021 @ASBSmeet

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Did you know the Australasian Pollen and Spore Atlas website provides access to the largest collection of pollen and spores information in the Australasian region? #ASBS2021

https://t.co/tNvny6IJGM

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

If we’re working at full capacity and something unexpected happens, it can suddenly become difficult to cope.

So very proud of @KellyShepherd – bravely bringing her personal story to her keynote address at #ASBS2021 on managing mental health 🙌

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

Day 3 of #ASBS2021 starts with a though-provoking keynote by Kipiro Damas from the Lae National Herbarium about the current state of systematic botany in Papua New Guinea, raising many important, difficult questions on knowledge transfer

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

The keynote was followed by a three-session symposium on Papua New Guinea. This is a phenomenal achievement and perhaps a first in the history of our Society! Huge congrats to all the speakers and @ASBSmeet for pulling this together! 🇵🇬🇵🇬🇵🇬

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

Day 18 of #SydneyLockdown
Virtual conference dinner during a pandemic
(we even got hacked!)
#ASBS2021

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Inspired by today’s keynote address by Prof. Wendy Nelson and some of the insights into her stellar career – case study after case study illustrating the importance of taxonomy (and voucher specimens!) to biosecurity and conservation efforts. Just fantastic #ASBS2021 #WomenInSTEM

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

Professor Wendy Nelson (@niwa_nz and @AucklandUni) is now officially receiving her 2020 Nancy Burbidge Medal from ASBS in a very touching celebration organised by her @Te_Papa colleagues in Wellington!
#ASBS2021 @ASBSmeet

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

Very interesting stats from #ASBS2021 organisers:
235 registered participants from 7 countries, most from Australia (166), NZ (27), and PNG (25)
75 talks and 6 keynotes all running live and in a single session
36 students registered (we need to work better on this one!)
@ASBSmeet

[Taxonomy Australia @australtaxonomy]

Dr Kevin Thiele, director of Taxonomy Australia, is delivering a keynote address at this week's @ASBS_botany Australasian Systematic Botany Society annual conference on 16th July.
See https://t.co/1XeMqa3xmh

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

The first talk of #ASBS2021, the keynote by @BroadhurstLinda from @CSIRO, is being attended by 114 participants live: not bad for a start!
https://t.co/2AGeiyykGT

[Australasian Systematic Botany Society (ASBS) @ASBS_botany]

For anyone following us here on Twitter, we have two Twitter accounts!
@ASBS_botany is our long-term Society account
@ASBSmeet is the #ASBS2021 conference account
We encourage you to follow both, tag us in all your conference-related posts, and amplify each other!