Alastair Culham

@thebotanist.bsky.social Biodiversity-ist, Botanist, keen gardener and grower. Views expressed here are my own. Photos my own unless marked otherwise.

[Dr Timothy Utteridge @timutteridge]

New!

Eleven species of Thrixspermum (Orchidaceae: Vandeae: Aeridinae) newly recorded from Thailand
https://t.co/WIcD0f6vAM
Excellent work by Sam! @toolmal

#orchid #taxonmy #Thailand @BotanyRNG @KewScience @nparksbuzz @UniofReading

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

What a great slide Becky.

[Botanical University Challenge @BUCBotany]

Second Student Botany Festival had undergraduate, Masters & PhD students in ecology, horticulture, plant sciences, even botany, mixing to talk about their experiences of plants at university. Here, mature undergraduate at @ReadingBioSci @BotanyRNG @drmgoeswild #BUC2024

[Doctoral and Researcher College, Uni of Reading @UniRdg_PhD]

Ever wondered what a nearly 90-year-old @UniofReading PhD thesis looks like? Completed in 1936, “Studies on the genus Mentha” by E H Metcalf is a beautifully presented thesis which includes b&w photos, illustrations & letters to various national and international collaborators

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

Congratulations Jamie Thompson @ReadingBioSci on his latest paper. Very Gordon Rowley 😁
https://t.co/oG7SyEAlv3
@CactusSucculent

[Dr M still going wild! @drmgoeswild]

Dr M and @BotanyRNG would love your thoughts on botany teaching in the 21st century, please follow the QR code to electronic poster #2718 @IBC2024 #iamabotanist #IBC2024 @GatsbyEd @NewPhyt @OBGHA @BSBIbotany

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

Help us design gardens for climate change. This UK focused survey asks which plants are doing well and which are failing in your garden https://t.co/oA7DWYF1ZO
@The_RHS @sheffielduni @UniofReading working together to forward UK horticulture. @BotanyRocks

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

@UniofReading The spines on this thistle flower head have the same function as spines on a sea urchin - to keep predators away! @ReadingBioSci

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

It's @ibc2024 this week. I'm really enjoying catching up with old friends. Lots of great talks & posters. But sad to be missing my students graduation @UniofReading today. @ReadingBioSci @TomosJones92 @nattanon_bom

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

@BUCBotany - what record are you planning for in August this year? @OBGHA @drmgoeswild @pennymarshwort @hannah_con_bio

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

How many botanists can you fit in a photo booth? This might be a question for #BUC2024. @uniofgalwayBPS @aoife_embleton @Ol_LynchEco @drmgoeswild @BUCBotany @hannah_con_bio @pennymarshwort
#BUC2023 @UniofNottingham

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

@bioinformagic @Love_Brighton @BotanyRocks @fungi_flowers @BUCBotany @drmgoeswild @John_in_Aber I'm back in Dundee in September so will have another look.

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

Today I visited the largest municipal rock garden in the U.K. It's by a busy road in #Brighton but has a really natural feeling as you get further back and up from the road. Incredible! Great urban #greenscape https://t.co/i8VFPl0ICj

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

@bioinformagic @Love_Brighton @BotanyRocks @fungi_flowers @BUCBotany @drmgoeswild @John_in_Aber I can't say I've measured them myself! I've just done an estimate in Google Earth & got 14000m2 for Preston & 12000 for Barnhill. A lot of Barnhill is lawn so it's difficult to measure.

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

New full time academic post for field ecologist/zoologist @UniofReading @ReadingBioSci
Great facilities, colleagues, award winning campus and @CIEEMnet
Award winning MSc - Apply to join us!
https://t.co/HFdB1zRtJR

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

A #botany pun. @drmgoeswild

[Weekday Jokes @weekdayjokes]

#Jokes #FridayFeeling #GrannySmith

[antisense. @razoralign]

GenoFig: a user-friendly application for the visualisation and comparison of genomic regions https://t.co/5jgFBEZj6P

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

@dawnbazely @mikegalsworthy @HLizanne @SAGillespie @jwoodgett @jetkerr I don't think either of the big two will try that. Both were split on Brexit.

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

New full time academic post for field ecologist/zoologist @UniofReading @ReadingBioSci
Great facilities, colleagues, award winning campus and @CIEEMnet
Award winning MSc - Apply to join us!
https://t.co/HFdB1zRtJR

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

A great job for a plant lover. @DundeeBotanics is a great garden.
https://t.co/6SgGPyQ2va #botany #horticulture

[Alastair Culham @BotanyRNG]

@CIEEMnet - congrats @drmgoeswild & team for bagging the Higher education programme of the year for @ReadingBioSci @UniofReading MSc in Ecological Survey Skills with Placement course. Great colleagues, students, campus & collections. @RNGherb #botany #teaching #Biology #ecology