Sandra Knapp

Taxonomist of tomatoes, potatoes etc. #iamabotanist

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

Was absolutely the best of fun! And to complete your potato week new paper on origin of the mighty spud out in @CellCellPress https://t.co/ybpROWVUuN

[Infinite Monkey Cage @themonkeycage]

This week @ProfBrianCox & Robin Ince bring together a mash made in heaven! @SusanCalman @SandyKnapp & Glenn Bryan peel back the surprising science of the mighty spud ��� they uncover genomes, wild species..plus a potato keyboard finale you never knew you needed!!

[Infinite Monkey Cage @themonkeycage]

This week @ProfBrianCox & Robin Ince bring together a mash made in heaven! @SusanCalman @SandyKnapp & Glenn Bryan peel back the surprising science of the mighty spud 🥔 they uncover genomes, wild species..plus a potato keyboard finale you never knew you needed!!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

Too true

[Morgan Kelly @MorganWKelly]

Lots of new grad students starting in research labs this month, including many who have been taught (in subtle or overt ways) that they need to fight to prove they belong. It’s an exhausting way to spend your career. So I’m re-upping this for anyone who needs to hear it today:

[Vinita Gowda: Success has never been my weakness @vinita_gowda]

It's finally out!
We desceibe 6 Globba species new to science from 3 different states where one is named #paschimBengalensis - no guesses there!
And our 2nd species from the lab named after #JanakiAmmal #GlobbaJanakiae
Also, a key to all Indian Globbas for the Ginger nerds!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@Roger_TL45Y @BSBIbotany @SuffolkBIS Ohhh nice!!!!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@FionaJMcWillia2 Yep! Frightful isn’t it! But it was a great gardening day with the community!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@flygirlNHM Fabulous!!!!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@KamounLab @SMukhtarlab A mutant with simple serrate leaves! A triumph of genetic engineering 🎉🍃

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

The importance and wonderfulness of enthusiastic botanists confirmed (if it ever needed confirming 🌷) congratulations all @BSBIbotany members for all your finds!!!

[BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland @BSBIbotany]

Huge thanks to top environmental journalist @horton_official for covering the #GhostOrchid story in today's @guardian
https://t.co/8dOKluqQfF
Congrats to @thenewgalaxy on refinding this most elusive of orchids & to @BSBIscience who visited the (secret) site to verify the find.

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@Roger_TL45Y @BSBIbotany @SuffolkBIS PS -specimen would be good if indeed the hybrid… as far as I know not recorded from Suffolk

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@BSBIbotany @Roger_TL45Y @SuffolkBIS Big picture is nigrum … other ones are Solanum nitidibaccatum Bitter -sorry, I pushed post too soon! Those two hybridise in 🇬🇧 sometimes….

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@BSBIbotany @Roger_TL45Y @SuffolkBIS Solanum nigrum… always comes up this time of year! Lovely plant ❤️

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

A new study in Science finds that some of the independent origins of plant prickles share a common genetic basis, providing a gene editing target to facilitate the removal of these sharp projections in cultivated plants.

📄: https://t.co/RJySSco34w

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

So happy to have been part of this amazing study on #solanum prickles, goes to show how wide collaboration brings great benefits!

[SOLbreeding @SOLbreedCOMAV]

We are thrilled to announce a significant milestone for our lab published in Science. A massive interdisciplinary collaboration with incredibly brilliant researchers. Thanks to all the participants and our past and present lab members who have contributed to this breakthrough 🍆

[NHM Botany @NHM_Botany]

Scientists genetically remove prickles from flowering plants
https://t.co/zhvAyQiSM8

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@MartineBotany @MOOPellegrini @thorogoodchris1 @MyFrogCroaked @RocioDeanna And elephants and antelopes gobble up spiny solanums in Africa….. so … defenses not perfect clearly!!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@SiobhanLeachman @KlerenMaken @NHM_London Awesome to have you here! Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

@yeewenlow @timutteridge @PhytoKeys Ohhh - the lovely Lycianthes parasitica (Blume) Bitter. Such amazing anisophylly. And super cute two-seeded berries!

[Sandra Knapp @SandyKnapp]

New monograph for Lycianthes (#solanaceae) in tropical Asia out in @PhytoKeys ! Convergent flowers with #Solanum (porocidal anthers) sister group to #Capsicum - extremely variable plants for which there are thousands of collections.....
https://t.co/PKZi4qeX2E