Dr Laura Skates 🌻

Botanist, artist & science communicator 🌿 #CarnivorousPlant ecology & conservation research 👩‍🔬 views my own 🌞 she/her

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

I did it! Submitted my PhD thesis on the ecology of #CarnivorousPlants for examination today 😊🌿🎉

Here's my very happy face with my very red #PhinisheD mug from @uwanews 🤩☕ yay!

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

Applications for the @Science_DBCA and #KingsParkScience Summer Scholarships are now OPEN!

Gain research experience while working on projects directly related to conservation outcomes for Western Australia 🌱🔬

Open to tertiary students. Apply now 👉 https://t.co/MccZCIT5s4

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

@saskia_klink Congratulations again Saskia! I can't wait to celebrate with you (and see this amazing hat) in person!! 🌿🍄🎉🎉

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

@Ali_Lullfitz @originalstinger @BidstrupJames Ooh it's gorgeous! Definitely carnivorous 😄

Looks like one of the tuberous fan-leaved sundews, I'm guessing Drosera ramellosa from the location 🌱 https://t.co/mOPNfxCvBJ

There's some other similar-ish looking species in other parts of the Southwest! https://t.co/6XWTaK6Af8

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

@zoe_kean @fiona_gumboots @TimBarlow3 @PerpetuaTurner @abchobart @RichardMcLellan Aw thank you all! This was a lovely thread to read 😊🌱 here's some more cute Drosera for you all hehe. Is there a recording of your interview Zoe? I'd love to listen!

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

The world's largest plant?! 😲 Check out this newly-discovered super-sized seagrass 🌊

Genetic testing by scientists at @uwanews, @Flinders and #KingsParkScience @Science_DBCA shows the single plant clone stretches across >180 kilometres!

Read more 👇 https://t.co/9WpizjHMbA

[Nate Anderson @Nate_S_Anderson]

All within 30 minutes of the front door. The south coast of Western Australia is pretty spectacular.

Albany pitcher plants, Banksia coccinea and a bit of coastline.

#WildOz #nature #ozflora

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

Meet the endangered Bussell's Spider Orchid (Caladenia busselliana) 🌸

As part of the #RareBloomProject, this species has been successfully germinated using seed collected more than 20 years ago! 🌱

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/ejVZXiwfgz

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Dr Barbara Rye #WAHerbarium @Science_DBCA retires today after a stellar botanical career spanning >40 years in which she has named and described or reclassified around 400 taxa across a range of plant groups 🙌

#TaxonomyHero #WomenInSTEM

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

8000 Eucalyptus todtiana seedlings ready for restoration! 🌱

Research assistant Nikki Maher has been growing these seedlings up in Kings Park's science glasshouses as part of an #EcosystemRestoration experiment 🔎

These seedlings have been on quite a journey! 👇 #EucBeaut

[Sarah Allen Studio @SarahAllenFinch]

Hairy-footed Dunnart family. Happy world sleep day. #dunnart #marsupial #kidsbooks https://t.co/Vm7eeoHlFR

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Spectacular botanical art, the Western Australian way

My Garden Path - Philippa Nikulinsky https://t.co/HBfqlq7bYP

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

Have you ever wondered how plants work? 🤔

As someone who studies plant physiology, that’s exactly what Emily Tudor wonders about. Here in #KingsPark, Emily is using plant physiology to study the health of #Jarrah and #Marri trees 🌳 #IWD2022

[Juliet Wege @JulietWege]

Today I acknowledge the long-standing support of @_bpmiller @Science_DBCA with the description of Miller’s Triggerplant, a showy #newspecies with a restricted distribution in SW Australia

#Stylidium milleri #Stylidiaceae #FloraofAustralia

https://t.co/zTY4moFmeN

[The Innovators' Tea Party @TITP_WA]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! We’re proud to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals and #BreakingTheBias with the help of our fantastic Women in STEM Mentors. Celebrate with us tonight: https://t.co/yO3xfyqYZC

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

On #WorldWildlifeDay, take a look behind the scenes at Kings Park on how we conserve and recover key plant species for bushland restoration, now and for the future 🦉🌿

Read more in the @FriendsKP Special Issue magazine, now available free online: https://t.co/EyzvoA3B41

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

@_erikaroper I miss our write clubs! I'm AWST though so depends on timing 😅

[FriendsofKingsPark @FriendsKP]

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! Today is being celebrated globally under the theme “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration” 🌱

To join the celebration, we’re excited to release a free digital version of our Special Issue magazine today! Read it here 👉 https://t.co/mEh3vCvNz6

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

@FriendsKP @kingspark_wa @Science_DBCA Congratulations to all of you! Amazing work this summer 😊☀️🌱🔬

[FriendsofKingsPark @FriendsKP]

Congratulations to the #KingsParkScience Summer Scholars on completing their projects! ☀️🔬🌱 @kingspark_wa @Science_DBCA

We're proud to support these students and their exciting research through the Friends of Kings Park Fund. Come see what they each got up to 👇

[Dr Laura Skates 🌻 @floraskates]

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Very happy and proud to work alongside these awesome women ☺️🌱🔬 #IDWGS2022

[Kings Park @kingspark_wa]

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! #IDWGS2022

Meet some of the women who bring science to the forefront here at Kings Park 🌱