Grace Boxshall

Mycologist, occasional botanist, general “can I eat this?” responder, PhD student at @unimelb.

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@SpiderCait Well you did say you were considering a phd at one point…

[Gnome Anne May Perceive Me @annethegnome]

FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! 🍄🚀

Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!

Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts 🧑‍🚀
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[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@lachlantegart Oh my goodness. And here’s me going to insert every time

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

It me!

[BioSciences UniMelb @BioSci_UniMelb]

Meet this week's #HumansofBioSciences @graceaceae, a PhD student who wants to solve some Australian mushroom mysteries 🍄.

A self-professed collector of ‘Weird Hobbies’, don’t be surprised to see Grace performing circus tricks or wielding a longsword.

https://t.co/c6tUn6Lg3U

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@scidocmartin @jbirch_botany @BioSci_UniMelb @LebelTeresa @ASBS_botany Thanks, Jen! So relieved and really quite chuffed to finally get this out there 😊

[JoBirch @jbirch_botany]

"A field-based investigation of simple phenol variation in Australian Agaricus xanthodermus" is now out - the first for @graceaceae from her Masters! Well done Grace! A valuable contribution to understanding toxicity in this commonly foraged mushroom (https://t.co/TJExZvX5oe)

[BioSciences UniMelb @BioSci_UniMelb]

This trip will launch for our 300 students in October and we are looking forward to it! ✨Here is our star presenter @trishfishkoh checking out the rock pools and showing students all the molluscs and life that they will get to see on their trip.🌊🐌 2/3

[JoBirch @jbirch_botany]

Enjoyed talking about the value of #herbariumspecimens in documenting biodiversity with JOURN90024 students who are creating podcasts to tell the stories of @UniMelb Museums and Collections. Check out these MELU specimens collected in Port Philip Bay in 1882.

[BioSciences UniMelb @BioSci_UniMelb]

Meet this week's #HumansofBioSciences, Nicole Middleton. Nicole is passionate about nature, volunteering and travel and is currently our EHS Coordinator for fieldwork. By her own admission, Nicole struggles to sit still and has many projects on the go!
https://t.co/uXf03NumCP

[BioSciences UniMelb @BioSci_UniMelb]

Meet this week's #HumansofBioSciences @MycologyPicking. Beau is a mycologist & educator who completed their MSc in mushroom taxonomy in 2017 🍄

Beau's advice to other students: think about the balance between study, life outside university, & work.

https://t.co/YEH5nQ7DKA

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

🇦🇺🇳🇿🍄(💩)? #BioPsBERCEmoji

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

Modern day Sherlock Holmes: schooling police in using plant fragments to solve a crime

[Dr Nathalie Nagalingum @NNagalingum]

👮‍♀️+🌿 Forensic botany using plants to solve crimes. Amazing work by Kelly Shepherd—training police to collect botanical evidence and ID-ing the plants. @asbs_nzpcn_2019

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@DrNagalingum @asbs_nzpcn_2019 Nothing says Sherlock Holmes like schooling the police in how to use plant fragments to identify a killer 😵

[Hervé Sauquet 🌈 @hsauquet_bgsyd]

Amelia-Grace Boxshall @graceaceae: how to engage social media to get critical data for improving fungus systematics, received undescribed ITS sequences directly on Facebook!!
https://t.co/jygM1xHvQQ
#scicomm #citizenscience @asbs_nzpcn_2019

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@TheGoodDeath I just learned about the Children of Llullaillaco via a historical fashion Instagram account. Three ritually sacrificed Incan children, described as some of the best preserved mummies in the world. I’d love to hear your insights. Would you do a video about them?

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@toddmclay I liked it! I also appreciated “Malvaceae are goopy”

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@e_m_joyce I was sitting there going “he reminds me of someone... WHO is it???” It was such a relief when I finally realised

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

Kevin Thiele, the Newt Scamander of botany, has some truly exciting plans for Taxonomy Australia: website, podcast, social media and membership to share the impact, beauty and general coolness of taxonomy.
Keep your eyes peeled for it in early 2019! #ASBS_2018

[Grace Boxshall @graceaceae]

@jason_nge @TaxonomyTim @asbs_2016 Oh wow! Your pics turned out awesome

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

Last night the Prime Minister of Australia said "the magic of science starts with belief" and today the President of the US said "I have a natural instinct for science" and look guys I don't think that word means what you think it means.