Botany Without Borders

Where Design Meets Science.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Cold soil: a signal from below

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Thinking about plant senescence as we turn the corner into fall. I realize it's not just sunlight that affects growth processes in plant...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Questions about lichens: Form? Function? Biology?

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Some years ago, I had the opportunity to take several series of electron micrographs of lichens. I was focusing on a project on the Cladoni...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Grapes!

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I was sitting out in back yesterday when I started sneezing like anything. I don't get allergic easily and I don't have a cold, so I...
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I communicate science to non-scientists. My interest in the intersection between art and science, which I consider to be closely related practices, is the focus of two essay collections I am working on. As a Harvard PhD I realized that the work we do in the library and laboratory, while worthy in and of itself, does not necessarily translate to normal people. Bridging that gap is my goal in my teaching practice and in these posts. I teach college sophomores at Boston University and I teach in the sustainability program at the Boston Architectural College.
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