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Calvin Perkins and Ravi Palanivelu to Deliver Oral Talks at Plant Biology 2025!

Calvin Perkins

Calvin Perkins, a graduate student in the Palanivelu lab, will be delivering an oral presentation in the Equity and Diversity Symposium at the ASPB annual meeting, Plant Biology 2025: “Plant Biodiversity”. The abstract of his presentation can be found here Ravi Palanivelu will be delivering an oral presentation in the concurrent session ‘Plant reproduction: From…Continue Reading Calvin Perkins and Ravi Palanivelu to Deliver Oral Talks at Plant Biology 2025!

UA involved in creating convulvaceae pollen atlas

This month’s science link is to UA Herbarium’s effort to create the convolvulaceae pollen atlas:https://ag.arizona.edu/herbarium/projects/pollen_atlas Check out the fantastic effort to compile images of family from this important family. Pollen features are an important tool for taxonomical classification. However, many of these valuable images remain in disparate unpublished sources. The atlas project hopes to mitigate…Continue Reading UA involved in creating convulvaceae pollen atlas

DNA testing reveals what killed King Tut

(Image downloaded from www.holtzendorff.com website). From Telegraph news website story: “King Tut died of malaria and bone condition, says new research” “The cause of the famous teenage king’s death has long been a mystery, with a range of theories as to how he met his end. But now scientists, who have analysed DNA from royal mummies, have managed to create…Continue Reading DNA testing reveals what killed King Tut