Doctor Neglingham - What Plant Knowledge Do You Have?

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I had no idea that i could have a job like this. My parents are from ritus, which is a tiny, little island next to madagascar. And the dodo became extinct there. So my parents moved from mauritius to australia and we were encouraged to go to school. I just that, i kept following what really interested me, and that was science. But then i didn't real bit i could be, you know, a doctor and pursue these plants all over the world.

Gather 'round fellow nerds, you’re about to learn about the wildest not a fern not a bush not a cactus plant you never knew you never knew about: CYCADS. These endangered ancient plants have been around for 270 million years, give or take, and now they’re some of the most valuable vegetation in the world. Come along to learn about these uncomfortably sexy gymnosperms and the international crimes people do to steal them. Also: neurotoxins, Jurassic Park, and one of the best fixes for procrastination we’ve ever heard with the world’s favorite botanist and cycadologist, Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum.

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Dr. Nagalingum’s profile at California Academy of Sciences

Speaking of which, Alie will be moderating a Women in Science Nightlife event there coming up March 3rd, and you can get tickets for that here

A donation was made to Ovarian Cancer Australia