Psychiatry

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This project is like a zoo breeding programme, y know, how we have all these zoos with lizards or frogs. We use their pedigrees to figure out which ones we're going to breed together. So we are doing it for made out ten species that are pretty much extinct in the wild. The other thing that i found really surprisin is, when i was looking at the d and a of to day sycads, i expected them all to reveal that they all of olvd, you're alongside the dinosaus,. And theyll just so like hangers on. But then if you think the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, my d and a

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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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