Frederic Pitre
@fredericpitre.bsky.social
Plant biologist / biochemist/ environmentalist/ Space life enthusiast/ Jardin botanique de Montréal / Université de Montréal/ IRBV/ Dada !
Trees changed us / les arbres nous ont changé !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream
Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible ways
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trees changed us / les arbres nous ont changé !
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Our new untargeted metabolomics paper is out in @theplantjournal.bsky.social revealing how willow adapts to NaCl and Na₂SO₄ salinity Congrats @Eszter Sas and team ! @njbbrereton.bsky.social @adrienfrem.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our new untargeted metabolomics paper is out in @theplantjournal.bsky.social revealing how willow adapts to NaCl and Na₂SO₄ salinity Congrats @Eszter Sas and team ! @njbbrereton.bsky.social @adrienfrem.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Alcohol-free beer chemistry is also available! www.compoundchem.com/2022/08/24/a...
April 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Alcohol-free beer chemistry is also available! www.compoundchem.com/2022/08/24/a...
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
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Québec is doing something good! 64% of operating revenues of universities come form provincial government funding and 29% from tuition fees paid by students. In Ontario it's the other way around.
Saw this astonishing graphic in the last CAUT newsletter
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Québec is doing something good! 64% of operating revenues of universities come form provincial government funding and 29% from tuition fees paid by students. In Ontario it's the other way around.
Reposted by Frederic Pitre
Canada will add PFAS, which are linked to cancer and other health problems, to toxic substances list #Canada #cdnpoli
Move does not ban PFAS, but starts a process to restrict them in various consumer and industrial products
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Move does not ban PFAS, but starts a process to restrict them in various consumer and industrial products
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Canada will add PFAS, which are linked to cancer and other health problems, to toxic substances list | CBC News
The federal government is moving to add PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide range of products from food containers to clothing, to the official list of toxic substances, in light of...
www.cbc.ca
March 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Canada will add PFAS, which are linked to cancer and other health problems, to toxic substances list #Canada #cdnpoli
Move does not ban PFAS, but starts a process to restrict them in various consumer and industrial products
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Move does not ban PFAS, but starts a process to restrict them in various consumer and industrial products
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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#JustIn on Plantae - Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters. In this piece, Plantae Fellows, @kesmaio.bsky.social @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social and @vedjiwan.bsky.social discuss the decline of the term and education of botanical sciences https://plantae.org/classica…
Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters | Plantae
The Decline of Classical Botany Though many of us may recognize the word ‘botany’, we may also associate it with dusty books and 18th century science. ‘Botany’ is not used frequently in our…
plantae.org
January 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#JustIn on Plantae - Classical Botany in the Shadow of Molecular Science: Why It Still Matters. In this piece, Plantae Fellows, @kesmaio.bsky.social @carlosgonzsanz.bsky.social and @vedjiwan.bsky.social discuss the decline of the term and education of botanical sciences https://plantae.org/classica…
Reposted by Frederic Pitre
Reposted by Frederic Pitre
Yes to the scientists, and philosophers of science, and historians of science, and sociologists of science, and metascientists, and humanities scholars, and academics of all stripes 🧪 #academicsky
November 25, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Yes to the scientists, and philosophers of science, and historians of science, and sociologists of science, and metascientists, and humanities scholars, and academics of all stripes 🧪 #academicsky