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Amanda Rasmussen
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Assoc prof in plant physiology; develop't & funct'n all adventitious root types inc. crop roots, cuttings, adaptive advantages in challenging environments; teacher; mentor; supervisor. Posts are my personal opinion.
Super stoked to see work from our lab on BBC tonight! tree cuttings prepared by Vaishali Panwar, one of my PhD students, were CT scanned by Brian Atkinson and Craig Sturrock in the hounsfield facility were shown on Gardeners World this evening! watch it on iPlayer!
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The AAB Applied Tree and Forest Biology group is hosting ‘Creating Canopies II’ at the grand Crown and Mitre hotel in Carlisle. 🌳
Kicking off w Chris Quine and Ruth Mitchell #AABCreatingCanopies
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The Scottish Forestry Trust is proud to have once again supported the Association of Applied Biologists' Travel Grants for early-career professionals attending the Creating Canopies II Conference. #AABCreatingCanopies web.cvent.com/event/7e93d2...
Summary. - Creating Canopies II: Resilience, Adaptation and Regenerative Approaches
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September 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Fantastic D1 #AABCreatingCanopies with great talks, stimulating discussion and a successful (dry) forest walk!
September 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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D2 morning includes trees from the urban environment in Toronto and then plenty about Ash!
👏 Well done Scarlet Maguire for a great first conference talk!
#AABCreatingCanopies
September 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Also had a very proud supervisor moment as my PhD student Vaishali gave a wonderful talk today about her tree cuttings #AABCreatingCanopies
September 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Apologies my account wouldn't load but it's been a fabulous 2 day meeting with #AABCreatingCanopies thanks to @aabiologists.bsky.social and all our funders. Thanks to everyone who came along! Thanks to Ted and the wonderful volunteers who took us around Coombs wood yesterday!
September 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our first keynote, Chris Quine introducing forests and forestry, preparing the context for our meeting #AABCreatingCanopies
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Kicking off with #AABCreatingCanopies Ted introducing us to Carlisle and the forest surrounds! @aabiologists.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Today is the last day of my two weeks annual leave, but gees what a doozie of a day it is.
April 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Learn how some plants are adapted to certain conditions...I hope it helps people choose plants better suited to changing local climates....out now! www.hachette.co.uk/titles/amand...
RHS What to Grow for a Climate Resilient Garden
As the world's climate changes, this timely book from plant expert, Dr Amanda Rasmussen, explains what we should be planting in our outdoor spaces. What t...
www.hachette.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Calm before the storm at Science in the park!
March 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
As a dual AU/UK citizen, with family and friends just hit by a cyclone, I've been thinking about the way each culture faces adversity...UK: keep calm and carry on; AU: hold my beer (Cracking jokes). Born into AU, that's my natural state but it's worth noting that doesn't mean we don't care...😉
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Love the sound of students having fun! Best cohort yet in my third year class. It's a self-directed group work session and the majority of the class are here, talking, laughing, working.
March 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A few snaps from Kew Wakehurst where we're visiting the millennium seed bank for an event tomorrow @vilasjohn.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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🌿 The Michael Cichan Paleobotanical Research Grant, presented by the BSA Paleobotanical Section, is open! 🌿

Up to $2500 for post-docs or non-tenure track positions to support researching paleobotany.

Apply by March 15, 2025: botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSAawards #IamaBotanist
February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What I love about teaching? Having students come back after a break in our 3 hr class telling me they were just messaging their mum to tell them about stuff they just learnt! (a 3rd yr, not a 1st yr!)
February 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#BlackHistoryMonth
Now more than ever, we must uplift, amplify, & celebrate Black scientists, scholars, & leaders.
Beronda Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social is a plant scientist who researchers & teaches about mentoring & culture.
Read "Lessons from Plants" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
February 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My 3rd yr class uses Teams to collaborate for a semester-long project (more on my webpage)...this week a 3rd yr student told me they hadn't used Teams since secondary school....🤯..we really have reverted to preCOVID dark ages...good to know students are well prepared to use Moodle in the real world!
February 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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#PeerReview and #ScientificPublishing should focus on collaboration instead of gatekeeping.

We'll create a more inclusive environment and get better science because of it.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk. 🧪
January 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🌾 Postdoc Opportunity! 🌾

Join Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer’s research team at @hhu.bsky.social for an exciting postdoc position in disease resistance in rice!

📩 Apply now! Send your CV & motivation letter to apply_healthycrops@hhu.de

RT & share! 🌱
#Postdoc #PlantScience #RiceResearch
January 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'm excited to share my first book! #ClimateResilientGarden Plant physiology for gardeners really! Thanks to lots of people! Especially Ana Mogus for the illustrations @quercusbooks.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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🌱 The 9th Annual Plant Science Symposium is Tomorrow!

📅 Join us on Jan 21, 2025, at 8:30 AM EST!

✨ Highlights:
✅ Inspiring talks from 10 keynote speakers
✅ FREE two-day hybrid event

👉 Event Newsletter: www.ufplants.org/symposium

See you there! 🌿

#PlantScience #PSS2025 #Botany
January 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM