Dr Isabel Larridon
@IsabelLarridon
Views are my own - Evolution, Diversity & Conservation of Plants - #Cyperaceae - #iamabotanist
Valuable few days in the herbarium trying to progress the identification of trees from Antavolobe. Hoping DNA will help with the mission. Thanks to @WestonFdn for providing support for rare and endemic trees of Madagascar
The Bentham-Moxon Trust is recruiting a part-time Finance and Administration Manager. This is a hybrid role with the office based at @kewgardens See here for more information: careers.kew.org/vacancy/bentha…

Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship on 'Understanding ‘Place’ in Historical Botanical Collections: science, commerce, empire, and the early-modern herbarium'. Come and work on the Sloane Herbarium! For details, see: lahp.ac.uk/prospective-st…
Applications for the 2025 TBA Field Course are Open! Our courses deliver hands-on training and real-world experience in the tropics, focusing on skill-building and deep understanding. Find out more: tropical-biology.org/courses/
We are looking for an enthusiastic plant developmentalist to join our team as a postdoc studying the development of sexually deceptive flowers. Link here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49334/
Did you know...? AETFAT was founded in 1950 and its members have been meeting every 3 years since 1951. In 2025, we celebrate AETFAT's 75th Anniversary, with the Congress being hosted for the first time in West Africa (Ghana). Check aetfat.org to find out more.
Come and join our lovely research group! We are looking for a postdoc (developmental modelling) and a technician to join an @ERC_Research and @UKRI_News funded project exploring the repeated evolution of flower patterns across the Angiosperms. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/?unit=u002…
Our environment programme manager, Rija, hosted the Kew #Madagascar team for lunch and handed over specimen papers shipped from @kewgardens in London. Great discussions, at the table and in the garden, on a wide range of brilliant projects and shared objectives.
🌿🍄The "big conference" on African #plants & #fungi is coming up in August 2025, in Ghana.🌴🌺 We are looking for fun-tastic ideas for symposia, workshops and satellite meetings: deadline 15 Nov. Check our website for more info and submission forms: aetfat.org
This week we are at @pablodeolavide in Sevilla to train the #iSedge Core Team on how to use the #Aphia platform. cyperaceae.org @pjimmej @TETTRIsEU @intsedgesoc #Cyperaceae
📣OPEN CALL ! 🌻🍄 Do you have ideas on how to enrich the next AETFAT's programme, or would like to host your own parallel meeting? XXIII AETFAT Congress (#Ghana, 2025) is now receiving proposals for Symposia, Workshops & Satellite Meetings: check aetfat.org.
🚨Job Alert: Are you a bioinformatics geek? familiar with ancient/historical DNA data? Do you want to join Kew Mycology to analyse fungal genomes of very old specimens? check our vacancies! careers.kew.org/vacancy/bioinf… careers.kew.org/vacancy/senior… #fungal #genomics #museomics
Clôture de la formation et remise de certificats aux participants. @KewAfrica @DrMartinCheek @CharlotteCouch1 @IsabelLarridon
¡Ya es oficial! El II Congreso Nacional de Botánica de @OficialSebot tendrá lugar en Sevilla del 22 al 25 de septiembre de 2025, con sede en #campusUPO. Será coorganizado por @pablodeolavide, @unisevilla y @ebdonana. Más información👇¡Reserva la fecha!
La Primera Circular del Congreso Español de Botánica de 2025 ya está disponible 👇🏼 Os esperamos del 22 al 25 de Septiembre en Sevilla 🍊 Pronto más sobre las inscripciones, actividades y temas 📝 No dudéis en contactarnos con vuestras ideas e inquietudes! congresosebot2025.com/docs/circulare…
Episode #3 of our #3PPs deep dives: iSedge is an online platform for improving our knowledge about sedges. Want to know more? Read tettris.eu/2024/10/04/ise… #taxonomy #TETTRIsEU #NameItToSaveIt @pjimmej @jimarcorr @paulaceae1 @MSanArn_
Incredible job opportunity with close collaboration with @CUHerb collections 👇💚
JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our expeditions, enrich our collections, support our conservation collaborations, and inspire through teaching and engagement. Please RT! 1/6 botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/j…
Some exciting job opportunities @TheBotanics-arborist, business support administrator, herbarium specimen digitiser & retail posts 🤩 rbge.org.uk/about-us/worki…
Happy to announce position #2 in the School of Biological Sciences at WSU! We are searching for an Integrated Molecular Biologist assistant professor tenure-track! Please RT, and for questions contact [email protected]. See the ad here: wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs…
JOB ALERT: We’re advertising for 2yr research associate to work on @Cambridge_Uni botanical collections at the @FitzMuseum_UK and @CUHerb. Looking for someone who can work across collections, and view science collections through arts and humanities lens: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48187/
JOB 📢: Assistant Professor in Ecology, Evolution or Behavioural Ecology @DurBiol @durham_uni. Deadline 31 Oct 2024 More info: durham.taleo.net/careersection/… @CEGDurham @beer_durham @BES_careers @Society4ConBio #HiringNow @EcologyJobs @EcologyJobsUK @asab_org