📣 We're hiring! We're looking for a Science Manager: Grants, Contracts and Operations to join the team to deliver management support, expand our base of external funding and develop efficient working practices. Find out more and apply online 👉 rbge.cc/Jobs

BOLD data’s Sujeevan Ratnasingham SujeevanRatnasingham at GEOBON’s panel, sonic BON - Opportunities & Challenges in bio molecular observing.

The book of life is written #DNA of all species on Earth & 'we are burning the books before we even read them'. #SequencingTechnology already exists to identify new & existing species. iBOL Consortium tells us it is urgent to sample #biodiversity to protect it. #GEOBONconf2023

We’re hiring🌱
We’re looking for a botanist to join the @CMEPOrg team to deliver research and consultancy projects across the Middle East.
Find out more here bit.ly/3GGvO5x
@RBGE_Science Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Join our Centre for #MiddleEastern Plants (CMEP). We are seeking an expert researcher with field #botany & data analysis skills to work with local, regional & global partners supporting capacity & capability development. Find out more: rbge.org.uk/about-us/worki…. Closes Oct 11

Submit your abstract for the BGE day at Biodiversity Genomics 23! 🧬

The #BGE consortium is organising a full day of presentations at Biodiversity Genomics on 02-10-23, and we would like you to consider submitting an abstract for a presentation in this session! 🌐

Details below! 👇

As this spring's #bluebell display comes to an end, read our latest paper: Is #hybridisation with non-native congeneric species a threat to the UK native bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta? in Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐. doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.1…

Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest-Sagarmatha at the embassy. Families of Tenzing Norgay, Ed Hillary, John Hunt,Hari Budha Magar, Kenton Cool and Rebecca Stephenswere honoured by HRH Duke of Gloucester and HE the Ambassador on the occasion.

Is the long-held fear of losing the beloved British bluebell unfounded?

New research from @RBGE_Science & partners published today Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐 indicates that the threat to native #bluebells from the Spanish ‘invader’ is not what we thought it was 👉bit.ly/42gLvuS

Absolutely buzzing to have won a silver-gilt medal for our #BeeTheChange exhibit at Chelsea Flower Show, showcasing how simple changes can help 🐝! Last year we won silver so thrilled to beat our own record 🥳

📍Come find our stand in the Discovery Zones

You can hear about how scientists from across Scotland and multiple fields are working to confront the nature crisis, with Dr Alex Davey Pete Hollingsworth Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌱

Species on the Edge has twitter!!

As activity starts to get going across our 7 project areas, we thought it about time we provided you with a place to follow along with what we're up to.

But what is Species on the Edge??

We're glad you asked 👇🧵

📣Save the date: #BGE will hold its first conference during Biodiversity Genomics!

Our first conference will take place as a one-day event on the 2nd of October 2023, integrated into #BG23 's online event programme.🧬🐝🌿

More info will be announced soon.
Stay tuned!

European Research Executive Agency

Closing date this Friday at 5 pm GMT!

Sandra Diaz Simon Milne Nicola Sturgeon Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Pete Hollingsworth Your ground breaking work in plant ecology and energy and commitment to making the world a healthier, greener and fairer place deserves so much recognition. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is proud to work with you. And thank you Nicola Sturgeon for presenting the medal!

At a meeting of her Environmental Council today, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon presented Prof @SDiazEcology with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Medal to recognise her contribution to plant ecology and conservation.

▶️ gov.scot/groups/first-m…

.Lyndall Pereira of Wellcome Sanger Tree of Life Programme outlining how the BIOSCAN in the UK programme is generating #dnabarcodes for UK arthropods. BIOSCANEurope Biodiversity Genomics Europe (BGE) #ukdnawg

Herbivore diet research, based Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - work with us to find out what Arabian Gazelle, Sand Gazelle, Nubian Ibex, Arabian Oryx and Hyrax are eating in Saudi Arabi! A postdoc and a lab tech post; closing date this Friday (10th Feb)

On January 30th, we will have the next opportunity to get together for our regular community meeting! We will hear about cutting-edge #DNAbarcoding research, as well as discuss ongoing and future collaborations.

Want to attend? Join our network at: bioscaneurope.org

Work with us! Postdoc & lab tech posts starting Mar/Apr 2023. Join our new project to shotgun-sequence (genome skim) diverse #plant species, build DNA reference library & create tools for metabarcoding. Full details here: rbge.org.uk/about-us/worki… #genomics #DNAbarcoding #vacancy