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Potluck Dinner, Raffle, and Show & Tell
"25th Triumphant Togetherness: Tantalizing Taxonomy, Tempting Treats, & Thrilling Treasures"
Member's potluck dinner, raffle, and, "show & tell"
- Bring a potluck dish to share with other members and guests. Botanical labeling of dishes is encouraged.
- Followed by a raffle of books and botanical items. A number of books and special botanical items have already been donated. Bring cash!
- Members and guests may share anything of botanical or club interest. Limit of about 10 slides or 5 minutes narration.
- Start planning all your contributions.
- In Person Only!
Mark your calendar for the next NEBC Meeting on January 10, 2025 at the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Cronin building, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA (Room 108 – Southeast Conference Room). Start time is 5:30 pm. In person only.
Congratulations to Merritt Lyndon Fernald Award winners for articles published in Rhodora Volume 124.
Olivia Asher
Naveed Davoodian
Foster Levy
Stacy Taylor-Bennetts
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Congratulations to the 2024 Junior Faculty Award Winner
Dr. Brook T. Moyers
Dr. Brook T. Moyers, Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, for project "Local adaptation to metal contamination in Salicornia depressa and its rhizosphere"
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Congratulations to the 2024 Les Mehrhoff Botanical Research Award Winners
Laura Costello
Susan Williams
Laura Costello for project "Sourcing data on New Hampshire's 'indeterminate' vascular plants in support of the 2024 revision to the NH Rare Plants List."
Susan Williams for project "Updating the moss list of Massachusetts"
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Congratulations to our 2024 Graduate Student Research Award Winners
Rachel Hopkins
Prasanth Prabhu
Vidya S. Vuruputoor
Rachel Hopkins of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry for project "Mountain plants on the move: Tracking 60 years of climate-induced changes on Whiteface Mountain, New York State"
Prasanth Prabhu of Clark University for project "Metabolomics and comparative transcriptomics to understand the evolution of the nematode-paralyzing neurotoxin in the invasive fungus Pleurotus citrinoplieatus Singer"
Vidya S. Vuruputoor of University of Connecticut for project "Elucidating genomic mechanisms of hemlock woolly adelgid resistance through transcriptome profiling"
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