Current Events
Dr. Robert Bertin
Professor Emeritus of Biology
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
"Two Tales of Floristic Change in Southern New England: Orchids and Northern Species"
Mark your calendar for the next NEBS Meeting on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 7pm ET in person and via Zoom.
Abstract: Floras change over time in response to numerous variables, including land use changes, species introductions, climate change, and other factors. This talk will examine and attempt to explain changes in frequencies of two groups of plants in southern New England: orchids and northern species (i.e., those near the southern end of their range). It will include a discussion of different data sources and their limitations and the challenges of dealing with potentially confounding factors.
Non-members may register for the meeting access link here.
Reminder: Awards Application deadline is February 1, 2025.
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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