#PlantsandPeople
Now we hear from Alasdair McNeill from Birkbeck on ‘Cheesemakers and Plant Knowledge in Early Modern England’! 🧀🌻 #plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A beautifully sunny afternoon in the Cambridge Botanic Gardens learning about natural plant dyes with Nabil Ali 🌸🪻🌺 #plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Some highlights from #PlantsandPeople #PnP25 🌿 I really enjoyed this inspiring conference—huge thanks to the organizers (@mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social) for the kind invitation and fantastic work! 🙏 #PlantSci (1/4)
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We’re ready for the 7th Plants and People Conference!
🗓️ September 9–10, Potsdam
🎙️ Organized by PhD students at MPI-MP
This year’s theme: “Looking In, Out, and Forward” - exploring plant science from molecules to space, and from research to communication.
Follow along with #PnP25 & #PlantsandPeople
September 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Kicking off #plantsandpeople with a fantastic keynote from Catherine Powell-Warren on ‘Plants as Vectors in Female Artistic Community Building’!
July 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Madelaine is starting her talk with beautiful flower pictures
#PlantsAndPeople #Pn25
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
And moving to the final paper of this panel, ‘Gardening as Knowledge Practice: Historical Handbooks for Kitchen Gardens’ by Sanne Steen 🪏🪴📚 #plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our second and final keynote of the day, @leoniehannan.bsky.social now speaking on ‘Plants as Process: Embodied Knowledge and the ‘Liberty of Air’’! #plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Big thanks to the #PlantsAndPeople organisers for a very interesting event and to the inspiring speakers, with excellent representation of female scientists on stage! 🌱 #Pnp2025
September 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Plant science meets machine learning, space, and storytelling. From cells to ecosystems, from satellites to society. Register now for Plants & People 2025, Sept 9–10 at MPI-MP!

Poster abstract deadline: July 31
🔗 Register here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #PnP25
July 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That’s a wrap on an amazing conference #PlantsandPeople ! 🎉 Huge thanks to all participants for your energy, to our speakers and panelists for inspiring insights, and to our sponsors for making it all possible. 🌟 Until next time! 🙏
#PnP25 #Targenomix #metaSysX
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Yizhou Wang from Hong Kong Baptist University now presenting her paper entitled ‘Botanical Illustrations of Dandelions, Crisis, and Women in Early Modern China’! #plantsandpeople
July 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Registration is now OPEN for the 7th Plants & People Conference (P&P’25)! Join us Sept 9–10 at MPI-MP for talks on plant science, AI, space research & more. Poster submissions are welcome!
Sign up here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...

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June 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A few more action shots of Nabil Ali leading a wonderful dye plant tour of the @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social #plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
…and a glimpse into our earlier study session at the Fitzwilliam Museum, a tour of the botanical highlights of the prints and drawings collection led by Catherine Powell Warren 🌷🖌️ #plantsandpeople
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jess is kicking of the second day of #PlantsandPeople #Pn25. Excellent mixture of brilliant talks about a variety of plant biology topics #PlantSci
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
That’s a wrap on #plantsandpeople! Thanks to all of our wonderful speakers, keynotes, artists, and attendees for two days of fantastic discussion and hands-on experimentation. Over and out from @zarakesterton.bsky.social and @lucyjhavard.bsky.social !
July 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Our final panel of the conference on ‘Empire and Knowledge’ begins with Joseph Bienko’s paper on 'Baconian Buccaneering: William Dampier’s Excursion to Panama' ⛵️🌿 #plantsandpeople
July 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Final call! Registration for Plants & People 2025 closes July 31!
Don’t miss the chance to hear cutting-edge plant science and share your work.
🔗 Register here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #PnP25
July 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Now onto our first panel on ‘Embodied Knowledge’! We begin with a paper by Océane Fontaine Cioffi on ‘Naming Selecting, and Using Plants: Botanical Knowledge in 16thC Perfumery’… 🌸🌺🪻#plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It was a real privilege to present a paper at this wonderful and welcoming conference where I met and learned from so many lovely people. Thank you to @zarakesterton.bsky.social and @lucyjhavard.bsky.social for organising and being the perfect hosts.

#plantsandpeople
Now we hear from Alasdair McNeill from Birkbeck on ‘Cheesemakers and Plant Knowledge in Early Modern England’! 🧀🌻 #plantsandpeople
July 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Day 2 of #PnP25 🌱; great talks, lively panel, best poster awards 🎉 and BBQ to close it all!🔥
Thank you to everyone who made it unforgettable.

#PlantsandPeople #PnP25
September 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And now it’s time for Janet Stiles Tyson’s paper, ‘A Curious Herbal in the Commercial Book Market’, examining Elizabeth Blackwell’s famous illustrated work #plantsandpeople
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Day 2 of #PnP25 is here! After a fantastic first day of science and discussion, we’re looking forward today; with plants in space, reimagining future crops and more. 🌱

Looking forward to all the sessions, posters, and our panel this afternoon before we close with a BBQ! #PlantsandPeople #PnP25
September 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And now for the final paper of this panel on Medical Knowledge… Lauren Owen’s from Florida State University speaks to us about recipes for health and wellness in 18thC France! #plantsandpeople
July 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM