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Molecular & Cellular Botany Director Botanic Garden @ruhrunibochum Big fan of the UK - its history, people, countryside and Whiskys.
Bochum, Germany
Joined October 2012
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my final plea at yesterday's closure of #BT2024DBG in a picture 😉 #BotanicGarden #VerbandBotanischerGärten
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Day 4 of the Beaverbrook Vimy Prize Program took students across Vimy Ridge, beginning with a visit to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial and Vimy tunnels led by Veterans Affairs Canada guide and Beaverbrook Vimy Prize 2023 alumnus Parker Hillman.
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Day 3 of the Beaverbrook Vimy Prize Program began at the Citadelle de Doullens before students visited Commonwealth War Graves Commission sites, learning more about the work of commemoration.
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Day 2 of the Beaverbrook Vimy Prize Program took students to Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial and Thiepval, where they explored the history of the First World War and discussed the importance of remembrance.
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Today, the students of the Beaverbrook Vimy Prize Program came together to begin their journey through France and Belgium, where they will spend the next ten days exploring the history and legacy of the First and Second World Wars.
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Meet more of the students taking part in the 2026 Beaverbrook Vimy Prize.
Today, we're introducing Hannah Liu and Lorenz Grefen, who share what they're most looking forward to experiencing during the program.
A very long time in the making, finally out @ThePlantCell:
10.1093/plcell/koag150
#GDSL #Arabidopsis #Stomata
news.rub.de/english/press-re…
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Last night, on the 2nd anniversary of the atrocities of October 7th, 2023, @bariweiss and I tried to make sense of what happened, and why so much of the world's reaction was quite different from our own. @TheFP
Press release: news.rub.de/english/press-re…
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514354…
Our latest work on the #GETpathway is out @pnas 🎉🥳🍾
We found that RHD4 flips the "PI4P switch" to drive GET receptor assembly and TA protein targeting.
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2514354…
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It does matter, Matt. Human reasoning cannot be fully developed without the skills of reading and remembering texts, thinking for oneself, writing down ideas, and engaging in written and spoken debates. We are in the midst of a disastrous educational collapse, which AI will only sped up.
Der #ChinesischeGarten im #Bochum|er #BotanischenGarten braucht Spenden für dringend notwendige Reparaturen
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Gofundme:
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Alternativ Herzchen der #StadtwerkeBochum
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Bitte weitersagen!
#Ruhrpott
I was thinking about the same analogy when I saw the spectacle yesterday.
Let me make the situation in Ukraine clear for those of you who don't know Ukrainian History. Let's look at an analogous situation.
-Putin decides that he wants Alaska back. It was a bad deal for Russia and he wants it back.
-Putin pays a lot of Russians to move to Alaska, and begin to foment unrest and complaints about the abuse of the Russian immigrants who have now become citizens of the US.
- Putin decides to invade Alaska to "Protect" the poor Russians.
- America attacks the Russians in Alaska to protect its territory.
-America is accused of murdering Russians who invaded their country. The American President is called a dictator, and is accuse of starting the War.
Maybe not the best analogy, but do you see my point and what is happening, and why Putin is thrilled with the US response, which is playing right into his hands?
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Wir leben in einer Kultur der Überempfindlichkeit und Wehleidigkeit, in der es darum geht, einen möglichst prominenten Opferstatus zu erlangen. Weil das aber nicht argumentativ sondern nur emotional möglich ist, müssen fast zwangsläufig Fakten durch Gefühle ersetzt werden. Und Gefühle durch Argumente.
So werden an Universitäten „Safe Spaces“ eingerichtet, die die Studenten vor neuen Erfahrungen, Ideen und Widerspruch schützen sollen. Die jungen Menschen lernen sozusagen, wie man sich hilflos fühlt.
Nicht selten kippt diese erlernte Hilflosigkeit in Wut um. So hat sich in unserer Gesellschaft Stück für Stück eine Tyrannei der Wehleidigen etabliert, die ihre Aggressivität als Notwehr verkaufen, um ihren Willen durchzusetzen.
Heute war ein besonderer Tag für den #VerbandBotanischerGärten (VBG). Gründung des Arbeitskreises "Freundeskreise" im wie immer wunderschönen #Tübingen #BotanischerGarten
@uni_tue
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Really, Suyaib? Did you ever teach large classes? What you do is downplaying those who have to deal with large BSC classes. Thanks
Good for you!
Teaching a small group of motivated students is certainly rewarding, and you're fortunate not to have to handle the basics with 300 students. However, that foundational work is essential for attracting those motivated students to your course in the first place.
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Für alle im #Ruhrpott - ob aus #Bochum oder sonstwo. Es ist wieder soweit:
@Akafoe und #BotanischerGarten @ruhrunibochum starten den #Budenzauber
Jeden Adventsdonnerstag ab 17 Uhr. Weitersagen 😎
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⏳Hurry up, today is the very last day to register!
#MBP2025 is for scientists interested in molecular plant biology and plant physiology especially for early career researchers (#ECR). #plantsci
We have extended the registration for #MBP2025 for another five days.
Join our @MolPlantSci annual meeting of the German #Botanical Society #DBG @PlantSciDBG_en
with great speakers @stanfordstomata @ThorstenNrnber1 and @Katherine_Denby
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