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Archive 2021

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18 December 2020 Friday until 14 March 2021 Sunday	Tropical butterflies The exhibition was cancelled.
17 February 2021 Wednesday	Why do we eat wheat? The history of crop origins and its significance for modern food production. Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
24 February 2021 Wednesday	Leveraging botanical specimens in biodiversity research From alpha taxonomy to community patterns in Melastomataceae Online lecture by Dr. Fabian Michelangeli, Institute of Systematic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, New York, United States of America Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
14 April 2021 Wednesday	Solanaceae Systematics: Permanent Polytomies and Evolution of Epiphytes Online lecture by Dr. Tiina Sarkinen, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, United Kingdom Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
21 April 2021 Wednesday	Arctic-alpine plant phylogeography, and how we found population genomic evidence for plant glacial survival in Scandinavia Online lecture by Dr. Kristine Westergaard, Norsk Institutt for Naturforskning, Trondheim, Norway Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
28 April 2021 Wednesday	Genomics on protistan parasites and plankton: from cultures to single cells Online lecture by Jan Janouškovec, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Digyalum Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
5 May 2021 Wednesday	Reading population histories from genomics data Online lecture by Jarkko Salojarvi, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
12 May 2021 Wednesday	The rare emergence of a photosynthetic organelle Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Debashish Bhattacharya, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, United States of America Dividing Paulinella cells Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
19 May 2021 Wednesday	Tackling the taxonomy of Nothoscordum (Amaryllidaceae, Allioideae) Online lecture by Dr. Agostina Sassone, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany Nothoscordum Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
26 May 2021 Wednesday	Two botany seminars *Molecular breeding bases of trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum* (Kunth) Pax) against post-harvest hardening phenomenon of tubers. Online lecture (30 minutes) by Dr. Christian Siadjeu, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Genes documenting history: Biogeographical dynamics of selected Brassicaceae taxa and climate-landscape history of the Eurasian steppe belt. Online lecture (30 minutes) by Dr. Anže Žerdoner Čalasan, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m.** (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
30 May 2021 Sunday	La Flora de Chile (en Español) Guided tour in Spanish with Dr. Simon Pfanzelt Meeting point: 10 a.m. in front of the greenhouse entrance The tour only takes place if current COVID-19 rules allow it.
2 June 2021 Wednesday	The evolution of reciprocity in fungal-algal mutualisms: what do we know? Online lecture by Dr. Toby Spribille, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
9 June 2021 Wednesday	Herbaria: Collectively Saving Plant and Fungal Biodiversity Online lecture by Dr. Barbara M. Thiers, New York Botanical Garden, United States of America Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
16 June 2021 Wednesday	Plant diversity and phylogenetic patterns across the tepuis of the Guiana Shield Online lecture by Dr. Ricarda Riina, Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
20 June 2021 Sunday	La flora mediterranea (in Italiano) Guided tour in Italian with Mr. Angelo Razeto Meeting point: 10 a.m. in front of the greenhouse entrance The tour only takes place if current COVID-19 rules allow it.
23 June 2021 Wednesday	Flower and fruit evolution in Boraginales Online lecture by Dr. Julius Jeiter, Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, University of Bonn, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
30 June 2021 Wednesday	Interaction among social insects and plants shapes ecosystems and landscapes in African dryands and wetlands Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Norbert Jürgens, Department for Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, University of Hamburg Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
7 July 2021 Wednesday	Form and function of the dandelion fruit Online lecture by Dr. Madeleine Seale, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
14 July 2021 Wednesday	Why botanists should follow zoologists in permitting nuclear DNA sequences (or assembled genomes) as de facto nomenclatural types Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Susanne S. Renner, Washington University, Department of Biology, Saint Louis, United States of America Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Join the Zoom meeting (ID: 93185424499, Code: Botany) More information on botany seminars of the LMU
17 September 2021 Friday until 19 September 2021 Sunday	Mushroom exhibition A living exhibition in the winter hall on the diversity of native mushroom species Admission charges regular € 6.50, concessions € 4.50
25 September 2021 Saturday until 3 October 2021 Sunday	Thanksgiving exhibition Regional crops in all their abundance Special exhibition in the winter hall. Admission charges regular € 6.50, concessions € 4.50
3 November 2021 Wednesday	Disentangling the Reticulate Evolutionary History of a Neotropical Plant Radiation (and beyond) Online lecture by Dr. Diego F. Morales-Briones, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Presence (if possible): lecture hall, Botanical Institute, Menzinger St. 67, 80638 München Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
10 November 2021 Wednesday	Tracing the evolution and ecological diversification of lichen symbioses Online lecture by Dr. Matthew Nelsen, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
17 November 2021 Wednesday	Better the species you know: Exploring the diversity and distribution of unicellular dinophytes Lecture by Prof. Dr. Marc Gottschling; Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Presence (if possible): lecture hall, Botanical Institute, Menzinger St. 67, 80638 München Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
24 November 2021 Wednesday	Within-generation and transgenerational plasticity in the ecological context of annual plants Online lecture by Christian Lampei, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
1 December 2021 Wednesday	Plant movement physics and biomimetics Online lecture by PD Dr. Simon Poppinga, Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Presence (if possible): lecture hall, Botanical Institute, Menzinger St. 67, 80638 München Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
8 December 2021 Wednesday	A species conservation program for the common adder (Vipera berus) in the Bohemian Forest – with comments on snake evolution and biogeography Online lecture by Dr. Christoph Heibl, Naturschutz und Forschung Nationalparkverwaltung Bayerischer Wald, Grafenau, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
15 December 2021 Wednesday	Hybridization in Natural Populations Lecture by Prof. Dr. Jochen B.W. Wolf, Evolutionary Biology, Faculty for Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Presence (2G, required COVID-19 proofs: fully vaccinated or recovered + id card): lecture hall, Botanical Institute, Menzinger St. 67, 80638 München Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
24 December 2021 Friday	The Botanical Garden is closed!
31 December 2021 Friday	The Botanical Garden is closed!
12 January 2022 Wednesday	Cryptogamic communities – do they matter on a global scale? Online lecture by Prof. Dr. Bettina Weber, University of Graz, Institute for Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Austria Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
19 January 2022 Wednesday	What happens to all the data? Insights into the new National Research Data Infrastructure in Germany Online lecture by Dr. Barbara Ebert, GFBio - Gesellschaft für Biologische Daten e.V., Bremen, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
9 February 2022 Wednesday	Processes of evolutionary diversification in Aeonium (Crassulaceae), the most species-rich plant genus of Macaronesian endemics Online lecture by Thibaud Messerschmid, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU
23 February 2022 Wednesday	Plants can inspire technology: Modern methods in plant biomimetics Online lecture by Dr. Linnea Hesse, Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Start: 4:15 p.m. (CET, UTC+1) Online Zoom meeting, ID: 93185424499, code: Botany More information on botany seminars of the LMU