Talks run at 11am and are repeated at 2pm. They bring the latest discoveries in plant science to our visitors in a 30 minute nutshell.
Suitable for adults and children age 12+
17 March Ray Wightman, Sainsbury Lab: Putting the Cambridge University Botanic Garden alpine collection under the microscope
14 April Boris Delahaie, Department of Plant Sciences: How is floral diversity generated and maintained?
12 May Jim Haseloff, Department of Plant Sciences: Simple plants for engineers
9 June Ottoline Leyser, Sainsbury Lab: Plant genetics from Mendel to Monsanto
14 July Kelsey Byers, Department of Zoology: Stop and smell the… pollination!
11 August Cerian Webb, Department of Plant Sciences: I spy …… a killer in the woods