Dr Cathy Offord

My PhD chapters are still slowly trickling out and I'm excited to share with you my latest publication involving my chapter on leaf trait responses to recent climate change with @AngelaMoles1 @ApsaraCat and Manon Sabot onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

@SuzEveringham @westsyduhie @arc_gov_au This is very exciting news Suz! Congratulations.

Very excited to start a postdoc this week @westsyduhie and @arc_gov_au CoE for Plant Success! Amazing facilities & a lovely sunny office - stay tuned for some exciting research on integrating physiological responses to drought into plant extinction risk assessment/conservation!

@NeateDavid @BotanicSydney @ForestryEngland @SiemonJohn @ChelsPhysicGdn Hi David, this is how the Wollemi Pine was looking at Chelsea Physic last week!

PINES ON A PLANE 🌲✈️ ~ 200+ Wollemi Pines are living overseas as part of our global meta-collection project to help save it from extinction. ~ First plantings took place @ForestryEngland with @ApsaraCat & @SiemonJohn ~ 📸 thetreespotter 🌲 Read more: bit.ly/3QDlu6q

How do you make an #exsitu plant collection if #seeds are difficult to collect, dry, store and use? ANPC, @Seedpartnership and collaborators have a new paper in @plantspplplanet with examples and case studies of these exceptional species. Read here: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.1…

Vale Prof. Carrick Chambers, Director of the Botanic Gardens of when I started there in the late 80s. In this Science Week, its good to remember the scientists, like Carrick, who nurture the careers of younger scientists @BotanicSydney theage.com.au/national/botan…

Home gardens contribute to conservation of the critically endangered Wollemi Pine: Evaluation of a botanic garden-led horticultural release programme Offord & Zimmer @BotanicSydney 📖ow.ly/SJMN50PuWGv @wileyplantsci

New #AusJBotany: Climate change & wildfire impact on decadal alpine vegetation dynamics #OpenAccess Floral biology, pollination & breeding of endangered Zieria granulata #OA How temp, substrate, & stratification influence Ilex paraguariensis embryonic dev publish.csiro.au/bt

Our latest work, an evaluation of the role of gardening in endangered species conservation (csiro.au/en/news/All/Ar…)

Pip’s first seed ecology paper is just out. Well done @powerofplants3

Pleased to share Myrtle Rust project extended for 6 months, thanks to DPE @nswenviromedia to cont dispersal & monitoring of Native Guava in NSW & QLD and trial Scrub Turpentine. Chantelle Doyle to coordinate (front, third from left), here with other MR committee members #AMRC2023

#MyrtleRust is a significant issue in the Australasian region. We’ll be Live Tweeting from the Australasian Myrtle Rust Conference for the next three days. While it's too late to stop this disease, it is still possible to save our species from #extinction. #AMRC2023

Dr Bertie Hennecke - Australia’s Chief Environmental Biosecurity Officer - kicking off with the opening address here at #AMRC2023 #MyrtleRust

Great to see at least 4 planty people elected to the AAS this year 👏 🌳 🍃 Academy welcomes 20 new Fellows for their outstanding contributions to science | Australian Academy of Science science.org.au/news-and-event…

NEW JOB ALERT: new Weed Botanist 3-year position at the new @BotanicSydney National Herbarium of NSW in Mt Annan, co-funded by @nswdpi! Another great opportunity to join a diverse, fun and vibrant team! RT and share widely: iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/weed-botan…

WANTED: 2x Systematic Botanist permanent research positions at the new @BotanicSydney National Herbarium of NSW in Mt Annan! An exceptional opportunity to join a diverse, fun and vibrant team! 👩🏼‍🔬👨🏽‍🔬🧑🏼‍🎤🕵️🧑‍💻🌴🌵🪷🌼🔬🧪🧬 Pls RT and share widely: iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/systematic…

We’d love to share some photos of Bob. Makinson receiving the 2022 Australian Biosecurity Award in the Environmental Biosecurity Category. Congratulations Bob!

Big congratulations to Bob Makinson for winning the environmental biosecurity award tonight for his work on raising awareness about the devastating plant disease myrtle rust. @ANPlantC @MurrayWatt @PBRI_Australia @planthealthaust @DAFFgov

ONLY 1 WEEK TO GO! Until our webinar 'Collective action provides hope for future recovery from Myrtle Rust' at 1pm AEDT 29/3/23 hosted with @BGANZ1 will include speakers from ANPC and @SeedPartnership anpc.asn.au/events-page/we…

Searching for seed gold cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plantba… #science via @CosmosMagazine

Announcing the release of our latest Strategic Plan! This document will guide us to conserve #nativeplants through #seedbanking & use 🌱, #research 🧪, and #knowledgesharing 📖. Have a read! 🔗 seedpartnership.org.au/about-us/strat…