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Juan Losada and Mara Herrero in the January 2014 issue of BMC Plant Biology

January 7, 2014/in Lab News/by awp-admin

In the January 2014 issue of BMC Plant Biology, Juan Losada and Mara Herrero examined the characteristics of pollen tube growth and its interaction with maternal tissues in domesticated apple (Malus x domestica). (abstract)

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Fresh approaches in teaching

October 29, 2013/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Arboretum class explores science as Darwin did, in an example of College’s commitment to new ways of learning.

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The little old machine that could

September 5, 2013/in Lab News/by awp-admin

In gleaming new Arboretum lab, researchers still use 1931 device because it’s the best there is.

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A learning gap is filled with plants

June 21, 2013/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Arboretum offers increasingly rare course in their morphology.

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Plant power

January 17, 2013/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Arboretum’s Friedman follows development of life along green line.

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Darwin takes flight

September 28, 2012/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Seminar ponders results of breeding, training by studying pigeon acrobats.

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New branch of science

July 24, 2012/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Ginkgo project key in effort toward first-ever tree microbiome.

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Clues on how flowering plants spread

June 20, 2011/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Arboretum research suggests egg cell competition fostered diversification.

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Planting a research center in the arboretum

April 7, 2011/in Lab News/by awp-admin

New director, staff settle into Weld Hill research facility.

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Passion and the flowering plant

February 14, 2011/in Lab News/by awp-admin

New Arboretum director brings fresh zest to things botanical.

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What made Darwin first

January 11, 2011/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Evolution’s revolution was the naturalist’s, though initial idea wasn’t.

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Friedman named director of Arboretum

September 28, 2010/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Evolutionary biologist to join Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

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Jennifer Winther appointed Assistant Professor of Biology

September 5, 2010/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Jennifer Winther (Ph.D. 2007) appointed Assistant Professor of Biology at Grand Valley State University.

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Julien Bachelier receives a “Young Scientist Presentation Award”

August 14, 2010/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Julien Bachelier (postdoctoral research associate 2010 – present) receives a “Young Scientist Presentation Award” at the XXIst International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction in Bristol England.

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Diggle and Friedman Labs Dinner

April 5, 2010/in Lab News/by awp-admin

 

Left, 1980s Berkeley Botany graduate student four (Stephanie Mayer, Tom Lemieux, Pam Diggle and Ned Friedman). Middle, transportation to dinner. Right, the Diggle and Friedman lab gang and partners.

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Where did all the flowers come from?

September 7, 2009/in Lab News/by awp-admin

New York Times, 2009

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Darwin’s abominable mystery

April 28, 2009/in Lab News/by awp-admin

The Linnean, 2009

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Sam Holloway receives a 2009 Knowles Science Teaching Foundation five-year fellowship

April 23, 2009/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Aside from receiving considerable financial support, KSTF Teaching Fellows are part of a network of outstanding beginning teachers grappling with the challenging issues of teacher preparation and induction.

KSTF Teaching Fellowships

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On the origin of flowering plants

April 3, 2009/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Science, 2009

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Does Darwin’s home deserve the same status as Egypt’s pyramids?

January 29, 2009/in Lab News/by awp-admin

The Guardian, 2009

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Eric Madrid receives the Annals of Botany Graduate Prize

January 22, 2009/in Lab News/by awp-admin

Eric Madrid (Ph.D. 2008) receives the Annals of Botany Graduate Prize for the best paper authored by a student in volume 103 (first half of 2009).

Write-up of Eric’s work in Annals of Botany

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Weld Hill Research Building at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and the home of the Friedman Lab

The Friedman Lab

Evolutionary History and
Plant Development

Department of Organismic
and Evolutionary Biology
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University
1300 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02131

Principal Investigator

Dr. William (Ned) Friedman
Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Phone: 617.384.7744
Fax: 617.384.6596
Email: ned@oeb.harvard.edu

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Alison Ring
Special Assistant
Weld Hill Research Building
Office: 617.384.5241
Fax: 617.384.6596
Email: aring@fas.harvard.edu
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