@julienantih
Ethnopharmacologist 🇫🇷🇸🇮 born 346.61 ppm Assistant prof. | Montpellier Univ. Figuring out what plants already know • Materia Medica collection research • Bridging science, tradition, art & culture Curating Plants & People, a feed on plant–human relations
An interesting podcast on the history of the Jardin royal des plantes médicinales (which became the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle after the French Revolution) @franceculture.fr www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Looking forward to hearing from students and early-career scholars across disciplines 🌱
cc @sebotanystudents.bsky.social
Join us in Montpellier 🇫🇷 for the annual of the Society for Ethnobotany
We’re welcoming transdisciplinary work on contemporary #ethnobotany across plants, people, culture, art & science.
Abstracts now open
📅Deadline: 15 March 26
#agroecology #TEK #LEK #design
🔗 ethnobotany.org/home/meeting...
Encouraging to see positions opening in herbarium digitisation at Trinity College, Dublin 🇮🇪, at a time when many biocultural collections are underfunded and understaffed.
Open Access UCL Research: The impact of climate change on medicinal plants and natural products: A scoping review discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
I’ve started a small curated feed : Plants & People
It brings together scientific and artistic work engaging plants, knowledge, and situated practices
If relevant, using tags like ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, traditional ecological knowledge, biodesign, regenerative futures helps posts appear there
Stay tuned - abstract submission starts on Tuesday #ethnobotany
The Society for Ethnobotany meets in Montpellier, 31 May–4 June 2026.
A call for an undisciplined #ethnobotany centred on reciprocity, #decolonial thinking and multispecies relations. #PlantsAndPeople
#ethnobiology #plants #biodiversity #traditionalknowledge #OneHealth
More : tinyurl.com/SEB2026
PhD in Early Modern Ethnobotanical History – KU Leuven, Belgium
Fully funded position
Eligibility: Master’s
Deadline: 30 Nov 2025
🔗 Details: higherjobz.com/phd-ethnobot...
#PhDPosition #Ethnobotany #EuropeJobs #AcademicCareer #ResearchOpportunities #EnvironmentalHistory
Markets are rich in #medicinalplants, & Gumi Shuka in Yerevan is no exception.
A visit is never just about buying. You get local names & uses, preparations. Sometimes, without even asking a single question.
For instance, the lady mentioned aveluk, maybe you use it too but not in soup. #ethnobotany
O patrão do porto
Btw did you know #Portugal comes from Portus Cale?
It was a small Roman port known today as #Porto. In the Middle Ages, the region became the County of Portucale. That’s where the Kingdom of Portugal was born in the 12th century.
So yes, it all started here ⚓✨
#summer #picture
This
#nature #mountain #slovenia
If you are wondering, their mother came pick them up. Mission accomplished!
Trying to reunite baby bats with their mother 🦇🦇
After a call to the 🇸🇮 bat rescue centre, we placed them in a warm cardboard box.
At dusk, we set the box near where we found them. We set up a camera for a few images, then removed everything to give them the best chance of survival
#animal #nature
Call for submissions: Free Radicals | Symposium 🌱
Are plants at the centre of your research? Join us for the symposium by submitting a contribution of your own.
More info freeradicalstoolkit.substack.com/p/call-for-s...
@julienantih.bsky.social @sashstrelec.bsky.social #sciart #artscience #plants
I’ll be speaking at the SEB conference in Prague.
Sharing our work on Montpellier’s Droguier and how plant-based biomaterials sit at the intersection of material culture, and healthcare innovation.
If you’re around 7-12 June, let’s meet and talk plants
#ethnobotany #materiedica #materialculture
With @sashstrelec.bsky.social we’ve just launched @antihlab.bsky.social substack:
Further Research Is Necessary
Exploring plants, and the intersections of science, tradition, and global health.
First post here
open.substack.com/pub/furtherr...
#ethnobotany #medicinalplants #materiamedica
In Maastricht today, presenting "Le Droguier" - Montpellier's rich #materiamedica collection at Jan van Eyck Academie's Regenerate! symposium together with @sashstrelec.bsky.social. discussing traditional medicinal knowledge, #materialcultures & regenerative futures. janvaneyck.nl/calendar/reg...
Mark, there’s so much to discuss indeed. Will reach out via DM.
The intersection of natural heritage and collective memory is crucial. How can we better preserve and acknowledge these histories? #art #history #herbalremedies #materiamedica #herbarium
In no particular order : Montpellier’s landscape & vineyard, vitamine sea and a toxic plant (Hyosciamus niger) #photography
#history #botany #art 🌱
Reynoutria japonica / Fallopia japonica - Japanese Knotweed
A botanical horror story. c1880, the worlds most invasive #plants are cool and trendy & appear in gardening magazines.
Unintended consequences...
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Montpellier’s materia medica holds collections from Marseille’s colonial exhibitions, reflecting how medicinal plant knowledge was acquired, classified, and circulated. Excited for this event - especially the discussion on #materiamedica as material culture by @marknesbitt.bsky.social
I wasn’t surprised either, given that this includes food supplements - and we all know the issues surrounding them. That said, seeing actual figures helps put the scale of the problem into perspective 😅
I was preparing my phytovigilance class & came across this recent article by Banaz&Heinrich. They tested 73 Lavandula oral products - 30% failed quality testing & 63% lacked key compounds. Serious issues in HMP & supplements, raising consumer safety concerns. #herbalmedicine
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The apocalyptic metal horse of the Paris Olympics has landed in Montpellier, Fr. And yes, the statue of Louis XIV in the background does look like it’s giving a dodgy salute - but let’s not go there.
Pleasure to introduce Le Droguier as part of the Art & Science season at Montpellier’s contemporary Art Gallery MoCo
We’ll be holding 2 more guided tours - 11.04 & 16.05 - join us & discover the rich cultural and environmental #history of the 2nd largest #materiamedica collection in #France #ArtSci
Your action is courageous and meaningful in the long run! And yes precarity blocks mobilization but from the other side of the pond it seems everyone is paralysed. The friend I mentioned is very well off, and it’s infuriating to get this kind of message when literally the entire world is impacted.
An old friend from the US: Trump is the worst but fortunately I live in a liberal area in a liberal state so my day to day is pretty good.
Me :
Vance, you absolute bloody plonker !
