Plantae Community | Alan Wanke | Activity https://community.plantae.org/members/alan-wanke/activity/ Activity feed for Alan Wanke. Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:59:42 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 327c34a9a1e7fbdbb404333daab474cb Alan Wanke replied to the discussion Are you an educator looking to connect with a plant scientist? Let us know here! in the forum K-12 Educators https://community.plantae.org/groups/educators/forum/discussion/are-you-an-educator-looking-to-connect-with-a-plant-scientist-let-us-know-here/#post-1905 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:36:17 -0500 Reply to Are you an educator looking to connect with a plant scientist? Let us know here!

Thanks Mariana for your comprehensive feedback, I’ll definitely give it a go sometime soon! 🙂

]]> 1ac55c9ef53b22dc9bc6097cafc8e825 Alan Wanke replied to the discussion Plant Science Communication Activities and Resources in the forum Open Forum https://community.plantae.org/forums/discussion/plant-science-communication-activities/#post-1864 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:19:30 -0500 Reply to Plant Science Communication Activities and Resources

Hi all,

looks like we are gathering a nice list of outreach activities here.

An outreach activity which our institute has started during the pandemic is the Great British Liverwort Hunt. This initiative is a citizen science project, in which we have asked people from all around the UK to collect two different liverwort species. We have provided…

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]]> 5688510c3caa2cbeaad068f33065b504 Alan Wanke replied to the discussion Are you an educator looking to connect with a plant scientist? Let us know here! in the forum K-12 Educators https://community.plantae.org/groups/educators/forum/discussion/are-you-an-educator-looking-to-connect-with-a-plant-scientist-let-us-know-here/#post-1861 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 21:00:37 -0500 Reply to Are you an educator looking to connect with a plant scientist? Let us know here!

Hi Mariana, thanks for offering you expertise here 🙂 Since a long time I am indeed thinking about giving “Skype-a-Scientist” a go. I really love the idea of reaching out to pupils to get them enthusiastic about plants, but also to “demystify” as well as confirm some of the sterotypes towards scientists. Since it sounds like you already had…

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]]> dd6d76900afb7d13a684b45b301b69a4 Alan Wanke replied to the discussion Welcome! Let us know a little bit about you and your interest in plant sciences. in the forum Open Forum https://community.plantae.org/forums/discussion/welcome-let-us-know-a-little-bit-about-you-and-your-interest-in-plant-sciences/page/2/#post-1838 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:21:32 -0500 Reply to Welcome! Let us know a little bit about you and your interest in plant sciences.

Hi everybody! I am Alan and I am currently working as a research assistant at the Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge (UK).

While I was born in the western part of Poland, life brought me to Germany, where I have studied Biological Sciences at the University of Münster. During my studies, I developed a fascination for theoretical biology &…

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