<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
The 18th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, co-hosted by the Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Botany and the United States Botanic Garden, was held virtually over two days on May 13 and 14, 2021. The Symposium, “Plant symbiosis: The good, the bad, and
the complicated,” brought together six engaging speakers in a Zoom webinar setting to explore current research in the diversity of plant symbioses, examining the relationships plants have with insects, fungi, bacteria, and even other plants. Invited speakers
included botanists, ecologists, microbiologists, and geneticists whose research unravels the complicated relationships that plants have with their collaborators and competitors in the natural world.
<div><br>
</div>
<div>A detailed overview of the Symposium is featured on the cover of the July issue of
<a href="https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/" title="https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/">
The Plant Press</a>, newsletter of the NMNH Department of Botany, at <<a href="https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/2021/07/it-takes-two-a-synopsis-of-a-symposium-about-symbiosis.html" title="https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/2021/07/it-takes-two-a-synopsis-of-a-symposium-about-symbiosis.html">https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/2021/07/it-takes-two-a-synopsis-of-a-symposium-about-symbiosis.html</a>>.
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>All speaker presentations, opening remarks, the presentation of the José Cuatrecasas Medal, and the roundtable panel discussions were recorded and are available for viewing at
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQmxS2U3B6Kbo8GKodMg6FB6K5EHaBaVI" title="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQmxS2U3B6Kbo8GKodMg6FB6K5EHaBaVI">
NMNH’s Natural History for Scientists YouTube</a> page. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The 19th Smithsonian Botanical Symposium is scheduled to take place at the National Museum of Natural History and the U.S. Botanic Garden on Friday, May 13, 2022. The topic is still to be determined. Check the
<a href="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany" title="https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany">
Department of Botany’s website</a> for updates.</div>
<span></span><br>
</div>
<div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Best regards,</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Gary Krupnick</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
<div id="Signature">
<div>
<div></div>
<div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><b><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Gary Krupnick, Ph.D. (he/him/his)</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Head of the Plant Conservation Unit</span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Department of Botany</span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><b><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">w</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 202.633.0940
<span style="color:black"> <a href="mailto:krupnick@si.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>krupnick@si.edu</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><span style="color:#00C1D5; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION</span></p>
<p style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><span style="color:#00778B; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY</span></p>
<div style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nmnh.fanpage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:black; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Facebook</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
| </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NMNH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:black; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> |
</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/smithsoniannmnh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:windowtext; font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Instagram</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Avenir Medium"; color:black"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:9pt">
</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">|</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Avenir Medium"; color:black"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:9pt">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://support.si.edu/site/SPageServer?pagename=nmnh_email_signup.html&s_src=web_nmnh_menu"><span style="font-size:9pt; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:black">E-news</span></a></span></div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>