Press release video from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, to accompany publication of the paper titled: Identification of a tetrahedral apical cell preserved within a fossilized fern fiddlehead [http://cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(24)01503-3] published in the journal Current Biology.
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2025 Video summary of fossil fern fiddlehead paper
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2024 Video of Tree Lady Talks Podcast
Interview with Sandy Hetherington on the Tree Lady Talks Podcast.
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2024: Linnean Society Lecture, The Origin and Evolution of Botanical Spirals
Sandy Hetherington presenting ‘The Origin and Evolution of Botanical Spirals’ an evening lecture organised by the Linnean Society of London.
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Video summary of Asteroxylon Science paper
A video summary of Hetherington lab paper, Leaves and sporangia developed in rare non-Fibonacci spirals in early leafy plants, published in Science in 2023.
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Scottish Geology Festival 2021
Sandy Hetherington presenting ‘An introduction to the Rhynie chert, the hidden gem of Scottish geology’ for the Scottish Geology Festival run by the Scottish Geology Trust.
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Video summary of Asteroxylon eLife paper
Press release video from the School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, to accompany publication of the paper titled: An evidence-based 3D reconstruction of Asteroxylon mackiei, the most complex plant preserved from the Rhynie chert. Paper published by Hetherington et al., 2021, in the journal eLife.
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Geological Society of London, Innovations in Palaeontology Lecture Series, February 2021
Sandy Hetherington presenting 'In search of the roots of roots: 400 million years of plant root evolution' to the Geological Society of London. This lecture was the first of the Innovations in Palaeontology Lecture Series given by Sandy as part of his time as the Palaeontological Association Exceptional Lecturer for 2020-2021.
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Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium '20 Pluripotency in Plant Development, September 2020
Sandy Hetherington presenting 'Fossil evidence for the origin of the root apical meristem'
New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists, July 2019
Sandy Hetherington presenting 'Getting to the root of roots: from fossils to transcription factors'
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