{"id":3047,"date":"2017-02-21T12:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T17:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nybg.org\/science-talk\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2017-02-21T12:43:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T17:43:01","slug":"look-whos-minding-our-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/science-talk\/2017\/02\/look-whos-minding-our-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Who’s Minding Our Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stevenson Swanson<\/a> is the Science Media Manager for The New York Botanical Garden<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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In Look Who\u2019s Minding Our Planet<\/em>, filmmaker Sara Lukinson explores the visionary partnership between philanthropist Lewis Cullman and The New York Botanical Garden, which has resulted in a world-class plant research program. The scientists in NYBG\u2019s Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics delve into the evolution of plants, study their genetic make-up, and work to unravel their complex interrelationships.<\/p>\n

As this compelling short documentary shows, they are also training the next generation of plant researchers, all with the goal of understanding and preserving the world\u2019s plant life, which makes the rest of life on Earth possible.<\/p>\n