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Dr Alison Foster is responsible for the Public Education Programme and research collaborations portfolio of the Botanic Garden. Alison has a PhD in organic chemistry and worked in the pharmaceutical industry before retraining in horticulture when her passion for plants got the better of her. Her particular interest is in medicinal plants. She has recently introduced a new medicinal plants collection to the Botanic Garden and written a short book to accompany the collection.
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 10 | Meet the Scientists - Collaborations with the Oxford Botanic Garden | Alison Foster, Senior Curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden, discusses her daily work and the transition she has made from working in a lab to working in the garden. | Alison Foster | 09 Oct 2013 | |
| 9 | Photosynthesis in Nature | Dr Alison Foster, a former chemist and Senior Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden explains the principals of natural photosynthesis that the Armstrong Group is trying to mimic in the lab. | Alison Foster | 19 Jul 2013 | |
| 8 | Science Communication at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden | Dr Alison Foster (Jesus College), Senior Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, talks about her journey from industrial pharmaceutical chemistry research to her current role in horticulture, and offers some tips for major career transitions. | Alison Foster | 17 Jul 2013 | |
| 7 | Creative Commons | 21. Thank you and goodbye | Thank you for exploring the Botanic Garden with our group of plant loving chemists. | Alison Foster | 18 Oct 2012 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | 20. Pigments from plants | One small part of the plant kingdom makes a different type of pigment to all the rest. | Alison Foster | 18 Oct 2012 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | 13. New medicines from plants | Many modern medicines are derived from plants. | Alison Foster | 18 Oct 2012 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | 03. Take care with the word organic | Hear what the word organic means to a chemist. | Alison Foster | 18 Oct 2012 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | 02. A few words about chemicals | Everything is made of chemicals - whether they are from a natural source or not. | Alison Foster | 18 Oct 2012 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | 01. Welcome and Introduction | A welcome to the Botanic Garden and the Chemistry at the Garden audio trail from the Senior Curator, Dr Alison Foster. | Alison Foster | 18 Oct 2012 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | The Botanic Garden - Your Modern Medicine Cabinet | The first talk in the series from the Oxford Botanic Garden. This talk will describe the development of this new area as well as explaining the involvement of some of the plants grown there in the discovery and development of modern drugs. | Alison Foster | 15 Nov 2010 |