#  Science Spotlights: The Chemical World of Plants 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 19, 2026** 

 02:00PM - 02:30PM EDT 

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 **Harvard Museum of Natural History**  

 [26 Oxford Street  
Classroom B (Third Floor)  
Cambridge, MA 02138  
United States



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**In-Person Presentation**

Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn about questions at the forefront of research today in this series of short talks.

**2:00–2:30 pm – The Chemical World of Plants**

**Speaker:** Claire Li – Graduate Student – Ryan Nett Research Lab

How would you communicate if you were rooted in place like a plant, unable to move around or speak? Over hundreds of millions of years, plants have evolved different ways to interact with the environment around them. One way is by using special chemical compounds that affect other living organisms! Join Harvard scientist Claire Li as she decodes the chemical language of plants and explores exciting ways humans can put these compounds to use.

Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Regular museum admission rates apply.

Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History and Harvard Museums of Science &amp; Culture.



 

 



 

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