
On 3rd July, the New Phytologist symposium "Collections through time: legacy and innovation" took place at the University of Tartu. It was organised by Maarja Öpik and the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences. From our workgroup Jing Yang gave a poster presentation and a speed talk introducing the poster. She presented fresh results about extinction debt in tropical forests. Several other workgroup members also participated at the conference without giving presentations.