Cynthia Fan on how plants work

Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent

Jul 7, 202600:22:01Leisure

Cynthia Fan was undertaking a pHD in plant molecular biology when her colleagues at the Edinburgh Botanics noticed how much she loved being in the greenhouses - and how she could do amazing things with a flower frog. She...

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