In the Media
Articles, interviews, videos, blogs, in which
the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions has been featured.
On the DNA analysis of the ancient medicines found in a shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany:
October 2012 - Pharmacy Museum, Chios Island, Greece [in Greek]
February 5, 2012 - Greek Reporter
September 2011 - National Geographic
July 14, 2011 - History Channel
July 9, 2011 - The Daily Telegraph
June 14, 2011 - Corriere della Sera
May 2011 - Smithsonian Magazine
April 27, 2011 - BBC World News [it includes a short video]
February 1, 2011 - The Washington Post
January 2011 - Herbalgram, The Journal of the American Botanical Council
December 21, 2010 - AOL News
December 16, 2010 - Discover Magazine includes this discovery among the 100 ones of 2010 that might change the way to do research in the future!
October 21, 2010 - Smithsonian Insider
October 1, 2010 - Science Magazine
September 14, 2010 - Discovery Channel
September 10, 2010 - The Greek Reporter
September 9, 2010 - Nature
September 9, 2010 - New Scientist
On the uses of Frankincense and Myrrh in ancient times:
June 27, 2011 - History Channel
On our research on History of Botany and Renaissance Herbals:
February 3, 2014 - New Scientist, "Mexican plants could break code on gibberish manuscript'
February 21, 2013 - Plant Press Blog
February 14, 2012 -Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) Blog
January 27, 2012 - ArtPlantae
On our research on medical traditions, Greek manuscripts, and medicinal plants in the ancient Mediterranean
November 4, 2021 - Kefi Life, Rediscovering Greek Medicine: Wisdom from the Hidden Manuscripts and Texts [Interview by Kiki Vale, 22']
January 17, 2020 - The Chapel Hill Rare Book Blog, "How to Name Medieval Plants"
November 21, 2019 - Foodie Pharmacology Podcast, Ancient Medicine with Dr. Alain Touwaide [Interview by Cassandra Quave, 1:10:40]
June 18, 2018 - YouTube, Cannabis Consumption In Antiquity – Alain Touwaide, PhD | UCLA Health Cannabis Research Initiative [Lecture, 23'08"]
March 28, 2017 - The National Herald, "Dr. Alain Touwaide's Census of Greek Medical Manuscripts"
March 12, 2017 - Greek Reporter, "There is Still Much to Learn About Herbs From The Ancient Greeks"
January 10, 2017 - Washington Post, "What the ancient Greeks can teach us about herbs"
December 15, 2016 - Herbalgram-Newsletter of the American Botanical Council, "Census of Greek Manuscripts Illuminates Centuries of Herbal Medicine Practice"
June 15, 2016 - Greek News Agenda, ‘Yiatrosofia’: Researching the Traditional Use of Medicinal Plants in Greece [in English]
June 13, 2016 - HealthView, Ένας ιστορικός ιατρικής, ο "Indiana Jones" του πράσινου θησαυρού της Ελλάδας, interview to Alain Touwaide [in Greek]
November 28, 2016 - HealthLiteracyWeb, 'The language of medicinal plants from the ancient world through modern times"
July 9, 2015 - Terralingua, "Ancient Botanical Knowledge as Living Knowledge: Medicinal Plants of Antiquity"
November 25, 2013 - Smitaki-Boulevard News Lesvos, 'Hunting for treasures in Limonos'
October 19, 2013 - Empros.net, Lesvos Island, Greece. On Alain Touwaide's "Greek manuscripts hunting" [in Greek]
March 11, 2013: Chemical & Engineering News - C&EN Talks with Alain Touwaide
December 4, 2012 - Videocast of the lecture delivered by Alain Touwaide at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) entitled: Mapping the Ancient Environment. The Contribution of Manuscripts and Texts (56'06")
October 21, 2012 -Interview to Alain Touwaide in "Les Annees Lumieres", Radio Canada (16'09", in French)
July 17, 2012 - Smithsonian Magazine - Blog
March 10, 2012 - Interview to Alain Touwaide in "This Way Up", Radio New Zealand (9'28")
February 15, 2012 - New Scientist, 'Broccoli and other wonder drugs of antiquity"
December 3, 2010 - Searching for new drugs in ancient manuscripts - Interview to Alain Touwaide by Peggy Mihelich, AAAS MemberCentral Program Director (2'55")
December 3, 2010: The legend of Mandrake - Learn more about this plant made famous by Harry Potter through this interview to Alain Touwaide by Peggy Mihelich, AAAS MemberCentral Program Director (2'23")
January 25, 2008 - Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia - "Healing plants of the ancient world revealed"
January 25, 2003 - Hürriyet, "Elyazmasının peşinde 10 yıl Sherlock Holmes gibi iz sürdü" [in Turkish]
July 2002: Plant Press - Alain Touwaide: Visiting Scholar in Botany, article by Robert DeFilipps
On this website and the IPMT:
Paula VEIGA, Review of The Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (web review), in: Res Antiquitatis, 2, 2011, pp. 311-319.
Presentation in Plant Press, Vol. 12, No. 1, from January 2009.
