@BioCollNetwork

We promote the development of an #ExtendedSpecimenNetwork as a unifying goal for biological collections over the next decade.

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Webinar annonucement! ZooMu in Action: Practical Pathways to Make Your Biorepository Findable and Usable April 9, 12 PM - 1:00 PM EDT Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Join @NSCAlliance @AIBSbiology & @SPNHC for a webinar about #repatriation, #NAGPRA, and how it relates to natural history collections. 🗓️ November 7, 2024 ⏲️ 3:00-4:00 PM Eastern Learn more and register: io.aibs.org/nagpra
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Time is running out to enter the #AIBS Faces of Biology Photo Contest. The deadline is Sept 30! Submit today and help communicate science through imagery. #photocontest #biology #iambiology io.aibs.org/facesofbiology
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Enter the Faces of Biology Photo Contest for your chance to win $250 and have your image on the cover of #BioScience. #aibs #photocontest #iambiology io.aibs.org/facesofbiology
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The Zoo Museum (#ZooMu) Network has been funded by a 5-yr @NSF grant! 🦁🦥🫙👩‍🔬🧑‍🤝‍🧑 memphiszoo.org/zoo-news/post… #ZooResearch #ZooScience #zoos #museums #ZooMuNetwork #NaturalHistoryMuseum @zoos_aquariums @MemphisZoo @SPNHC @BioCollNetwork @S_M_Whitfield @cylon_gecko @AlexShepack

The Zoo Museum Network: Memphis Zoo Co-leads New NSF Funded Project

Museums across the country hold approximately 500 million to 1 billion biological specimens. Accredited zoos hold roughly 800,000 living animals. And, yet, despite the sheer volume of data each type...

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🚨 Final Reminder: The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2024 Porter Award is this Friday, June 28! 🚨 Know a scientist doing excellent work in support of microbial collections? Nominate them now! More info: usccn.org/porter-award/
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🗨️"The enthusiastic response to the #SISIRIS initiative indicates it tapped into a need within the community to learn, to share & to discuss how people-#data facilitate #specimen-based #research." 🔓Workshop report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e1265… #biodiversity #systematics #taxonomy
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Don't forget to sign up for the @SPNHC Natural History Education DemoCamp on June 26-27! Learn more & register: spnhc.org/education-democamp…

Natural History Education DemoCamp | The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

Calling all Educators Looking for Resources (formal and informal, K-12, College) Save the date! The next DemoCamp will take place June 26-27 (virtually) Event Information Dates: 26–27 June 2024…

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You're invited to the @SPNHC Natural History Education DemoCamp! Registration for presenters & attendees is now open. This free virtual event is designed to showcase engaging educational materials focusing on the natural world. Learn more & register: spnhc.org/education-democamp…
Left graphic is a logo built of circles. Outermost circle is traditional knowledge which encompasses all other fields. Ceramic pot, tree, crystal, arrowhead, trilobite, and skull graphics indicate natural history disciplines. Natural History is at the center of the Venn diagram. Text on right: Calling all educators! You're invited to the Natural History Education DemoCamp. June 26-27. Find the registration and more information: https://spnhc.org/education-democamp/

ALT Left graphic is a logo built of circles. Outermost circle is traditional knowledge which encompasses all other fields. Ceramic pot, tree, crystal, arrowhead, trilobite, and skull graphics indicate natural history disciplines. Natural History is at the center of the Venn diagram. Text on right: Calling all educators! You're invited to the Natural History Education DemoCamp. June 26-27. Find the registration and more information: https://spnhc.org/education-democamp/

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🌟 Meet the Speakers! We're excited to have @TLowePower @microdudley @CABI_Microbe @amberhscholz and many others share their insights on microbial genome sequencing 👉Agenda & Registration: usccn-workshop-june-2024.eve… Pls RT@All_Microbiomes @BioCollNetwork @ASMicrobiology @ucdavis

USCCN Workshop - Genome Sequencing and Microbial Resources

This workshop will explore the challenges and opportunities related to microbial genome sequencing, with focus on living microbes.

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Smithsonian @NMNH is looking for a Data Scientist to lead the development of tools aimed at better understanding institutional, taxonomic, spatial, and temporal patterns of digitized specimen-based occurrence data. One year contract, remote or in DC: spnhc.org/data-scientist-nmn…
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A Viewpoint in #BioScience by NSCA Board members: Duke's herbarium merits continued enhancement, not dissolution academic.oup.com/bioscience/… #CollectionsAreEssential @Bthiers @trinaeroberts @dirra_ngetmakl @gunter_fischer @ScottVEdwards1 @JMBFMNH @ebsessa @ZaspelLab

Duke's herbarium merits continued enhancement, not dissolution

Natural history collections form the foundation of a comprehensive biodiversity infrastructure that supports research on the natural world. Like libraries,

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A new white paper envisions a Natural History Collections Action Center and lists recommendations from a series of webinars & workshops held in 2023, attended by ~300 collections professionals & researchers. Read and show your support for the findings: idigbio.org/content/envision…
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Check out the @AIBSbiology #BioScience Talks podcast where Prosanta and I talk about [ZooMu] - bridging zoos/aquariums with natural history museums! See the work from my ZooMu Organizers: @cylon_gecko @S_M_Whitfield @AlexShepack And other work BioCollections: @BioCollNetwork
Prosanta Chakrabarty@PREAUX_FISH28 Sep 2023
I have a short cameo on this @AIBSbiology BioScience Talks Podcast from #JMIH23 featuring @SinlanPoo and others at the past meetings. Thanks to James Verdier, Senior Editor at BioScience and to AIBS for being at the @IchsAndHerps meetings. bioscience-talks.aibs.org/ep…

BioScience Talks | On Site at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

This episode of BioScience Talks was recorded on location at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Norfolk, Virginia, and features a range of presenters and organizers. Our firs...

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Natural History Collections: What Are They and Why Do We Need Them? -- A cool new paper in Frontiers for Young Minds kids.frontiersin.org/article… #CollectionsAreEssential
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Attention emerging & early career biodiversity professionals! Check out this opportunity to join the leadership team of the @BioCollNetwork and #AIBS BIOFAIR Data Network Project funded by @NSF. Apply by September 15. bcon.aibs.org/2023/08/15/bio…
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Join NMI- Natural History Curator & Entomologist, Dr. Aidan O’Hanlon, for a whistle-stop introduction to the bizarre & diverse world of Ireland’s stinging wasps. #BiodiversityWeek2023 #entomology youtube.com/live/t1m2NRj-V8I
six different wasps, all native to Ireland

ALT six different wasps, all native to Ireland

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For those that could not attend (or would like to rewatch) the @BioCollNetwork & @USCCN3 webinar on the Specimen Management Plan Requirement, the recording is now available 🎥youtu.be/L65aDa-y3p4
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Survey: share your thoughts on the specimen management plan (SMP) requirement and provide input on the draft proposal prepared by @BioCollNetwork and @USCCN3 👉aibs.wufoo.com/forms/survey-…
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There is still time to register for this webinar on the need for a Specimen Management Plan requirement in research proposals. 🗓️ 7 February ⏲️ 2:00pm EST 👉Secure your spot tinyurl.com/4kjpc78r Organized by @USCCN3 & @BioCollNetwork Hosted by @AIBSbiology & @NSCAlliance
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Join @USCCN3 & @BioCollNetwork for a webinar on the need for a Specimen Management Plan requirement in research proposals that generate living or preserved specimens. 🤔What's a SMP? Why is this important to the community? 🗓️ 6 February ⏲️ 2:00pm EST 👉tinyurl.com/4kjpc78r
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