Collections Assistant • Denver Botanic Garden • Denver, CO • he/him
Joined February 2013
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Join us for a webinar on 11/13 @ 3pm ET to discuss the latest report from the #BIOFAIR Data Network project, which summarizes areas of unity across the six virtual Listening Sessions held over the summer. Register now: io.aibs.org/biofair
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On July 12th, the fourth listening session was held with a focus on ecological data. Led by @MatthewSheik, Mike Webster, @libbyellwood, Nico Franz, and Jyotsna Pandey and in collaboration with Gregory Maurer (@JornadaLTER) and Stephanie Parker (@NEON_sci). 1/
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If you are interested in reading the summary reports from each of the listening sessions, these are now available on our website bcon.aibs.org/biofair/ and each report is also linked below.
15 packages of Isotypes being distributed across America today c: Carex viridistellata Durieg, Reznicek, and Bruederle Cirsium funkiae Ackerf., & Cirsium tutukunikivatzicum Ackerf. @denverbotanic
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Our paper is the first to study the effect of rising CO2 on tree physiology in Fiji, a region vulnerable to climate change. We dedicate this work to the beautiful people and wonderful country of Fiji mdpi.com/2962186 @UniSouthPacific @DBNherbariumOPW @TCD_NatSci
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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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We are excited to announce that six new emerging and early career professionals will be joining our #BIOFAIRDataNetwork steering committee. Meet the new recruits: bcon.aibs.org/2023/10/27/eme…
@EvoEcoDavidK @Cam65488937 @brookelongfox @MatthewSheik
❗️ Starting a new career @denverbotanic as the Collections Assistant❗️Scared to leave Appalachia but so excited for the adventure c:
Check out the article I wrote about the digitization efforts at the West Virginia Natural Heritage Program Herbarium on page 12!!!
Check out the newest issue of The Vasculum, the newsletter for the @socherbcurators. There are Book Reviews, Featured Herbaria, and Early Career Advice. Check it out & share it with a colleague or student who is passionate about all things Herbaria!
herbariumcurators.org/wp-con…
ALT Front page of the Vasculum newsletter.
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Astragalus cephalanthus
Fabaceae
Sepidan, Fars, Iran
March 2022
Altitude 2300m
There are more than 800 Astragalus species in the flora of Iran
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Really excited to be sharing with you the new Herbarium Handbook, 77 authors and 19 herbaria contributed to make this happen, thank you! Available to preorder. @claredrinkell @timutteridge @KewScience
‼️ New Publication Alert: My thesis work under @pterygote at @GMU_COS ‼️
Read about:
-How @inaturalist secondarily extends plant specimens (inspired by @jmheberling & @huntingbon).
-The first observation of Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun in Virginian.
castaneajournal.com/article/…
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A difficult but important conversation.
"Key steps [to decolonizing herbaria] (…)include:
– Openly acknowledging the colonial legacy;
– Improving access to the (…) information held in herbaria worldwide;
– Building capacity in previously colonized countries."
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Botanizing in Pendleton County, WV and drove by Seneca Rocks! On the hunt for the newly described Viola teniusecta Zumwalde & H. E. Ballard
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Going to #Botany2023? Check out our NSF-sponsored #SISRIS workshop & symposium that will do a #Bionomia deep-dive and more! More details and application for July 23 AM workshop participation, in-person and online seats; stipends avail.: tinyurl.com/3jmaztfa
@SKrosnick @idbdeb
ALT Image of SISRIS logo showing encircled hands over a circular phylogeny and the QR code to https://github.com/aweeks3/SISRIS
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Attending the @sebiologists conference & use #herbarium specimens for research? Apply for the workshop “Supporting inclusive & sustainable research infrastructure for systematics (SISRIS) by connecting scientists and their specimens Friday, March 24, 2023. tinyurl.com/3jmaztfa
