South African working at KU Biodiversity Institute who loves the ocean, fish, diving, natural history and soccer
Lawrence, KS
Joined February 2019
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Andy Bentley retweeted
Our @NSF-funded BIOFAIR Data Network Final Report is out! 🎉 The report presents a community-informed roadmap, developed through a series of community engagements, to build an integrated, FAIR, open biological & environmental data network. bcon.aibs.org/2025/07/28/fin…
The final report of our NSF-funded BIOFAIR Data Network workshop is now available at bcon.aibs.org/biofair/. Read all about our recommendations for FAIR, integrated data. Thanks to all those who contributed to this effort.
SPNHC 2025 Annual Meeting
Sustainable Futures: Challenges and Opportunities for Modern Collections
Registration now open
In-person and virtual participation
spnhc2025.ku.edu/registratio…
Andy Bentley retweeted
Billionaires are trying to close our public schools with something called private school vouchers.
They say it’ll help poor kids go to private schools. They call it “school choice.” It all sounds so noble.
But vouchers are the biggest scam I’ve ever seen.
Andy Bentley retweeted
One Day, One KU is here! ❤️ Starting at NOON, we invite you to support our mission by contributing to our giving campaign. Your donation will directly support two meaningful causes.
🔹 Live Exhibits
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Abstract submission is now open for SPNHC 2025 - May 27-31, Lawrence, KS. Submission Guidelines: spnhc2025.ku.edu/oa-abstract…. List of sessions: spnhc2025.ku.edu/sessions. Deadline: 3 March 2025. @SPNHC @kunhm @iDigBio @tdwg @BioCollNetwork
Andy Bentley retweeted
New guidance from @NSF BIO on Data Management and Sharing Plans specifically asks for a description of how specimens and the associated data will be permanently accessioned for projects involving collecting: iosblog.nsfbio.com/2024/06/1…
Andy Bentley retweeted
Yesterday we had a very special visitor to the @kunhm… Ray Troll! He was very interested in our coelacanth and our entry way floor artwork! He wanted a special photo of the ichthyology department posing with the artwork
Andy Bentley retweeted
Successful long-term specimen care, curation, and data storage require expertise and a detailed and specific management plan (SMP).
A clear and standardized SMP supports the data and integration required to achieve a truly #ExtendedSpecimen.
#CollectionsAreEssential
New paper out from @BioCollNetwork & @USCCN3 about specimen management plans!
Community Action: Planning for Specimen Management in Funding Proposals academic.oup.com/bioscience/…
@O_Fish_Man @Bthiers @JMBFMNH @SinlanPoo @AKMonfils @libbyellwood @cylon_gecko @KyriaMills @DLContreras
Andy Bentley retweeted
Museum collections are going digital. 📱
The collaborative #NSFfunded openVertebrate Thematic Collections Network 3D has imaged over 13,000 vertebrate specimens and has made them freely available online. bit.ly/3TFahDR
#oVertTCN
ALT Two contrast-enhanced scans of fish heads, a daggertooth (Anotopterus pharao) and a slender fish (Centriscus scutatus).
Andy Bentley retweeted
If this is not an image of hell (in its literal sense) being unleashed on Earth, then I don’t know what is.
If there was any common sense left, people would #revolt to overthrow this economic system. But you’ll all keep working those jobs and putting on your fake smiles in your Zoom meetings.
Many of you will probably see your children die before you do. It’s what happens under these conditions. I don’t wish that on any parent.
#climatecrisis
Andy Bentley retweeted
There are no more new words I can use to describe the current state of the climate crisis.
The world is seeing abrupt change unlike anything it has seen in 66,000,000 years.
Mass ecosystem die-offs, missing winters, sky-high sea surface temperatures are all becoming the norm.
Proud to be part of the University of Kansas #kunhm team that provided specimens from our valuable vertebrate collections for this effort
7 years of #overtTCN digitization efforts has produced > 25K datasets from >13K vertebrate specimens. It's been an incredible experience with amazing collaborators. While the project is oVer(t), it's just the beginning of an amazing shift in accessibility of musuem collections.
Andy Bentley retweeted
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…
Andy Bentley retweeted
New paper in BioScience (@AIBSbiology) summarizing the #oVertTCN effort to 3D digitize 6,400 vertebrate genera & counting. This was a huge effort across many museums & institutions led by @davidcblackburn & @DrScanley at @FloridaMuseum
academic.oup.com/bioscience/…
Scan: @jaimiAgray
Andy Bentley retweeted
Show your support for the recommendations from the 2023 series of webinars & workshops in the white paper "Envisioning a Natural History Collections Action Center". #collections #biolcollections idigbio.org/content/envision…
