Gavin Broad
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Wasps... and occasionally other stuff. Principal curator in charge of insects @NHM_London. Views my own.
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Free webinar with Gavin Broad. A World of Wasps: Researching the Ichneumonid Wasps Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:00 - 20:00 BST 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-world-of-w…
Diatoms are used as indicators of environmental conditions and global change, but species of these planktonic algae can have highly variable form - David Williams using the NHM Botany collection for the challenging taxonomy of Actinodiscus ingens doi.org/10.1080/026924…
Are you an artist? Do you use our digital collection? if so we want to hear from you this #SciArtSeptember so we can shout about your work. This stunning jewellery by Jade Mellor is inspired by the caddisfly collection, visit jademellor.com to see more of Jade's work
This week Digitising the NHM will be sharing some artists who work with the Digital Collection to celebrate #SciArtSeptember. If you are inspired to create art based on the Museum's collection we would love to know. Drop us a comment below ⤵️ 🎨
Our revision of the simplex species group of Triepeolus is now published in European Journal of Taxonomy: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.20…. Included are 18 species, of which seven are newly described.
Artist and educator Marian Hill has been inspired by the digital collection to create scientifically accurate collages of British insects to encourage more community engagement with nature. #SciArtSeptember #illustration
We just couldn't resist. It's time we joined in with #Leptember. Will you join us and tag us? Read this enchanting Genome Note & 📸 by Gavin Broad Science at the Natural History Museum. wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/9-412 With adults are on the wing in July-August in Britain, meet the Dark Crimson Underwing.
Termites - genome science gives a new family tree for this group of social cockroaches, crucial to tropical ecosystems - research from Hellemans Simon, NHM Paul Eggleton Paul Eggleton Tom Bourguignon/Evolutionary Genomics Unit, OIST &al. doi.org/10.1038/s41467…