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We're thrilled to receive further funding from Research England which recognises the value of our work making our excellent living collection of plants accessible to researchers in the UK & around the world. Congratulations to our sister University of Cambridge Museums & Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) on their grants too

#PhD Opportunity CDP Connect Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Fitz and Durham University , fully funded by Advanced Hyperbaric researching Fitz outstanding collection of rare books, prints and illuminated manuscripts ccc.cam.ac.uk/cc-ee/students… Deadline: 26 May

Help digitise the Cambridge University Herbarium 🌿 Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) is home to over 1.1m plant specimens collected over 300+ years. The team is looking for online volunteers to transcribe specimen labels & make them accessible to biodiversity researchers. Join in: bit.ly/44e2UqB

A big thank you to all who have contributed to our digitisation project on Zooniverse! The Narcissus collection has been completed and a new set of Iridaceae specimens is ready for transcription at tinyurl.com/4ary9fbp 🌿 University of Cambridge Museums Department of Plant Sciences

Welcome to visiting Churchill Fellow Shelley James of the Western Australia Herbarium. In just 2 weeks Shelley and the team have barcoded and imaged over 4,500 specimens from Australia and New Zealand, including over 160 type specimens! #WAHerbarium Winston Churchill Trust (Australia) Department of Plant Sciences

At the end of week 3 of her Churchill Fellowship, Shelley James of the Western Australian Herbarium and our dedicated team of volunteers have barcoded and imaged 7,649 specimens, including all of the Myrtaceae family! #WAHerbarium Winston Churchill Trust (Australia) Department of Plant Sciences

Week 4 of work on the Australian collection with Shelley James of the Western Australian Herbarium has brought us past the 10,000 image mark, with 442 probable type specimens including these beautiful Verticordia and Darwinia. #WAHerbarium Winston Churchill Trust (Australia) @plantsci

This week we say goodbye to Shelley James after 5 whirlwind weeks of digitisation. A huge congratulations to Shelley for a total of 13,887 Australian specimens imaged, including 472 probable type specimens & some beautiful illustrations. #WAHerbarium Winston Churchill Trust (Australia) @plantsci

JOB ALERT: We’re advertising for 2yr research associate to work on Cambridge University botanical collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE). Looking for someone who can work across collections, and view science collections through arts and humanities lens: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48187/

Come and join a major new Natural History Humanities initiative Cambridge Collections Connections Communities Cambridge University - to research botanical art Fitzwilliam Museum in tandem with collections in Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE). jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48187/ £36-44k, closes 29 Sept

Applications now open for our Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Open Day on 11 February 2025. We welcome approaches from candidates who are thinking of applying for externally funded Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Application deadline: 2 December 2024. 👉tinyurl.com/548tcacc

Incredible job opportunity with close collaboration with Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) collections 👇💚

🚨 Come and join our team! Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities! Cambridge University Library and CCC! Apply now. ⏰ Deadline 17 January 2025 ccc.cam.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

The Cambridge University Herbarium is extraordinary and it has been a privilege to work and volunteer there. This is an amazing opportunity to work in a treasure trove of specimens.

Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship on 'Understanding ‘Place’ in Historical Botanical Collections: science, commerce, empire, and the early-modern herbarium'. Come and work on the Sloane Herbarium! For details, see: lahp.ac.uk/prospective-st…

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