Attending the ASB 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

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 Shawn Krosnick Deborah Paul

Botanizing in Pendleton County, WV and drove by Seneca Rocks! On the hunt for the newly described Viola teniusecta Zumwalde & H. E. Ballard

Handing off a draft to a co-author

Barcodes have arrived WVDNR ! Let the digitization of the WV DNR Reference Herbarium (WVHP) begin! 15% if this collection is made up of WV rare, threatened, or endangered species! I can’t wait to offer this data to researchers globally.

Lucky barcode WVHP-0001000! A Carex comosa specimen collected by retired WVDNR botanist Paul Harmon and Tina Hall from the Altona Marsh in Jefferson Co., WV.

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."

‼️ New Publication Alert: My thesis work under Andrea Weeks at College of Science ‼️ Read about: -How iNaturalist secondarily extends plant specimens (inspired by Mason Heberling & Bonnie Isaac). -The first observation of Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun in Virginian. castaneajournal.com/article/a-flor…

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. Clare Drinkell Dr Timothy Utteridge @KewScience

Astragalus cephalanthus Fabaceae Sepidan, Fars, Iran March 2022 Altitude 2300m There are more than 800 Astragalus species in the flora of Iran

Check out the article I wrote about the digitization efforts at the West Virginia Natural Heritage Program Herbarium on page 12!!!

❗️ Starting a new career Denver Botanic Gardens as the Collections Assistant❗️Scared to leave Appalachia but so excited for the adventure c:

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… David Kunkel @Cam65488937 Dr. Brooke Long-Fox Matthew

🗨️"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… #biodiversity #systematics #taxonomy

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 The University of the South Pacific DBNherbarium School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin

15 packages of Isotypes being distributed across America today c: Carex viridistellata Durieg, Reznicek, and Bruederle Cirsium funkiae Ackerf., & Cirsium tutukunikivatzicum Ackerf. Denver Botanic Gardens

As part of the BIOFAIR Data Network, a series of listening sessions were held from June to August of 2024 each with a focus on a different data domain utilized by researchers and others with interest in the biological and environmental sciences.

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.

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

On July 12th, the fourth listening session was held with a focus on ecological data. Led by Matthew, Mike Webster, Libby Ellwood, Nico Franz, and Jyotsna Pandey and in collaboration with Gregory Maurer (Jornada Basin LTER) and Stephanie Parker (NEON). 1/