SciColl @sci_coll
We are devoted to promoting the use and impact of object-based scientific collections across disciplines. scicoll.org Washington, D.C. Joined February 2014-
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"...we are in danger of losing 80% or more of the world's species..." A new @ScienceMagazine editorial stresses the importance of preserving, providing access to, & learning from natural history collections as we fight to document & save biodiversity. science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65…
Influenza’s wild origins in the animals around us bit.ly/2DjjtU0
Now might be the right time to consider opening at least one of the still-sealed samples from the moon. bit.ly/2FgkZwd
Leadership from 3 taxonomic societies (@Mammalogists, @AmOrnith, and @ASIHCopeia) have submitted a letter expressing need to continue funding Biological Survey Unit. This is an important & relevant scientific resource that should continue to be supported. science.sciencemag.org/content/359/63…
Not everything in the #dennylice collection is in fact a louse, these leaves and mites were collected from the Kremlin Imperial Palace greenhouse in 1869!
Salmonella May Have Caused Massive Aztec Epidemic, Study Finds n.pr/2D8ENw0
BHL's collection on #medicalbotany is growing thanks to @NYAMHistory, who has added 9 titles to #BHLib as part of the #BHLExpandingAccess project (funded by @US_IMLS): s.si.edu/2FJuws0
We had fun with this one - thanks to @ebubechio for the article and @nlrobinsonart for use of the illustration! #halloween #collections
Happy Halloween! Read all about #brains on our blog today, how they evolved & how grandma might survive the wolf! blog.scicoll.org/2017/10/grandm…
Seed Banks: important repositories of #biodiversity @nytimes story about Ali Shehadeh, a Syrian seed hunter: nytimes.com/2017/10/13/cli…
Having a #BlueMonday here in @SILibraries , comparing @NMNH bluebird specimens to Ridgeway’s 1886 “Nomenclature of Colors” 💙
It's Tuesday - we have another blog post out! This one from @eden_absar on pediatric #hiv #collections #networks blog.scicoll.org/2017/10/networ…
The remains were unearthed from more than 26 feet of rubble and hadn't seen the light of day in nearly 2,000 years on.natgeo.com/2xPQBon
All set up at the #sidigi fair, come see us! Today and tmw, update you #grscicoll records on the spot! @smithsonian @SIxDIGI
Visiting the new Illuminating India exhibition @sciencemuseum ? We have loaned 3 William Sykes (1790-1872) sketchbooks 1/2
today on the blog - a post from summer intern @EbubechiO looking at collections and pandemics #emergingdiseases blog.scicoll.org/2017/10/scient…
on the blog- we remember our #emergingdiseases workshop 3 years ago and dive into stories of collections and success blog.scicoll.org
Fossilized poo reveals vegetarian dinosaurs had a taste for crabs bit.ly/2wcYf7w
Could co-authorship of research articles help raise the visibility of #NaturalHistory collections & their impact? doi.org/10.12705/665.2
China’s delayed moon mission sparks debate over lunar samples bit.ly/2vPPnEw
CETAF @eurotaxonomy
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NHM_Bryozoa @BryozoanNhm
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MOBILISE @MobiliseAction
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Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM
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DiSSCo @DiSSCoEU
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FinBOL @bol_fin
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BLUE: Biodiversity Li... @BiodiversityEd
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Niels Raes @NielsRaes
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UC Davis MWFB @MWFB
224 Followers 196 Following The Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology at the University of California, Davis. Promoting Education and Conservation through Preservation.
Ocean Acidification I... @oainfoexchange
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C David de Santana @Davidefishes
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Juan Pablo Rosas @juan65015569
111 Followers 2K Following Microbiólogo MSc. @VRIUNAL @UNALOficial y @PujCiencias. Biotecnología, ciencias omicas, colecciones y recursos genéticos #ABS, #NagoyaProtocol #COP16
Zoological Museum of ... @ZoolMUA
67 Followers 164 Following It is the oldest and most historical Natural History Museum in Greece.
Federica Fraccaroli @federicafracca
56 Followers 436 Following Naturalista, Master in Comunicazione delle Scienze @mcsunipd, Insegnante di Matematica e Scienze
Biobanking.com @biobankingcom
1K Followers 3K Following Your go-to platform for valuable news and information on #biobanking, #biorepositories, #cryopreservation, and #biosample/#biospecimen management.
Frederik Berger @Fred__Berger
15 Followers 74 Following
Kelly @kllhll
112 Followers 1K Following Museum technician. Collector of hobbies. My mum thinks I'm a librarian.
GSA Sedimentary Geolo... @GSA_SGD
1K Followers 834 Following We are the Sedimentary Geology Division of @geosociety 🏜🏔 Click the link to join! Student Reps: @TonyTheRockGeek & Sharif Mustaque
CB @museum_cb
73 Followers 145 Following
Beauty & Weirdness in... @BchicagoW
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Jaime Erdmann (they/�... @muddynat
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Libraries of Life @ExplorMorLabs
159 Followers 269 Following ExplorMor Labs is interested in applying new technologies in promoting accessibility to collections while bridging the scientific-public divide.
Julie F. Barcelona @JulieFBarcelon1
134 Followers 34 Following Ferns, Rafflesia, herbarium, fieldwork, botany, conservation
Plants Day Italia @PlantDay_Italia
513 Followers 2K Following Fascination of Plants Day Italia - Giornata mondiale delle piante, promossa in tutto il mondo... #PlantDayItalia #FascinationofPlantsDay #plantlovers #FoPD22
Ali Abdullah @AliAbdu86249732
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Siobhan @SiobhanLeachman
5K Followers 2K Following Wikimedian, Wikimedia Laureate, citizen scientist, digital curator, volunteer, nature nerd, wine geek, partner & mum. She/her. Other contact links see my Orcid.
CETAF @eurotaxonomy
3K Followers 1K Following Europe’s unique hub for taxonomic expertise & natural science collections. This account is closed. Follow us on @BlueSky @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org
NHM_Bryozoa @BryozoanNhm
3K Followers 394 Following For bryophiles, young and old, fossil and recent, marine and freshwater. All views expressed are our own. @nhmbryozoa.bsky.social
NHMdinolab @NHMdinolab
14K Followers 889 Following Dinosaur researcher at London's Natural History Museum. Tweeting about our research on dinosaurs & other aspects of vertebrate palaeontology (he/him) 🦕
Dr Erica McAlister @flygirlNHM
23K Followers 2K Following Flies & Fleas @NHM_London; Author-The Secret Life of Flies, The Inside Out of Flies & A bug's World; HonF @RoyEntSoc; @DipteristsForum #Scicom #HonFBNS
John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel
8K Followers 2K Following @UAMNH #Museum Director • He/Him/His • Zoologist • #Alabama & #Guatemala #Biodiversity
Andy Farke @AndyFarke
7K Followers 4K Following Paleontologist, educator, museum director, open science advocate, homebrewer, spouse, parent. Homebrewing blog at https://t.co/SoOOVhjWLt he/him
DiSSCo @DiSSCoEU
2K Followers 252 Following Distributed System of Scientific Collections currently on its transitional period - DiSSCo Transition
U.S. Fish and Wildlif... @USFWS
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Cardiff Curator @CardiffCurator
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NHM Fossil Fish @NHM_FossilFish
4K Followers 1K Following Tweets about the Fossil Fish Section, the research, and interesting specimens at the @NHM_London. Brought to you by the curator @Emma_Bernard
UN Biodiversity @UNBiodiversity
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California Academy of... @calacademy
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AmphibiaWeb- we're on... @AmphibiaWeb
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Natural History Museu... @NHM_London
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Deborah Paul @idbdeb
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ipbes @IPBES
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Guild of Natural Scie... @GNSIorg
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FungalGroup @UGAFungalGroup
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The Science Network @SciNetUCS
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Nick Tomeo, PhD @Tomeopaste
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Pip Griffin @PipGriffin
176 Followers 298 Following Evolutionary biologist/bioinformatician and Open Data Coordinator at EMBL Australia Bioinformatics Resource. Views are my own.
Prof Karen Sayer @ProfKarenSayer
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GGBN @GGBNOutreach
397 Followers 317 Following The Global Genome Biodiversity Network is an international network of institutions preserving the genomic diversity of non-human life on Earth.
Wild Lentils @WildLentils
1K Followers 236 Following Breeding & genetics of #lentil and its wild relatives (& relatives like bean); tweeting abt our large #genomics project & other exciting research from @usask
MEGarcia @MEsterGG
140 Followers 532 Following If a tree dies, plant another in its place (C. Linnæus) #Botánica y #botánicos. Archivo del Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC Madrid #twitterpersonal
Learning Coalition @LAMcoalition
465 Followers 820 Following Coalition to Advance Learning in Archives, Libraries & Museums
SYNTHESYS @SynthesysEU
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Smithsonian Libraries @SILibraries
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Dr Dale Dixon @dale_dixon
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Jean Peccoud @peccoud
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entomology-art @entomologyArt
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Brian Hoffman @Paleofisher
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Dr. Nicole F. Angeli ... @WildlifeSci
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AAAS @aaas
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MNCN Colecciones @MNCN_Col
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NYBG Herbarium @NYBGHerbarium
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Aeon Magazine @aeonmag
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rebecca dikow @rdikow
734 Followers 1K Following Director of Research Innovation & Student Success and Director of Marx Science & Social Science Library at Yale Library.
Dawn Mitchell @DawnRMitchell
68 Followers 146 Following Lover of science, sci ed, art, video games, and any combination of those.
Dr. Claudia Wultsch @claudiawultsch
4K Followers 3K Following Wildlife Biologist & Conservationist / Research Fellow @CUNY @AMNH / @NatGeo Explorer / @whapavt Alumna












