Australian Natural History Collections understanding Australia's biodiversity | Biosecurity | Genomics | Restoration | Digitisation

Joined May 2017
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HTTPS://www.csiro.au/en/news… a journey into the world of cryptograms

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The cryptogam collection of the Australian National Herbarium has 400,000 specimens identified by expert botanists. We’re now bringing them to the world, thanks to digitisation csiro.au/en/news/All/Article…
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📢 New job advertised at #NRCA #CSIRO collections🌿🦜🦋📢 Could you be our new Digital Curator to join our team digitising our #collections 👇 More info & apply here 👇 jobs.csiro.au/job-invite/942… •Seek: Digital Curator Job in Black Mountain, Canberra ACT - SEEK
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Congratulations to Dr Marianne Horak AO! Dr Marianne Horak has been awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to entomology, taxonomic, phylogenetic research & to philanthropic endeavours. buff.ly/3qA3TBH

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Join us at #CSIRO #digitisedcollections as a Biological Collections Data Scientist
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Want to come work with me & the ANWC to curate and create digital assets with our fabulously diverse collection of terrestrial vertebrate specimens? We have a great job going in Canberra. Apps due 31st May. I would love to see some really competitive CVs. jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2…
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📢JOB ALERT! 3-year senior technician position at the Australian National Insect Collection for primary type digitisation. Open to Australian citizens, residents or anyone who already has 3-year work visa. More info and to apply jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2…
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For #WorldBeeDay a little teaser of our #Australian #nativebee ANIC primary types dataset that will be published soon! Labels, metadata and hi-res images of ~1/4 of Australian native bee species! @csiro @australtaxonomy @AustNatHist #csirocollections #entomology
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Thanks to the @EntCollNet for being so inclusive this year and offering virtual collection tours across the world! #ECN2020
#VirtualCollectionTour: For our final tour (yes, we know 😢) we visit @CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra. Olivia Evangelista provides an overview of the huge collection, with a whopping 12 million specimens (22,000 PRIMARY TYPES) & current research. #ECN2020
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#CSIROcollections with the help of @AMDigiVol digitisation of #velvetant specimens from our @AustNatHist leads to online #CitizenScience game : comparevelvetants.com/
The @AMDigiVol project enabled by the @austmus and the @atlaslivingaust provides an avenue for self-isolators to contribute to important scientific research, through digitising Australian collections. #NCRISImpact australiangeographic.com.au/…
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Join us in Canberra on 23 October to discover the biodiversity of Papua New Guinea, from its alpine meadows to cloud forests. events.csiro.au/Events/2019/… #CSIROcollections
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Our Australian National Wildlife Collection in Canberra is seeking a trainee curator during autumn next year. #CSIROcollections jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra,-…
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The Australian National Insect Collection is looking for two research and curatorial assistants to join the team in Canberra. jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2… #CSIROcollections
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Thanks Siobhan on your effort of the #CSIROcollections #AMDigVol #horsefly expeditions for #WedigBio
Workflow prep for .@WeDigBio is complete. Checking for reuse licensing is complete, instructions have been read, and first specimen in @CSIROnews project is transcribed with no issues. Now to settle in and get through the set! #WeDigBio #Flys
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Thanks to the global efforts of #WeDigBio #ANIC fly specimens at #ALA #crowdsourced platform #AMDigiVol are now transcribed at #CSIROcollections
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What impacts & value can come of #digitization of #NHC ... possibilities are endless
Why We Digitize! youtube.com/watch?v=GV41Np57… Couldn't put it better myself than Dr. Christin Murphy in this @TEDTalks as she explains the value of natural science museum collections to bioinspiration (THINK, water repellent surfaces from Lotus leaves).