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[FBI Newark @FBINewark]

The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ. We ask at this time that you take all security precautions to protect your community and facility. We will share more information as soon as we can. Stay alert. In case of emergency call police.

[Bthiers @Bthiers]

@BHLProgDirector @SiobhanLeachman @BioDivLibrary @coniferr such sad news. I knew her a little in person but more over facebook. Such a lovely person

[Leonardo DiCaprio @LeoDiCaprio]

A recent study out of @kewgardens has found that more than a thousand species of palm tree are at risk of extinction, potentially wiping out a means of food and shelter for a number of individuals.

More here: https://t.co/hhT8nx6sJn

[Bthiers @Bthiers]

@CalltoActivism not a bot!!

[Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull_]

My department is hiring! 🐍🦎🐸

@CornellEEB is looking for a herpetologist working in any of a number of subdisciplines, ideally incorporating collections in their work.

Job ad here: https://t.co/6wTmzqmOI4

[New York Botanical Garden @NYBG]

Zombies are real! If you're an ant. 🐜

Meet Dr. João Araújo, Assistant Curator of Mycology and a globetrotting scientist in search of the creepiest critters in the mushroom kingdom. His work takes him on the hunt for parasitic fungi that take over insects' brains—learn how!

[Dr Isobel C MacDonald @Ise_MacDonald]

Really delighted to announce @SocHistColl's forthcoming PhD and ECR workshop on the topic 'Collections and Impermanence: Transfer, Exchange, Disposal'. This hyrbid international event will run on the 10th & 17th November. Please do join us!

https://t.co/tiDTNvuA2G

[Black in Natural History Museums @BlackInNHMs]

Dr. Roger A. Young was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in zoology. Young studied marine organisms & became a professor at several institutions. A fellowship is named in her honor to support Black marine scientists.

More about her story below.
#BlackInNHMs #BIMS

[Black in Natural History Museums @BlackInNHMs]

Many of you know Harriet Tubman for leading enslaved people to freedom through the underground railroad. However, Tubman was also a gifted naturalist who used her knowledge of nature & astronomy for activism.

Read more about this side of her story.
#BlackInNHMs #BlackNaturalists

[Dr. Laura Lagomarsino @Lagomarsino_L]

A new important paper for curators and collection managers of #NaturalHistoryMuseums and #herbaria now out (featuring #LagoLab PhD student @JanetMansaray): “Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials”

https://t.co/cm44jthx1U

[Bthiers @Bthiers]

An email from Sergei Mosyakin, Director, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, inUkraine revealed that the Institute was damaged in the recent bombings of Kyviv. In particular, The herbarium building was damaged, but no staff were injured and the specimens were not damaged

[Eric Schuettpelz @FernCurator]

The @Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. Opportunities in @NMNH Botany. Applications due 1 November. https://t.co/FsHWpGcwzX

[Shan Kothari @ShanKothari]

Do you want to estimate traits from herbarium specimens without destroying them? Check out our 🌟 new paper 🌟, open access in @MethodsEcolEvol! link and 🧵 below 1/

[Michael Lowry @MichaelRLowry]

I'm not sure how many truly grasp what just happened tonight with Hurricane #Ian. It went through a full eyewall replacement cycle, hardly blinked, grew by 50% (as measured by its RMW), and delivered the 3rd highest storm surge since 1913 to Key West in the process. Just wow.

[Bthiers @Bthiers]

This maps shows the location of Florida herbaria. If any are damaged, ASPT has a herbarium emergency fund that might be able to help with stabilization. Another possible source of help is the Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF, part of FEMA)

[Jay Sobel @jay_sobel]

We’re hiring a plant biologist (!!!) at Binghamton (SUNY); reach out of I can answer any questions https://t.co/PbfFxefdrw

[UGA Plant Biology @uga_plantbio]

We’re hiring! Applications now being accepted for a tenure-track faculty position in collections-based research w/a focus on plant diversity, ecology, evolution, and/or conservation. The successful candidate will also serve as Curator of the UGA Herbarium. https://t.co/bcRZiuRIwh

[Bthiers @Bthiers]

@Aristolochia @HerbTranslate the genus is Alicularia (synonym of Nardia)

[Julia Furlan @juliastmi]

Just tested positive for COVID, one month to the day from the first time I had it. I never stopped wearing a kn95 indoors, took precautions even though my Dr said I should be fine for 3 months. Sharing so ppl know it can happen & as a reminder to keep taking care!