Ashley Bales 🌿🐝

Collections Manager of the BRIT Philecology Herbarium at @brit_org 🌱 & Certified Map Maker 🌏 • she/her

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

might the itty bittiest (and cutest) plant collection i’ve ever laid my eyes on

[Anthony Ricciardi @EcoInvasions]

It's a trend for taxonomists in general. If we lose the ability to identify different life forms, we cannot quantify/recognize/understand invasions, extinctions, & ecosystem function. Imagine trying to repair a steel structure if you can't distinguish different types of bearings.

[Dr Timothy Utteridge @timutteridge]

Balanophora papuana (Balanophoraceae), a newly recorded species for Thailand
https://t.co/w3wQQytAMs

[Kathleen Pryer @KathleenPryer]

Herbarium collections remain essential in the age of community science - https://t.co/ekLMEM4U18 #ScholarAlerts

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

I was so excited to see botanists IRL collecting last week on my trip to the Gila National Forest, NM. Anyone know who these folks are?? 🤗 Would love to know what they were collecting! This is near Willow Creek on Bursum Rd 🏔️

[Jessica Budke PhD 🥼🌱🔬 @MossPlants]

The Budke Lab @UTK_EEB is recruiting #PhD students to start fall 2025. Applications due Dec 1. Check out our lab website to see if your research interests are a good fit https://t.co/0WKkz4r2GY & then reach out via email. Please RT & thanks! #gradschool #phdjourney

[Digitising the NHM @NHM_Digitise]

Whilst digitising the #Hymenoptera slide collection at the museum, we came across this beautifully preserved specimen labelled "The Anatomy of an Insect" 📸

It clearly shows the full external structure of the Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris.

[David G. del Olmo @DavidGdelOlmo]

This is how we volunteers look like after 6 days of work at #IBC2024

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

@SiobhanLeachman @BionomiaTrack June 24 through August 13!

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

@SiobhanLeachman I can walk over there in a minute 🤗

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

@SiobhanLeachman I haven’t been able to confirm! I know he’s listed as an associated collector with Webster when he first arrived in Pakistan in early June, but he’s not mentioned again in any later collections (when they’re further into the Karakoram range) or in the Webster’s archives!

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

So excited to be sharing herbarium digitization efforts at #IBC2024 🫶🌿

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

We can’t wait for @ibc2024 🤗🌍🌿

[Fort Worth Botanic Garden @fwbotanicgarden]

Will you be at @ibc2024, July 21-27?

A few of our FWBG BRIT experts will be there presenting on a variety of topics, including the evolution of blueberries, fern diversity, digitization, and more!

For full details on these presentations, visit https://t.co/a0XEXvFvTS.

[Brennan Stokkermans @BStokkermans]

When I say I’ve got that dog in me this is what I mean

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Congrats! 👏👏👏 Michelle LeFebvre is a recipient of this year’s @UF excellence awards for assistant professors. She is our curator of South Florida archaeology and ethnography, as well as Caribbean archaeology.
About her collaborative work:
https://t.co/EEkggKLkiD
@UFExplore

[Ashley Bales 🌿🐝 @fraxinusbee]

Trekked through my first east TX bog today 🥾 Is it normal to get emotional seeing all the carnivorous plants?? Asking for a friend :-)

[Botanical Society of America @Botanical_]

🌱🎨 From the new #PlantSciBull's #SciArt special issue 🎨🌱

Illuminations: Past, Present, & Future of #Fern Research

By Dornith Doherty, @avascog, Tiana Rehman, Ana Niño & Kimberlie Sasan

https://t.co/BbhmdNu6rO #botany #plantjoy

[Morgan Gostel @M_Gostel]

We are recruiting @NSF-funded #Postdoc in #plant #systematics, #biodiversity, #evolution, #taxonomy, #phylogenomics

Apply here: https://t.co/18Hu1suZho

Deadline: 31 July 2024 📅

Please share #IAmABotanist #BotanyJobs
@fwbotanicgarden @KewAfrica

[MSU Herbarium @MSU_Herbarium]

A great example of an herbarium specimen capturing a larger cultural context. This specimen was mounted with a newspaper article describing plans to convert part of southern Michigan’s dunes into a sand mine. Despite protests, the state commission approved the mining operation.

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

@fwbotanicgarden has openings for paid internships this summer & fall, ideally for JR/SR undergrads or recent bach grads living in DFW. Please share w your networks! App deadlines vary from THIS FRI May 3rd to May 18th. All position & details at https://t.co/7Uq1XFXzdQ.