Matthew

Collections Assistant • Denver Botanic Garden • Denver, CO • he/him

[BCoN @BioCollNetwork]

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: https://t.co/J1potEgA0S

[BCoN @BioCollNetwork]

On July 12th, the fourth listening session was held with a focus on ecological data. Led by @MatthewSheik, Mike Webster, @libbyellwood, Nico Franz, and Jyotsna Pandey and in collaboration with Gregory Maurer (@JornadaLTER) and Stephanie Parker (@NEON_sci). 1/

[BCoN @BioCollNetwork]

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.

[BCoN @BioCollNetwork]

If you are interested in reading the summary reports from each of the listening sessions, these are now available on our website https://t.co/hHTqRyOsoX and each report is also linked below.

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

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

[Wuu Kuang @wuu_kuang]

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 https://t.co/PY1qrlfDLJ @UniSouthPacific @DBNherbariumOPW @TCD_NatSci

[RIO Journal @RIOJournal]

🗨️"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: https://t.co/U4EK90xLtI
#biodiversity #systematics #taxonomy

[BCoN @BioCollNetwork]

We are excited to announce that six new emerging and early career professionals will be joining our #BIOFAIRDataNetwork steering committee. Meet the new recruits: https://t.co/zWKVEycKUI

@EvoEcoDavidK @Cam65488937 @brookelongfox @MatthewSheik

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

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

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

@brayan_vilanova I empathize! It’s such a humbling yet rewarding experience when your advisor makes your writing literally bleed!! I’m definitely a better science communicator because of it.

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

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

[Society of Herbarium Curators @socherbcurators]

Check out the newest issue of The Vasculum, the newsletter for the @socherbcurators. There are Book Reviews, Featured Herbaria, and Early Career Advice. Check it out & share it with a colleague or student who is passionate about all things Herbaria!
https://t.co/PppW5bEysU

[Dr. Sajad Alipour @SajadAlipour98]

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

[Nina Davies @Nina__Davies]

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. @claredrinkell @timutteridge @KewScience

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

‼️ New Publication Alert: My thesis work under @pterygote at @GMU_COS ‼️

Read about:
-How @inaturalist secondarily extends plant specimens (inspired by @jmheberling & @huntingbon).

-The first observation of Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun in Virginian.

https://t.co/3k1UIWdsGy

[Ana Rita Simões @anaritagsimoes]

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."

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

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.

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

@champagneflopi Ugh 😩 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

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.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Handing off a draft to a co-author

[Matthew @MatthewSheik]

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