From EAnderson at nature.ca Fri Feb 1 11:20:39 2019 From: EAnderson at nature.ca (Erika Anderson) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 16:20:39 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] SPNHC 2019 Destructive Sampling Symposia Message-ID: Hello all, If you plan on attending the 2019 SPNHC conference this year and have an interest in best practices for destructive sampling, we invite you to submit an abstract to the Best Practices in Destructive Sampling: Methods for Limiting Specimen Information Loss While Maximizing Research Potential symposium. I am looking forward to hearing how other collections weigh the preservation of specimens compared to scientific insights that could be gained through destructive sampling, and ways to minimize specimen loss. Link: https://www.spnhcchicago2019.com/abstract-submission Looking forward to seeing you there! Erika Anderson Curator of Mineralogy Canadian Museum of Nature P.O. 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URL: From bthiers at nybg.org Fri Feb 1 12:32:54 2019 From: bthiers at nybg.org (Thiers, Barbara) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 17:32:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Biological Collections Workshop, Washington DC, 7-8 February 2019 Message-ID: [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97/images/20c38cdd-bf8e-4932-9fac-481751e2ba50.gif] Register Now: Biological Collections: Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions & Options for Sustaining Them Meeting and Workshop February 7-8, 2019 Register now [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/18fe6f8f25ec0bc7509e65e97/images/3130651e-93f4-4b37-bb41-d8768afd1249.jpg] Please join us for a public meeting to examine history and value of biological collections in research and education. Thursday, February 7, 2019 (1:30-5:00pm EST) and Friday, February 8, 2018 (8:30 - 9:50 EST) This meeting is an information-gathering event of the Committee on Biological Collections: Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions and Options for Sustaining Them. The following invited speakers will present and engage in Q&A with the committee: * Pamela M. Henson, Smithsonian Institution Archives * Scott E. Miller, Smithsonian Institution * Sarah George, Natural History Museum of Utah * Jay Labov, Education and Communication Expert (retired) * Emily Meineke, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries * Ignasi Bartomeus, Do?ana Biological Station * Juncai Ma, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences * Breda M. Zimkus, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University During the workshop, the committee will also welcome members of the public to give brief public statements about evidence of ideas for the committee's consideration. Advanced sign-up is required. Input can also be submitted in writing through the study website. All written materials submitted to the committee will be included in the Public Access File created for the Committee and may be quoted in whole or in part in the Committee's report with attribution. View Study Website Here The full agenda is viewable in the "Events" section of the website under "Meeting #2 and Workshop" ________________________________ Join the conversation! Follow @theNASEM on Twitter Use #BioCollections ________________________________ Subscribe for updates! If you aren't already on our study update list, subscribe here. [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-forwardtofriend-48.png] Forward this email [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png] Share [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-twitter-48.png] Tweet [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-linkedin-48.png] Share Dr. Barbara M. Thiers Vice President Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium Curator of Bryophytes Editor, Index Herbariorum President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY 10458-5126 bthiers at nybg.org 718-817-8626 Download: The World's Herbaria 2017 (second Index Herbariorum annual report) Index Herbariorum Registration Form Index Herbariorum Registration Form Example -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nico.franz at asu.edu Fri Feb 1 16:09:44 2019 From: nico.franz at asu.edu (Nico Franz) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 14:09:44 -0700 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] ASU Biocollections -- NEON Biorepository Collections Manager (Environmental & Zoological Samples) Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting. E-mail inquiries are encouraged! ---------- Collections Manager, NEON Biorepository - Environmental & Zoological Samples (Research Specialist) The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Life Sciences is seeking a Collections Manager for the National Ecological Observatory Network Biorepository (NEON - https://www.neonscience.org/). This project is expected to run for 30 years. For each project year, the NEON Biorepository at ASU will receive, process, and make available for research an average of 100,000 biodiversity occurrences sampled at more than 80 sites across the United States. We will facilitate this by creating a data portal to support occurrence discovery and tracking of sample transactions and usage statistics. The collections manager will play a critical role in coordinating these tasks by focusing on a diverse suite of environmental and zoological samples that include: thousands of frozen and room temperature-preserved soil samples, wet depositions from terrestrial sites, microbial samples; and furthermore, an array of zoological samples - primarily arthropods (insects, arachnids) and vertebrate samples or specimens (e.g., mammals, fish). The position is therefore relatively broad in scope, and will complement existing positions focused primarily on managing cryo and invertebrate collections. Candidates who consider themselves capable of handling the environmental samples and also have a zoological (in-/vertebrate) concentration that would complement existing strengths of the NEON Biorepository team, are strongly encouraged to apply. An ability to develop new data products to leverage the research potential of environmental/zoological NEON Biorepository samples with the greater community is highly desired. Inquiries can be directed to nico.franz at asu.edu . Envisioned start date: April 1st, 2019. For more position details and to apply, 1. Go to https://cfo.asu.edu/applicant 2. Click on "External Staff" 3. Search for "49069BR" (or "NEON") ---------- Nico M. Franz, Ph.D. School of Life Sciences Arizona State University E-mail: nico.franz at asu.edu Web: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1804402 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From troberts at nhm.org Fri Feb 1 18:50:54 2019 From: troberts at nhm.org (Trina Roberts) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 15:50:54 -0800 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job: Associate Registrar, Natural History Museum of LA County Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Natural History Museum of LA County has a new opening for an Associate Registrar. This person will work closely with both Research & Collections and Exhibitions staff on in-house exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, incoming loans, outgoing exhibition loans, and other projects. See the full description and application link on our recruitment site at: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=e6a274d5-7f43-43d4-a662-0896124bcd29&jobId=89133 Or click on the "Careers" link at the bottom of the NHMLA webpage, choose "Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County," and find this job in the list. -- Trina E. Roberts, Ph.D. Associate VP, Collections Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 900 Exposition Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 213-763-3330 troberts at nhm.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jay.Cordeiro at umb.edu Sat Feb 2 10:58:00 2019 From: Jay.Cordeiro at umb.edu (Jay R Cordeiro) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 15:58:00 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] announcement invertebrate zoology session at Northeast Natural History Conference Message-ID: Dear Friends and Colleagues I will be chairing a special session on invertebrate zoology at this year?s Northeast Natural History Conference, April 12-14 2019 in Springfield, USA (https://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2019/NENHC2019.shtml). Depending on response, we may split the session into more narrow topics. I am herein soliciting presentation abstracts for the session. The Northeast Natural History Conference is great for biologists, resource managers, naturalists, artists, faculty and students to share information on all aspects of natural science in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. The conference has always provided an opportunity to network among peers, friends, and colleagues. Topics can be very broad covering all aspects of invertebrate zoology (marine, freshwater, or terrestrial) and, depending on response, we may divide into multiple sessions. Please note, if your presentation relates to earthworms (oligochaetes), we have a special session planned specifically for this topic. The session will run a total of 90 minutes (twice that amount if we receive several submissions in which case we will divide into multiple sessions), with the general structure as follows: a few minutes for session overview by me and introduction then 18 minute presentations to follow with two minutes for questions/answers. If you are interested, please contact (RSVP) me DIRECTLY at 508-494-8764 or unionid at comcast.net and/or submit an abstract to directly to me. I apologize for the late announcement but abstract SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THIS SESSION is February 18th, 2019. Submit your title and abstract to me at unionid at comcast.net. If you can just please minimally get a title to me by then so we can make a schedule and post program speakers online. Participation is first come- first served so get your abstract in early. Presenters must register for the conference and pay the applicable registration fee. Registration information can be found at: https://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2019/registration/registration-form.shtml along with a link to the registration form. A call for presentations is located here: https://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2019/callforpresentations.shtml Presentation guidelines are available at https://www.eaglehill.us/NENHC_2019/guidelines/oral-presentations.shtml . Please consider joining me at this regional meeting. I have been every year since its founding and it is entertaining, informative, and fun. Also consider bringing your students along. We encourage student oral and poster presentation and registration is discounted for students. Please feel free to forward this announcement to others who might be interested. Thanks and I look forward to a great conference. Sincerely, Jay Jay Cordeiro Northeast Natural History & Supply And Massachusetts Audubon Society 24 North Grove Street Middleboro, MA 02346 508-494-8764 unionid at comcast.net https://sites.google.com/site/northeastnaturalhistory/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Buffalo Bill Center of the West is the leading museum complex focusing upon the multi-faceted stories of the American west. Its five constituent museums, including the Draper Natural History Museum, work together in fulfilling the organization's mission to educate and inspire global audiences through an authentic experience with the American West. The DNHM curator directs and manages the operations, exhibitions, educational programming, research and collections development and care of the DNHM in accordance with the Center and DNHM missions. The position requires an individual who enjoys and excels at working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, including staff, board, advisors, volunteers, government agencies and researchers. The successful candidate will minimally hold at least a master's degree in in one or more areas of natural history, education or environmental science and have at least 3 to 5 years' experience in a museum environment. He/she will be required to have demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills and possesses good general knowledge of natural history/ecology in the American West and with preferred knowledge of the Greater Yellowstone region. The Center offers competitive salary, full benefits package to include vacation, retirement plan, health, dental, vision life and disability insurance and other benefits. For a detailed job description, refer to the Job Opportunities portion of the BBHC's website: https://centerofthewest.org/. Interested applicants should submit a letter of application to include current cover letter and resume to terryh at centerofthewest.org. EOE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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When: February 12, 2019 at 3pm ET Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Presenters: Carla Cicero (Staff Curator of Birds, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology), Angela Linn (Senior Collections Manager, Ethnology & History), and Beth Wommack (Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates) Abstract: Arctos currently serves ca. 775,000 media records with associated metadata including photos, documents, audio and video recordings, and CT scans. This webinar will provide an overview of how the Arctos data model manages media and makes them available for users. We will cover the types of media in Arctos, different ways of searching media, the process for creating media, and how to relate media to other Arctos data including specimens, collecting events, agents, projects, taxonomy, transactions, and other media. We also will show how Arctos tools are used to tag keywords in media records (e.g., catalog ledgers) to aid in finding. We will give examples of different types of media and media relationships in Arctos, and will discuss how media enrich the value of other data for biological, cultural, and social studies. Can't Make It?: View archived recordings here https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/ This is the 14th in a series of webinars on Arctos brought to you by the Arctos Working Group and kindly hosted by iDigBio. Emily Braker Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section University of Colorado Museum of Natural History 265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building Boulder, CO 80309-0218 Phone: 303-492-8466 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Mon Feb 4 12:47:54 2019 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 17:47:54 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. AIBS Public Policy Report AIBS Public Policy Report, Volume 20, Issue 3, February 4, 2019 * Government Opens Temporarily as Longest Shutdown in History Ends * Report Details Attacks on Federal Science, Urges Congressional Oversight * Invitation: Meeting and Workshop on Biological Collections * NASEM Convenes Panel on Safeguarding U.S. Bioeconomy * Participate in 2019 Congressional Visits Day * Short Takes * EPA Appoints Climate Skeptic to Science Advisory Board * House Passes Legislation to Raise Federal Salaries * Natural Resources Committee Announces Subcommittee Leaders * Appropriators Express Concerns Over Unknown Costs of NIFA, ERS Relocation * From the Federal Register * Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center ________________________________ The AIBS Public Policy Report is distributed broadly by email every two weeks to the AIBS membership. Any interested party may self-subscribe to receive these free reports by email or RSS news feed, by going to www.aibs.org/public-policy-reports. With proper attribution to AIBS, all material from these reports may be reproduced or forwarded. AIBS staff appreciates receiving copies of materials used. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact the AIBS Director of Public Policy, Robert Gropp, at 202-628-1500 x 250. ________________________________ Government Opens Temporarily as Longest Shutdown in History Ends The 35-day partial government shutdown ended on January 25, 2019, after President Trump announced a deal with congressional leaders to reopen the government for three weeks during which time a conference committee would negotiate the homeland security provisions of the fiscal year (FY) 2019 appropriations ? the legislation that funds border security. Congress quickly passed a continuing resolution on the same day the deal was announced to fund until February 15 agencies that had been shuttered since December 22. The legislation did not include funding for the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Disagreement between the President and Congress on border wall funding had prompted the government shutdown. ?This is an opportunity for all parties to work together for the benefit of our whole beautiful, wonderful nation,? said the President. He added, ?If we don?t get a fair deal from Congress, the government will either shut down on February 15th, again, or I will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the Constitution of the United States to address this emergency,? alluding to declaring a disaster in order to make funding available for the border wall. Congressional appropriators on the conference committee have initiated talks over appropriations and border security and are hopeful that a deal will be reached before the 3-week deadline. ?Except for Homeland Security, we are very close to agreement on the six appropriations bills. While we have some differences on disaster relief and recovery, I believe we can come to a speedy agreement there, as well,? said House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY). An agreement on Homeland Security funding is yet to be reached, with Democratic lawmakers insisting on not allocating any funding for the border wall. E&E News reported that Senate Republicans favor a combination of physical barriers, more security personnel, and expanded technology. Although, the President has ensured that all federal workers will receive their back pay ?very quickly or as soon as possible,? the shutdown is expected to have long term impacts on the operations of the agencies that were shuttered for more than a month. Research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will need to spend significant effort in resuming operations and catching up on the work they were unable to perform during the course of the shutdown. At NSF, this includes processing frozen award transactions and scheduling more than a hundred review panels that were suspended as a result of the shutdown. In January, AIBS issued a statement expressing concern for the long-term impacts of the shutdown and urging that the government be funded. AIBS also endorsed the call from a large coalition of scientific societies and universities that urged the President and Congress to end the government shutdown and provide $8.175 billion to NSF for FY 2019. Read the letter from the Coalition for National Science Funding here: https://cnsf.us/statements/CNSF_Partial_Government_Shutdown_Letter_1.23.19.pdf Report Details Attacks on Federal Science, Urges Congressional Oversight A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) asserts that the Trump Administration has sidelined science when making critical decisions. The report details an extensive list of instances where science was undermined in the first two years of the Administration. The report, ?The State of Science in the Trump Era,? urges Congress to investigate such policies and decisions and pass legislation to reinforce the role of science at federal agencies. UCS lists 80 examples of ?attacks on science? across agencies, ranging from censorship of scientific findings, sidelining science advisory committees, restricting conference attendance, and halting, editing, or suppressing studies. A significant proportion of the listed incidents occurred at the Environmental Protection Agency. ?The administration is trying to accomplish its goals by pushing science out of the process,? said Jacob Carter, lead author on the report and a research scientist at UCS. ?Science is being silenced, in a truly unprecedented way ? and we?re all paying the cost.? The report offers detailed recommendations for Congress to use its oversight powers to ensure that policy decisions are supported by scientific evidence and urges lawmakers to investigate the possibility of ?inappropriate corporate influence?. ?For the first time in two years, we could see some meaningful checks and balances in Washington,? said Carter, referring to Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives after the 2018 midterm elections. ?There?s a lot of damage to undo, but we have a roadmap to get there.? Invitation: Meeting and Workshop on Biological Collections The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is organizing a public meeting of the Committee on Biological Collections: Their Past, Present, and Future Contributions and Options for Sustaining Them. The meeting is intended to examine history and value of biological collections in research and education. More information about the study and the meeting is available at https://www8.nationalacademies.org/pa/projectview.aspx?key=51270 Members of the public are welcome to give brief public statements for the committee?s consideration. Input can also be submitted in writing through the study website. All written materials submitted to the committee will be included in the Public Access File created for the Committee and may be quoted in whole or in part in the Committee?s report with attribution. The meeting will take place on February 7-8, 2019 at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC. The meeting will also be available via webcast. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biological-collections-their-past-present-and-future-contributions-and-options-for-sustaining-them-tickets-55657594363 NASEM Convenes Panel on Safeguarding U.S. Bioeconomy The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has convened an ad hoc committee to consider strategies for safeguarding and sustaining the bioeconomy, defined as the economic activity driven by research and innovation in the life sciences. The committee has been tasked with outlining the landscape of the U.S. bioeconomy, identifying approaches for assessing the value of the bioeconomy, developing a framework to measure the value of intangible assets, such as datasets and intellectual property, and identifying potential economic and national security risks and policy gaps. According to NASEM, ?Maintaining competitiveness in the bioeconomy is key to maintaining the economic health and security of the United States and other nations. This study is being undertaken to define and assess the scope of U.S. bioeconomy.? In their final consensus report, the panel will identify multiple approaches to safeguarding the bioeconomy, provide analyses of the pros and cons of each strategy, and recommend the most effective strategies to protect the technologies, data, and other intellectual property, while sustaining innovation and growth. Read more about the study at http://nas-sites.org/dels/studies/bioeconomy/ Participate in 2019 Congressional Visits Day Join the American Institute of Biological Sciences on March 26-27 for our annual Congressional Visits Day in Washington, DC. Meet with your members of Congress to help them understand the important role the federal government plays in supporting the biological sciences. Advocate for federal investments in biological sciences research supported by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies. Participants will complete a communications and advocacy training program provided by AIBS that prepares them to be effective advocates for their science. AIBS also provides participants with background information and materials, as well as arranges meetings with lawmakers. Supplemental training program: In conjunction with the 2019 Congressional Visits Day, AIBS is offering its highly acclaimed Communications Boot Camp for Scientists. This professional development training course will be offered on March 25-26. All participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion indicating that they have successfully completed 12 hours of communications training. This professional development training program provides practical instruction and interactive exercises designed to help scientists (e.g. researchers, graduate students, professionals, educators) translate scientific information for non-technical audiences and to effectively engage with decision-makers and the news media. For more information and to register for the training program click here. Scientists and graduate students who are interested in communicating the importance of federal investments in scientific research and education to lawmakers are encouraged to participate in this important event. Express your interest in participating in the event by registering. Registration will close on February 15, 2019. Space is limited and it may not be possible to accommodate the participation of all interested individuals. Register at: https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/congressional_visits_day.html Short Takes * Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler has announced the appointment of eight new members to the Agency?s Science Advisory Board. Among the new members is John Christy, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Alabama and a prominent critic of mainstream climate science. Christy has previously advocated for a ?red team-blue team? debate on climate science. Other new members include mainstream academicians and consultants. * House lawmakers have passed legislation that would raise salaries for federal civilian employees by 2.6 percent for 2019. The pay hike is intended to match a raise approved by the President for the military in 2019 and end a pay freeze implemented by him for civilian employees. An equivalent bill has also been introduced in the Senate. Last year, the Senate passed similar legislation providing a 1.9 percent salary hike to the federal workforce, but the bill failed to pass in the House. * House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ra?l Grijalva (D-AZ) has announced who will helm the panels subcommittees during the 116th Congress. Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM), a freshman, will head the National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) will chair the Water, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittee, and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) will chair the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee. * In an explanatory statement accompanying the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Agriculture-Rural Development-Food and Drug Administration appropriations bill, appropriators have expressed concerns over the unknown costs of relocating the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) outside the national capital region. The statement reads, ?Insufficient information and justification relating to the reorganization and relocation make moving forward on these proposals premature at this time.? Appropriators have directed the Department of Agriculture to include cost estimates for the proposed relocation in its budget justifications for FY 2020. According to Agriculture Secretary Perdue, USDA is currently reviewing proposals by communities and universities to host the ERS and NIFA operations and is on track to complete the move by the end of 2019. Last year, 107 stakeholder organizations, including AIBS, urged Congress to scrutinize the proposal to relocate NIFA. From the Federal Register The following items appeared in the Federal Register from January 22 to February 1, 2019. For more information on these or other recent items, please visit the AIBS Federal Register Resource at www.aibs.org/federal-register-resource/index.html. Week Ending 1 February 2019 Health and Human Services * National Cancer Institute Notice of Meeting * National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Notice of Meeting * National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors; Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments Week Ending 25 January 2019 Health and Human Services * Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center Quick, free, easy, effective, impactful! Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center. The Legislative Action Center is a one-stop shop for learning about and influencing science policy. Through the website, users can contact elected officials and sign-up to interact with lawmakers. The website offers tools and resources to inform researchers about recent policy developments. The site also announces opportunities to serve on federal advisory boards and to comment on federal regulations. 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Will preserve, protect and guarantee the survival and future accessibility of collections for research, teaching, and exhibition purposes in accordance with accepted professional ethical codes, such as the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC). Required Education and Experience: A Master's degree from a recognized conservation training program and at least five years of experience as an Objects Conservator. Qualifications: * Substantial knowledge of chemistry and appropriate analytical techniques for materials analysis and development of treatments. * Substantial knowledge of a wide range of approaches to conservation treatments. * Proven ability to build and maintain influence and trust with a wide array of constituencies and to work both collaboratively and independently in an organized and productive manner. Flexible and friendly team player with a professional manner. * Strong written, editing, and oral communication skills. Ability to supervise and mentor individuals and provide immediate feedback to improve performance. * Strong work ethic and ability to excel in a fast-paced, results oriented, and community environment. Highly proficient at managing multiple priorities while exceeding expectations. Resourceful in solving problems, and the ability to demonstrate grace and professionalism under pressure. * Preferred Education and Experience: Achievements in conservation publications. External fund raising. Experience in public outreach. Application: For more information and immediate consideration, please apply online at http://bit.ly/2HkCPQ5. Please be sure to reference this website when applying for this position. We invite you to discover the excitement, diversity, rewards and excellence of a career at Yale University. One of the country's great workplaces, Yale University offers exciting opportunities for meaningful accomplishment and true growth. 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PRI houses one of the largest collections of invertebrate fossils in North America, with particular strengths in Cenozoic mollusks from the Western Hemisphere, and marine invertebrates of the northeastern U.S., especially the Devonian of central New York. Applications should include a brief (one page) description of the research project, a budget justification and a letter of recommendation. Application deadline is March 15, 2019. Please e-mail your application material to Dr. Gregory P. Dietl, Curator of Cenozoic Invertebrates at gpd3 at cornell.edu. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jpandey at aibs.org Wed Feb 6 11:28:52 2019 From: jpandey at aibs.org (Jyotsna Pandey) Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 11:28:52 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Participate in the 2019 AIBS Congressional Visits Day Message-ID: Join the American Institute of Biological Sciences on March 26-27, 2019 for our annual Congressional Visits Day in Washington, DC. Meet with your members of Congress to help them understand the important role the federal government plays in supporting the biological sciences. Advocate for federal investments in biological sciences research supported by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies. Participants will complete a communications and advocacy training program provided by AIBS that prepares them to be effective advocates for their science. AIBS also provides participants with background information and materials, as well as arranges meetings with lawmakers. *Optional training program: *In conjunction with the 2019 AIBS Congressional Visits Day, AIBS is offering its highly acclaimed Communications Boot Camp for Scientists . This professional development training course will be offered on March 25-26. All participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion indicating that they have successfully completed 12 hours of communications training. This professional development training program provides practical instruction and interactive exercises designed to help scientists (e.g. researchers, graduate students, professionals, educators) translate scientific information for non-technical audiences and to effectively engage with decision-makers and the news media. For more information and to register for the training program go to: https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html Scientists and graduate students who are interested in communicating the importance of federal investments in scientific research and education to lawmakers are encouraged to participate in this important event. Participants are responsible for their own travel costs. The ideal participant will: - Work in a scientific profession or be enrolled in graduate school. - Be able to speak about the importance of biological research funded by federal agencies (e.g. NSF, NIH, USDA). - Provide compelling examples from their own experiences. 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URL: From neumann at snsb.de Thu Feb 7 11:10:48 2019 From: neumann at snsb.de (Dirk Neumann) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 17:10:48 +0100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Barcode reader for Matrix (TM) plates / ThermoFisher Message-ID: <6d99499e-c3ea-386c-b296-4bc3152aa226@snsb.de> Dear all, are there any alternatives (i.e. except the ThermoFisher VisionMate) for the reliable scanning of 2D barcoded tubes in Matrix racks (https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/3710) ThermoFisher no longer supports driver updates for their old VisionMate models (which still work perfectly fine), but want you to buy a new one instead - which is kind of annoying and not too inexpensive. Also, the old VisionMate had constant issues when attempting to scan (still) frozen racks, but apparently there are not too many alternatives (Tracxer Code Reader by Micronic / Ziath offers barcode reads without giving much details). Any recommendations or comments are highly appreciated ... Thanks in advance Dirk -- Dirk Neumann Tel: 089 / 8107-111 Fax: 089 / 8107-300 *new email: neumann(a)snsb.de* Postanschrift: Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns Zoologische Staatssammlung M?nchen Dirk Neumann, Sektion Ichthyologie / DNA-Storage M?nchhausenstr. 21 81247 M?nchen Besuchen Sie unsere Sammlung: http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/ --------- Dirk Neumann Tel: +49-89-8107-111 Fax: +49-89-8107-300 *new email: neumann(a)snsb.de* postal address: Bavarian Natural History Collections The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Dirk Neumann, Section Ichthyology / DNA-Storage Muenchhausenstr. 21 81247 Munich (Germany) Visit our section at: http://www.zsm.mwn.de/sektion/ichthyologie-home/ From cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu Thu Feb 7 15:17:13 2019 From: cindy-opitz at uiowa.edu (Opitz, Cindy E) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 20:17:13 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job posting: University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums Message-ID: From: Crooks, Liz A Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 1:37 PM To: Opitz, Cindy E ; Preston, Byron C ; DeSpain, Julia M ; Smith, Jessica M ; Honary, Shereena R Subject: job posting All: Our newly created Programming & Outreach Educator posting went live today! Please share the posting widely. I'm excited we're able to offer this opportunity to an emerging museum professional! Liz Liz Crooks | Interim Director Pentacrest Museums 10 Macbride Hall | Iowa City, IA 52242 p. 319.335.1313 | e. liz-crooks at uiowa.edu mnh.uiowa.edu oldcap.uiowa.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Paleontology & Geology Collections Manager *(Program Operations Specialist) The University of Washington Burke Museum invites applications for the full-time position of collections manager of paleontology and geology. The Burke Museum, located on the university campus in Seattle, is a repository for research collections and has substantial exhibit and K-16 outreach programs. Fossil collections at the Burke Museum are actively growing and include over three million specimens distributed in several subdisciplines: vertebrate paleontology, paleobotany (including pollen and phytoliths), invertebrate paleontology, and micropaleontology. A smaller collection of minerals and meteorites is also part of the divisional holdings. Currently, the fossil collections are managed by four half-time faculty curators, one full-time fossil lab manager, and one collections manager. The volume of the collection exceeds proportionally the number of individuals tasked with managing both the specimens and the accompanying digital resources. This position must support diverse paleontogy collections, to include vertebrate paleontology, invertebrate paleontology, paleobotany,micropaleontology, and geology, on and off-site. Each collection must be managed appropriately, and each set of data is housed in a different database file. There is much work to be done to bring all of the collections under the appropriate level of care and organization, as the use of the collections for research is determined by their accessibility both digitally and tangibly. *Basic Functions:* The successful candidate will assist the curators in day-to-day collections operations. Specific responsibilities include: *Management and Maintenance of Collections: * 75% *Growth of the Collections:* 10% *Public Outreach:* 15% *Required Qualifications:* ? Masters Degree in Paleobiology or related field ? Four to five years related work experience ? Proficient experience with computer databases and online access of natural history collections *Desired Qualifications:* ? PhD in Paleobiology or related field ? Experience with GPS mapping and GIS technology ? Experience with MySQL or related relational database systems ? Experience writing funded grant proposals *Conditions of Employment: * ? Work in a lab that is visible to the public; work weekends as scheduled *Application Process:* The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Here is the link: UW Hires UW Req # 164053 Paleontology & Geology Collections Manager -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tracey.Bauer at ncdenr.gov Fri Feb 8 12:16:44 2019 From: Tracey.Bauer at ncdenr.gov (Bauer, Tracey C) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 17:16:44 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Job Opening: Collections Manager, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Message-ID: Collections Manager (Museum Curator I) Salary: $19.00 Hourly Job Type: Temporary Full-Time (11-month) Job Number: 37742 Closing: 2/22/2019 5:00 PM Eastern Location: Carteret County, NC Prospective candidates can apply at the following website: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/northcarolina/jobs/2347667/collections-manager-museum-curator-1-carteret-county-temporary-solutions Summary: The Collections Manager is a professional position that will involve the development of a curatorial program for a large biological structure collection at the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF). This biological structure collection includes fish otoliths and scales, but may in the future include tissue samples as well. Technical and collections management expertise is essential for the successful design of an organizational scheme and the implementation of the chosen collections management database software, Specify. To accomplish this, the position will work with Specify staff and NCDMF IT to launch Specify for use with our collection. The position will also train NCDMF staff on how to use Specify. The position will create work flows and conservation guidelines concerning the addition of new samples to the collection, the transfer of samples from one storage location to another, completion of loans of samples, and any other guidelines for the long-term preservation of samples. In addition, the position will set up a barcoding system and integrate it with Specify. A successful candidate must be highly motivated, an excellent problem-solver, and able to work independently or with assigned staff. There is additional opportunities associated with this position, including potentially helping out with fish sampling field work. This temporary position is located in Morehead City/Carteret County, North Carolina. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies: [NOTE: Qualified applicants must meet and reflect on their application training and experience and all knowledge, skills, abilities and any experience or competencies specified in the supplemental question(s) to be considered.] * Knowledge of curatorial methods including collections conservation (i.e. archival methods), workflow design and implementation, database standards and design, and general collections maintenance. * Organizational skills including a talent for detailed work. * Ability to work with minimal supervision. * Ability to effectively oversee work activities and provide training and direction to assigned staff, including volunteers. Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Art History, Biology, Botany Conservation, Education, History or Zoology from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of museum or related work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Management Preferences: Experience using the biological collections management database software Specify. Tracey Bauer Marine Fisheries Biologist Division of Marine Fisheries Department of Environmental Quality 252-808-8159 CDO office tracey.bauer at ncdenr.gov 5285 Highway 70 West Morehead City, NC 28557 [http://portal.ncdenr.org/image/image_gallery?uuid=eb8895ed-1ff7-4c6d-b5e8-9ba34b0ef10a&groupId=38337&t=1446219109425] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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But you are in luck that you belong to a University with a fully staffed ES&H department that surely can help you through this. Best regards, Kathryn Makos, MPH CIH (Ret) Smithsonian OSHEM Research Collaborator, NMNH ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 18:38:00 +0000 From: "Nicholson, Kirsten E" To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" Subject: [Nhcoll-l] best methods for cleaning taxidermy mounts when... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" So we had a rather upsetting mouse invasion to a display case offsite that held several mammal and bird mounts inside. I'm going to hazard a guess that these were deer mice rather than house mice because they seemed to be more after the cotton batting on the inside of the birds. They dismantled nearly all the bird mounts and didn't seem to touch any of the mammal mounts. That said, the mammals had mouse droppings on their stands, but otherwise, appeared to be untouched. After carefully looking them over, we decided to brush off obvious signs of mouse activity, bagged them up and placed them in our freezers for a week. My thought after that was to perhaps spray them with EtOH and hepa-vac them while using a gentle brush. Does anyone have any suggestions for the best way to clean these (or would you just dispose of them or what)? Thanks for any assistance! Kirsten [CMU] Kirsten E. Nicholson, Ph.D (she, her, hers) Professor | Biology Dept & Institute for Great Lakes Research | 2104 Biosciences Natural History Curator | Museum of Cultural & Natural History | 103 Rowe Central Michigan University | Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 P: 989-774-3758 or 3829 | F: 989-774-2612 or 3462 E: kirsten.nicholson at cmich.edu Office Hours Spring 2019: Tues. & Thurs., 12-2pm, 2104 Biosciences From emily.braker at colorado.edu Mon Feb 11 14:13:32 2019 From: emily.braker at colorado.edu (Emily M. Braker) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:13:32 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] TOMORROW - Arctos Media Webinar Message-ID: Please join us Tuesday, February 12 for a webinar on Arctos Media. When: February 12, 2019 at 3pm ET Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Presenters: Carla Cicero (Staff Curator of Birds, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology), Angela Linn (Senior Collections Manager, Ethnology & History), and Beth Wommack (Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates) Abstract: Arctos currently serves ca. 775,000 media records with associated metadata including photos, documents, audio and video recordings, and CT scans. This webinar will provide an overview of how the Arctos data model manages media and makes them available for users. We will cover the types of media in Arctos, different ways of searching media, the process for creating media, and how to relate media to other Arctos data including specimens, collecting events, agents, projects, taxonomy, transactions, and other media. We also will show how Arctos tools are used to tag keywords in media records (e.g., catalog ledgers) to aid in finding. We will give examples of different types of media and media relationships in Arctos, and will discuss how media enrich the value of other data for biological, cultural, and social studies. Can't Make It?: View archived recordings here https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/ This is the 14th in a series of webinars on Arctos brought to you by the Arctos Working Group and kindly hosted by iDigBio. 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Participants will complete a communications and advocacy training program provided by AIBS that prepares them to be effective advocates for their science. AIBS also provides participants with background information and materials, as well as arranges meetings with lawmakers. *Optional training program: *In conjunction with the 2019 AIBS Congressional Visits Day, AIBS is offering its highly acclaimed Communications Boot Camp for Scientists . This professional development training course will be offered on March 25-26. All participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion indicating that they have successfully completed 12 hours of communications training. This professional development training program provides practical instruction and interactive exercises designed to help scientists (e.g. researchers, graduate students, professionals, educators) translate scientific information for non-technical audiences and to effectively engage with decision-makers and the news media. For more information and to register for the training program go to: https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/communications_boot_camp.html Scientists and graduate students who are interested in communicating the importance of federal investments in scientific research and education to lawmakers are encouraged to participate in this important event. Participants are responsible for their own travel costs. The ideal participant will: - Work in a scientific profession or be enrolled in graduate school. - Be able to speak about the importance of biological research funded by federal agencies (e.g. NSF, NIH, USDA). - Provide compelling examples from their own experiences. Need more information? Read the frequently asked questions . Registration will close on February 15, 2019. Space is limited and it may not be possible to accommodate the participation of all interested individuals. Register at https://www.aibs.org/public-policy/congressional_visits_day.html . ___________________________________________ Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D. Public Policy Manager American Institute of Biological Sciences 1201 New York Avenue, NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225 www.aibs.org Follow us on Twitter! @AIBS_Policy -- This message is confidential and should only be read by its intended recipients.? If you have received it in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From BilyeuE at si.edu Thu Feb 14 11:07:03 2019 From: BilyeuE at si.edu (Bilyeu, Erin) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 16:07:03 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Calling All Registrars! Message-ID: I'm reaching out to all Registrars who are attending the 2019 Chicago SPNHC Conference. Wish that you knew more natural history registrars who might have insights regarding the complexities of biodiversity, legal collecting or (gasp!) exhibit loans? Want to get to know like-minded people who you can bounce ideas off of? Interested in just getting to know other registrars? Along with Sarah Loudin, Museum Registrar at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, I'm looking to put together an unofficial happy hour meet-up during this year's SPNHC conference in Chicago. We'll be providing icebreaker questions to facilitate conversation, but this is also meant to be a social gathering. If you are interested in meeting up or even just to introduce yourself as a natural history registrar, please contact me off list at bilyeue at si.edu. Erin K. Bilyeu Registration Technician Office of the Registrar, Collections Program MRC 170 Rm 85 National Museum of Natural History 10th Street & Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20560 w 202.633.1626 c 414.477.2466 email bilyeue at si.edu The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) complies with all U.S. export and sanctions laws, as well as fish, wildlife and other regulations applicable to the importation and exportation of specimens and research materials. Please consider the country of origin and nature of any specimen, sample, object or material shipped to NMNH, and if applicable, ensure that it is properly licensed and otherwise compliant with U.S. law prior to shipment. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thanukos at berkeley.edu Thu Feb 14 13:46:17 2019 From: thanukos at berkeley.edu (Anna Thanukos) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:46:17 -0800 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query Message-ID: Hello all, I'm an educator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. For a grant we are submitting, I'm trying to come up with an estimate of the number of natural history collections there are in the United States (a bonus would be estimating how many of these lack significant public spaces and are mainly for scientific use). Any thoughts or rough estimates you have would be helpful. Thanks! Anna Thanukos Principal Editor UC Museum of Paleontology thanukos at berkeley.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dyanega at ucr.edu Thu Feb 14 14:36:48 2019 From: dyanega at ucr.edu (Doug Yanega) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 19:36:48 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9690ddcd-a436-7aad-f306-3356715ba4a7@ucr.edu> On 2/14/19 10:46 AM, Anna Thanukos wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm an educator at the University of California Museum of > Paleontology.? For a grant we are submitting, I'm trying to come up > with an estimate of the number of natural history collections there > are in the United States (a bonus would be estimating how many of > these lack significant public spaces and are mainly for scientific use). > > Any thoughts or rough estimates you have would be helpful. > This may prove helpful: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/codens/codens-inst.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_herbaria_in_North_America The ones with public spaces should be fairly easy to recognize, and it's a safe assumption that most of the rest are strictly for research. Yes, there will be a lot of overlap, but many of these institutions won't have holdings of things like dinosaurs, etc. and won't show up in routine searches for "natural history". Peace, Doug Yanega Dept. of Entomology Entomology Research Museum Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314 skype: dyanega phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's) http://cache.ucr.edu/~heraty/yanega.html "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82 From jldunnum at unm.edu Thu Feb 14 15:04:48 2019 From: jldunnum at unm.edu (Jonathan Dunnum) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:04:48 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Anna, Attached is the most recent survey/directory of the mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere. You can tally the US collections through the directory at the end. Hope this helps a bit. Best, Jon ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan L. Dunnum Ph.D. Senior Collection Manager Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9262 Fax (505) 277-1351 MSB Mammals website: http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/index.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSBDivisionofMammals Shipping Address: Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals University of New Mexico CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204 Albuquerque, NM 87131 ________________________________ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Anna Thanukos Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:46:17 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query Hello all, I'm an educator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. For a grant we are submitting, I'm trying to come up with an estimate of the number of natural history collections there are in the United States (a bonus would be estimating how many of these lack significant public spaces and are mainly for scientific use). Any thoughts or rough estimates you have would be helpful. Thanks! Anna Thanukos Principal Editor UC Museum of Paleontology thanukos at berkeley.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Dunnum McLean Dowler and ASM SCC 2018 Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere_a survey and directory of collections.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 2555681 bytes Desc: Dunnum McLean Dowler and ASM SCC 2018 Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere_a survey and directory of collections.pdf URL: From francois.michonneau at gmail.com Thu Feb 14 15:14:48 2019 From: francois.michonneau at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Michonneau?=) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:14:48 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, When I was working with iDigBio I tried to compile a comprehensive list. It's available here: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/collections# Best, -- Fran?ois On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 1:46 PM Anna Thanukos wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm an educator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. > For a grant we are submitting, I'm trying to come up with an estimate of > the number of natural history collections there are in the United States (a > bonus would be estimating how many of these lack significant public spaces > and are mainly for scientific use). > > Any thoughts or rough estimates you have would be helpful. > > Thanks! > Anna Thanukos > Principal Editor > UC Museum of Paleontology > thanukos at berkeley.edu > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpaul at fsu.edu Thu Feb 14 15:16:07 2019 From: dpaul at fsu.edu (Deborah Paul) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:16:07 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] estimating collections in the USA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Anna, On 2019-02-14 3:05 PM, Anna Thanukos wrote: > Hello all, I'm an educator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. For a grant we are submitting, I'm trying to come up with an estimate of the number of natural history collections there are in the United States (a bonus would be estimating how many of these lack significant public spaces and are mainly for scientific use). The most robust list of US Collections is likely the resource in the ADBC community hosted and managed by iDigBio. https://www.idigbio.org/portal/collections You can contact Kevin Love (klove at flmnh.ufl.edu) at iDigBio for more information and inquire about how to get more specific stats from our resource. I do not believe we ask about whether or not the collection has a public space or not (research vs research and education/outreach). Hope this helps, Deb -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee SYNTHESYS3 Representative, ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2020) Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366 From lford at oeb.harvard.edu Thu Feb 14 16:34:41 2019 From: lford at oeb.harvard.edu (Ford, Linda S.) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:34:41 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Curatorial Associate, Vertebrate Paleontology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Message-ID: The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University invites applications for the position of Curatorial Associate in Vertebrate Paleontology. Details and application instructions available online at: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?PageType=JobDetails&partnerid=25240&siteid=5341&jobid=1430499#jobDetails=1430499_5341 -- Linda S. Ford, Ph.D. Director, Collections Operations Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA http://www.mcz.harvard.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bayshark at exemail.com.au Thu Feb 14 19:57:43 2019 From: bayshark at exemail.com.au (bayshark at exemail.com.au) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:57:43 +1100 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Oh could be so nice to have similar paper about Entomological collection The Last one was published in last century by Ross Arnett Regards Vratislav _____ From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Jonathan Dunnum Sent: Friday, 15 February 2019 7:05 AM To: Anna Thanukos; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query Hi Anna, Attached is the most recent survey/directory of the mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere. You can tally the US collections through the directory at the end. Hope this helps a bit. Best, Jon ______________________________________________________________ Jonathan L. Dunnum Ph.D. Senior Collection Manager Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9262 Fax (505) 277-1351 MSB Mammals website: http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/index.html Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MSBDivisionofMammals Shipping Address: Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals University of New Mexico CERIA Bldg 83, Room 204 Albuquerque, NM 87131 _____ From: Nhcoll-l on behalf of Anna Thanukos Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:46:17 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] natural history collections query Hello all, I'm an educator at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. For a grant we are submitting, I'm trying to come up with an estimate of the number of natural history collections there are in the United States (a bonus would be estimating how many of these lack significant public spaces and are mainly for scientific use). 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Preference will be given to faculty and student pairs. NHCCN is made of several clubs that are curator-advised, student-driven organizations aimed at enhancing local natural history collections by helping to train student volunteers to assist in curating and managing them. The network represents clubs from all types of universities but seems to most benefit those with small collections as a way to protect and raise enthusiasm for their collections. We are particularly interested in institutions with small collections and/or minority serving institutions but anyone is welcome to apply. Deadline to apply: February 24, 2019 Link to Application: https://goo.gl/forms/Sy9vZIXyLo7mCzCo2? Please contact Kari Harris at kharris at astate.edu for more information. Kari M. 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Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From dpaul at fsu.edu Tue Feb 19 10:19:04 2019 From: dpaul at fsu.edu (Deborah Paul) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:19:04 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Collection Metrics Symposium - SPNHC 2019 Message-ID: <0ae16082-034f-512c-591c-152c24f9000b@fsu.edu> Hello All, Today's the last day to get your abstract into the mix at SPNHC 2019. If you've got insights about metrics and collections, about your metrics needs locally and globally, please submit an abstract for our consideration. We've a few spots left. RE: Collecting Measures of Success bits from the symposium abstract Biocollections and collections data facilitate many important activities including research, curation, education, outreach, and policy-development. While the value of collection objects and related data seems obvious for those using them, it is often difficult to gather metrics needed to convey and communicate collections-related activities and their importance. Tracking and reporting on the myriad of activities going on in collections is time-consuming and often not coordinated or automated. Comparing metrics across departments and across institutions offers valuable insights but is not easy to do with current infrastructure, standards, or policy. To do this, consistency on what to count and report is increasingly important both within and across institutions. ... In this symposium, speakers will share stories and strategies, of metrics readily available, in development, and only just dreamt about. We also plan to encourage those attending to share their metrics stories. In anticipation of your stories, Deb (iDigBio), Shelley James (RBGS), David Shorthouse (CMN) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee ICEDIG External Advisory Board Member Vice Chair, Biodiversity Information Standards Organisation (TDWG)(2019-2020) Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Tue Feb 19 13:22:50 2019 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:22:50 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] FW: Science Policy News from AIBS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. 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The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Fri Feb 22 10:00:41 2019 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:00:41 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tom We have used vials within jars to keep tissue vouchers separate and prevent cross-contamination. You can vary the vials size based on the size of the fish and as such it shouldn't take up too much more space - even though it will take up a lot more of your time :). Having said that I wonder how much cross-contamination you would get after the fish have been preserved? Not sure that there would be much floating around in the liquid after preservation that wouldn't be drowned out by sending a tissue sample from the original fish for analysis. My two cents... Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:42 PM To: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From prc44 at drexel.edu Fri Feb 22 10:03:18 2019 From: prc44 at drexel.edu (Callomon,Paul) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:03:18 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Andy, What kind of stopper do you use in vials that are submerged in fluid? Presumably they must be impermeable, to prevent cross-contamination, but does e. g. polypropylene last well under full immersion? I know that phenolic does not - it will leach into alcohol after only a few years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:01 AM To: Thomas Labedz ; NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom We have used vials within jars to keep tissue vouchers separate and prevent cross-contamination. You can vary the vials size based on the size of the fish and as such it shouldn't take up too much more space - even though it will take up a lot more of your time :). Having said that I wonder how much cross-contamination you would get after the fish have been preserved? Not sure that there would be much floating around in the liquid after preservation that wouldn't be drowned out by sending a tissue sample from the original fish for analysis. My two cents... Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:42 PM To: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abentley at ku.edu Fri Feb 22 10:08:18 2019 From: abentley at ku.edu (Bentley, Andrew Charles) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:08:18 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Paul We very rarely have whole specimens stored in ethanol for DNA extraction. In most cases, tissue samples are removed from vouchers and stored in our cryogenic facility and the vouchers fixed in formalin and then preserved in ethanol. We don't use a fully non-permeable solution but instead use polyester fiber batting. Again, I doubt that there would be much if any cross-contamination as the fluid is not moving or mixing very much within the jar and, as mentioned before, I doubt that there would be much in the liquid anyway but I may be wrong. Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Callomon,Paul Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:03 AM To: Bentley, Andrew Charles ; Thomas Labedz ; NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: RE: eDNA voucher question Hi Andy, What kind of stopper do you use in vials that are submerged in fluid? Presumably they must be impermeable, to prevent cross-contamination, but does e. g. polypropylene last well under full immersion? I know that phenolic does not - it will leach into alcohol after only a few years. PC Paul Callomon Collection Manager, Malacology and General Invertebrates ________________________________ Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA callomon at ansp.org Tel 215-405-5096 - Fax 215-299-1170 From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:01 AM To: Thomas Labedz >; NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom We have used vials within jars to keep tissue vouchers separate and prevent cross-contamination. You can vary the vials size based on the size of the fish and as such it shouldn't take up too much more space - even though it will take up a lot more of your time :). Having said that I wonder how much cross-contamination you would get after the fish have been preserved? Not sure that there would be much floating around in the liquid after preservation that wouldn't be drowned out by sending a tissue sample from the original fish for analysis. My two cents... Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:42 PM To: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simmons.johne at gmail.com Fri Feb 22 10:26:19 2019 From: simmons.johne at gmail.com (John E Simmons) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:26:19 -0500 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tom, I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish from which DNA will be extracted in the future? You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting question. If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in alcohol. Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica *and* Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University *and* Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz wrote: > Greetings from snowy central North America! > > Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and > maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual > fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a > separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross > contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but > will utilize lots of space and containers. > > Thomas > > Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager > > Division of Zoology and Division of Botany > > University of Nebraska State Museum > > Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. > > tlabedz1 at unl.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. > Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tlabedz1 at unl.edu Fri Feb 22 10:31:06 2019 From: tlabedz1 at unl.edu (Thomas Labedz) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:31:06 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NHCOLL readers In an attempt to clarify my question to another responder I?ve copied below a more thorough explanation. Thanks to you all for your time and knowledge. Thomas Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum The DNA work was done at another university, one that does not have collections to maintain vouchers. The DNA was collected and analyzed from these vouchers, the paper written and submitted for publication, and the author/researcher wants to deposit the individual fish as vouchers. Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) are small, the largest maybe 5 cm long. My institution does not have any of the removed tissues that were analyzed for DNA, nor any products from that DNA, only the fish themselves. The researcher?s preference is for individual containers for each specimen should someone want to extract new tissue for DNA. Doing so would mean an approximately 10X increase in shelf space and material necessary to maintain these vouchers. Since we do not have the DNA samples or products, and are holding only the fish themselves, I submit that we should individually package each fish with its information but maintain all the samples from the same collecting locality in joint jars (4 jars instead of 35). Yes, cross-contamination would potentially occur between those jointly held samples, but since they are from the same collecting site cross-contamination would also be true in the natural environment where they were collected. Being small one option is to stuff them into individual tubes and put them in the freezers with tissues from other specimens where the vouchers are at this institution. That might work in this case but doesn?t lend itself to ready access for species verification, nor does it function well as policy or protocol should another project produce larger numbers of samples from larger species. Guess I?m addressing the balance between scientific need and budgetary/space constraints. From: John E Simmons Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:26 AM To: Thomas Labedz Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish from which DNA will be extracted in the future? You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting question. If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in alcohol. Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz > wrote: Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu Fri Feb 22 10:49:59 2019 From: rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu (Rob Robins) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:49:59 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Tom, Yes, this is the classic collection manager?s conundrum of: expend labor now to save space or conserve labor now at the expense of space. It looks to me like you can satisfy both your concern over wasted space and the researcher?s concern regarding individual separation of the specimens by: 1. Resampling each fish for dna. 2. Linking those tissue samples to the individual specimens through the use of unique sampling locations on the body or small tags. 3. Archiving the tiny, appropriately labeled tissue vials in an ultracold. 4. Commingling your whole fish voucher specimens in locality/collecting event specific specimen lots (4 containers and not 35). Or in other words, just reproduce the usual protocol for fishes coming from the field to the collection. I?m no DNA specialist, but I would think sampling the tissues now and storing them in the ultracold would also guard against room-temperature degradation of dna (I?m told this is a thing) in the specimens themselves and of course, give you that access to the whole specimens you desire. Best, Rob Robert H. Robins Collection Manager Division of Ichthyology [FLMNH Fishes logo email small] Florida Museum of Natural History 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 Office: (352) 273-1957 Fax: (352) 846-0287 rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu www.flmnh.ufl.edu [Fishes in the FWofF_cover_front resized 33] Search the Collection: http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:31 AM To: John E Simmons Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question NHCOLL readers In an attempt to clarify my question to another responder I?ve copied below a more thorough explanation. Thanks to you all for your time and knowledge. Thomas Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum The DNA work was done at another university, one that does not have collections to maintain vouchers. The DNA was collected and analyzed from these vouchers, the paper written and submitted for publication, and the author/researcher wants to deposit the individual fish as vouchers. Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) are small, the largest maybe 5 cm long. My institution does not have any of the removed tissues that were analyzed for DNA, nor any products from that DNA, only the fish themselves. The researcher?s preference is for individual containers for each specimen should someone want to extract new tissue for DNA. Doing so would mean an approximately 10X increase in shelf space and material necessary to maintain these vouchers. Since we do not have the DNA samples or products, and are holding only the fish themselves, I submit that we should individually package each fish with its information but maintain all the samples from the same collecting locality in joint jars (4 jars instead of 35). Yes, cross-contamination would potentially occur between those jointly held samples, but since they are from the same collecting site cross-contamination would also be true in the natural environment where they were collected. Being small one option is to stuff them into individual tubes and put them in the freezers with tissues from other specimens where the vouchers are at this institution. That might work in this case but doesn?t lend itself to ready access for species verification, nor does it function well as policy or protocol should another project produce larger numbers of samples from larger species. Guess I?m addressing the balance between scientific need and budgetary/space constraints. From: John E Simmons > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:26 AM To: Thomas Labedz > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish from which DNA will be extracted in the future? You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting question. If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in alcohol. Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz > wrote: Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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There is anecdotal evidence that both room temperature and long term alcohol storage degrade DNA over time even though there is very little published work on this. You could then either tag each specimen with a unique tissue number to tie vouchers to tissues or store them in separate vials. This way there would be no worries about future comtaimnation. Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Rob Robins Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:50 AM To: Thomas Labedz ; John E Simmons Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, Yes, this is the classic collection manager?s conundrum of: expend labor now to save space or conserve labor now at the expense of space. It looks to me like you can satisfy both your concern over wasted space and the researcher?s concern regarding individual separation of the specimens by: 1. Resampling each fish for dna. 2. Linking those tissue samples to the individual specimens through the use of unique sampling locations on the body or small tags. 3. Archiving the tiny, appropriately labeled tissue vials in an ultracold. 4. Commingling your whole fish voucher specimens in locality/collecting event specific specimen lots (4 containers and not 35). Or in other words, just reproduce the usual protocol for fishes coming from the field to the collection. I?m no DNA specialist, but I would think sampling the tissues now and storing them in the ultracold would also guard against room-temperature degradation of dna (I?m told this is a thing) in the specimens themselves and of course, give you that access to the whole specimens you desire. Best, Rob Robert H. Robins Collection Manager Division of Ichthyology [FLMNH Fishes logo email small] Florida Museum of Natural History 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 Office: (352) 273-1957 Fax: (352) 846-0287 rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu www.flmnh.ufl.edu [Fishes in the FWofF_cover_front resized 33] Search the Collection: http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/ From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:31 AM To: John E Simmons > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question NHCOLL readers In an attempt to clarify my question to another responder I?ve copied below a more thorough explanation. Thanks to you all for your time and knowledge. Thomas Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum The DNA work was done at another university, one that does not have collections to maintain vouchers. The DNA was collected and analyzed from these vouchers, the paper written and submitted for publication, and the author/researcher wants to deposit the individual fish as vouchers. Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) are small, the largest maybe 5 cm long. My institution does not have any of the removed tissues that were analyzed for DNA, nor any products from that DNA, only the fish themselves. The researcher?s preference is for individual containers for each specimen should someone want to extract new tissue for DNA. Doing so would mean an approximately 10X increase in shelf space and material necessary to maintain these vouchers. Since we do not have the DNA samples or products, and are holding only the fish themselves, I submit that we should individually package each fish with its information but maintain all the samples from the same collecting locality in joint jars (4 jars instead of 35). Yes, cross-contamination would potentially occur between those jointly held samples, but since they are from the same collecting site cross-contamination would also be true in the natural environment where they were collected. Being small one option is to stuff them into individual tubes and put them in the freezers with tissues from other specimens where the vouchers are at this institution. That might work in this case but doesn?t lend itself to ready access for species verification, nor does it function well as policy or protocol should another project produce larger numbers of samples from larger species. Guess I?m addressing the balance between scientific need and budgetary/space constraints. From: John E Simmons > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:26 AM To: Thomas Labedz > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish from which DNA will be extracted in the future? You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting question. If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in alcohol. Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz > wrote: Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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PC From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 11:39 AM To: Rob Robins ; Thomas Labedz ; John E Simmons Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question I would agree completely with this summation after seeing Tom?s explanation. Ideally, tissue should be retaken from these specimens and stored according to best practices in cold storage. There is anecdotal evidence that both room temperature and long term alcohol storage degrade DNA over time even though there is very little published work on this. You could then either tag each specimen with a unique tissue number to tie vouchers to tissues or store them in separate vials. This way there would be no worries about future comtaimnation. Andy A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V Andy Bentley Ichthyology Collection Manager University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute Dyche Hall 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561 USA Tel: (785) 864-3863 Fax: (785) 864-5335 Email: abentley at ku.edu http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu A : A : A : }<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<(((_?>.,.,.,.}<)))_?> V V V From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Rob Robins Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:50 AM To: Thomas Labedz >; John E Simmons > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, Yes, this is the classic collection manager?s conundrum of: expend labor now to save space or conserve labor now at the expense of space. It looks to me like you can satisfy both your concern over wasted space and the researcher?s concern regarding individual separation of the specimens by: 1. Resampling each fish for dna. 2. Linking those tissue samples to the individual specimens through the use of unique sampling locations on the body or small tags. 3. Archiving the tiny, appropriately labeled tissue vials in an ultracold. 4. Commingling your whole fish voucher specimens in locality/collecting event specific specimen lots (4 containers and not 35). Or in other words, just reproduce the usual protocol for fishes coming from the field to the collection. I?m no DNA specialist, but I would think sampling the tissues now and storing them in the ultracold would also guard against room-temperature degradation of dna (I?m told this is a thing) in the specimens themselves and of course, give you that access to the whole specimens you desire. Best, Rob Robert H. Robins Collection Manager Division of Ichthyology [FLMNH Fishes logo email small] Florida Museum of Natural History 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 Office: (352) 273-1957 Fax: (352) 846-0287 rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu www.flmnh.ufl.edu [Fishes in the FWofF_cover_front resized 33] Search the Collection: http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/ From: Nhcoll-l > On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:31 AM To: John E Simmons > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question NHCOLL readers In an attempt to clarify my question to another responder I?ve copied below a more thorough explanation. Thanks to you all for your time and knowledge. Thomas Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum The DNA work was done at another university, one that does not have collections to maintain vouchers. The DNA was collected and analyzed from these vouchers, the paper written and submitted for publication, and the author/researcher wants to deposit the individual fish as vouchers. Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) are small, the largest maybe 5 cm long. My institution does not have any of the removed tissues that were analyzed for DNA, nor any products from that DNA, only the fish themselves. The researcher?s preference is for individual containers for each specimen should someone want to extract new tissue for DNA. Doing so would mean an approximately 10X increase in shelf space and material necessary to maintain these vouchers. Since we do not have the DNA samples or products, and are holding only the fish themselves, I submit that we should individually package each fish with its information but maintain all the samples from the same collecting locality in joint jars (4 jars instead of 35). Yes, cross-contamination would potentially occur between those jointly held samples, but since they are from the same collecting site cross-contamination would also be true in the natural environment where they were collected. Being small one option is to stuff them into individual tubes and put them in the freezers with tissues from other specimens where the vouchers are at this institution. That might work in this case but doesn?t lend itself to ready access for species verification, nor does it function well as policy or protocol should another project produce larger numbers of samples from larger species. Guess I?m addressing the balance between scientific need and budgetary/space constraints. From: John E Simmons > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:26 AM To: Thomas Labedz > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish from which DNA will be extracted in the future? You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting question. If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in alcohol. Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz > wrote: Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. Advertising on NH-COLL-L is inappropriate. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We leave the tubes open to avoid plastics inside the storage fluid as these may release chemical compounds such as softeners. Storage at room temperature for fluid stored tissue samples is not recommended, because you cannot control hydrolysis. If tissues are entirely (freeze)dried, things may be different. All the best Dirk Am 22.02.2019 um 16:49 schrieb Rob Robins: > > Tom, > > Yes, this is the classic collection manager?s conundrum of: expend > labor now to save space or conserve labor now at the expense of space. > > It looks to me like you can satisfy both your concern over wasted > space and the researcher?s concern regarding individual separation of > the specimens by: > > 1.Resampling each fish for dna. > > 2.Linking those tissue samples to the individual specimens through the > use of unique sampling locations on the body or small tags. > > 3.Archiving the tiny, appropriately labeled tissue vials in an ultracold. > > 4.Commingling your whole fish voucher specimens in locality/collecting > event specific specimen lots (4 containers and not 35). > > Or in other words, just reproduce the usual protocol for fishes coming > from the field to the collection. I?m no DNA specialist, but I would > think sampling the tissues now and storing them in the ultracold would > also guard against room-temperature degradation of dna (I?m told this > is a thing) in the specimens themselves and of course, give you that > access to the whole specimens you desire. > > Best, > > Rob > > Robert H. Robins > > Collection Manager > > Division of Ichthyology > > FLMNH Fishes logo email small > > Florida Museum of Natural History > > 1659 Museum Road > > Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 > > Office: (352) 273-1957 > > Fax: (352) 846-0287 > > rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu > > www.flmnh.ufl.edu > > Fishes in the FWofF_cover_front resized 33 > > Search the Collection: > > http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/ > > *From:*Nhcoll-l *On Behalf Of > *Thomas Labedz > *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2019 10:31 AM > *To:* John E Simmons > *Cc:* NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question > > NHCOLL readers > > In an attempt to clarify my question to another responder I?ve copied > below a more thorough explanation. Thanks to you all for your time and > knowledge. > > Thomas Labedz > > University of Nebraska State Museum > > The DNA work was done at another university, one that does not have > collections to maintain vouchers. The DNA was collected and analyzed > from these vouchers, the paper written and submitted for publication, > and the author/researcher wants to deposit the individual fish as > vouchers. Shoal Chub (/Macrhybopsis hyostoma/) are small, the largest > maybe 5 cm long. My institution does not have any of the removed > tissues that were analyzed for DNA, nor any products from that DNA, > only the fish themselves. The researcher?s preference is for > individual containers for each specimen should someone want to extract > new tissue for DNA. Doing so would mean an approximately 10X increase > in shelf space and material necessary to maintain these vouchers. > Since we do not have the DNA samples or products, and are holding only > the fish themselves, I submit that we should individually package each > fish with its information but maintain all the samples from the same > collecting locality in joint jars (4 jars instead of 35). Yes, > cross-contamination would potentially occur between those jointly held > samples, but since they are from the same collecting site > cross-contamination would also be true in the natural environment > where they were collected. Being small one option is to stuff them > into individual tubes and put them in the freezers with tissues from > other specimens where the vouchers are at this institution. That might > work in this case but doesn?t lend itself? to ready access for species > verification, nor does it function well as policy or protocol should > another project produce larger numbers of samples from larger species. > > Guess I?m addressing the balance between scientific need and > budgetary/space constraints. > > *From:*John E Simmons > > *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2019 9:26 AM > *To:* Thomas Labedz > > *Cc:* NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question > > Tom, > > I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are > vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the > specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish > from which DNA will be extracted in the future? > > You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA > from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is > extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, > "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials > found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). > Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen > itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting > question. > > If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has > already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with > polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA > extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in > alcohol. > > Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. > > --John > > > John E. Simmons > Writer and Museum Consultant > > Museologica > /and/ > Associate Curator of Collections > Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery > Penn State University > /and/ > Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia > Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz > wrote: > > Greetings from snowy central North America! > > Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, > treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would > you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher > recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how > they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via > the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots > of space and containers. > > Thomas > > Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager > > Division of Zoology and Division of Botany > > University of Nebraska State Museum > > Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. > > tlabedz1 at unl.edu > > _______________________________________________ > Nhcoll-l mailing list > Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l > > > _______________________________________________ > NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of > Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose > mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of > natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to > society. 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The ?Strategic Planning for Herbaria? course will occur on Fridays from 2:00?3:00 Eastern Standard Time from April 5?May 17, 2019. We anticipate that the course will require 3?5 hours of work per week, including the 1 hour in-class. The goal is to produce a short (5?10 pages) strategic plan for each represented herbarium. Each plan will address vision, mission, stakeholders, strategies, goals, objectives, evaluation, and sustainability, among other things. The process is at least as valuable as the product, and you might find that the exercises benefit your herbarium in unexpected ways. This is the third year that this course will be offered. The course will be capped at 15 participants to ensure adequate opportunities to participate in discussions. We are looking for creative, committed participants who can help us to continue building momentum for this as an annual event. If multiple individuals from an herbarium are interested in participating in the course, we ask that one formally apply and the others participate in the out-of-class exercises and brainstorming sessions. To apply, please fill out this short Google Form by March 18. Admission decisions will be made shortly thereafter. With best regards, Austin Mast (Past-President, Society of Herbarium Curators) and David Jennings (Project Manager, iDigBio) Austin Mast ? Professor ? Department of Biological Science ? 319 Stadium Drive ? Florida State University ? Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 ? U.S.A. ? (850) 645-1500 ? amast at bio.fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tlabedz1 at unl.edu Fri Feb 22 16:28:40 2019 From: tlabedz1 at unl.edu (Thomas Labedz) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:28:40 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you all for your time, knowledge, and generosity. Have a good weekend. Thomas Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Dirk Neumann Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 11:41 AM To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Hi Tom, adding to my and the emails of Andy, John and Paul, the way Rob describes it surely is the best way to do it. In case that you have many small fishes in the same jar, we usually put tissued specimens in open glass tubes in the same jar and add a individual tissue ID into this glass tube. This helps to find tissued vouchers quickly and prevents (hopefully) loss of tags (which are hard to apply to such tiny fishes without damaging them anyway). We leave the tubes open to avoid plastics inside the storage fluid as these may release chemical compounds such as softeners. Storage at room temperature for fluid stored tissue samples is not recommended, because you cannot control hydrolysis. If tissues are entirely (freeze)dried, things may be different. All the best Dirk Am 22.02.2019 um 16:49 schrieb Rob Robins: Tom, Yes, this is the classic collection manager?s conundrum of: expend labor now to save space or conserve labor now at the expense of space. It looks to me like you can satisfy both your concern over wasted space and the researcher?s concern regarding individual separation of the specimens by: 1. Resampling each fish for dna. 2. Linking those tissue samples to the individual specimens through the use of unique sampling locations on the body or small tags. 3. Archiving the tiny, appropriately labeled tissue vials in an ultracold. 4. Commingling your whole fish voucher specimens in locality/collecting event specific specimen lots (4 containers and not 35). Or in other words, just reproduce the usual protocol for fishes coming from the field to the collection. I?m no DNA specialist, but I would think sampling the tissues now and storing them in the ultracold would also guard against room-temperature degradation of dna (I?m told this is a thing) in the specimens themselves and of course, give you that access to the whole specimens you desire. Best, Rob Robert H. Robins Collection Manager Division of Ichthyology [FLMNH Fishes logo email small] Florida Museum of Natural History 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 Office: (352) 273-1957 Fax: (352) 846-0287 rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu www.flmnh.ufl.edu [Fishes in the FWofF_cover_front resized 33] Search the Collection: http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/ From: Nhcoll-l On Behalf Of Thomas Labedz Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:31 AM To: John E Simmons Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question NHCOLL readers In an attempt to clarify my question to another responder I?ve copied below a more thorough explanation. Thanks to you all for your time and knowledge. Thomas Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum The DNA work was done at another university, one that does not have collections to maintain vouchers. The DNA was collected and analyzed from these vouchers, the paper written and submitted for publication, and the author/researcher wants to deposit the individual fish as vouchers. Shoal Chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) are small, the largest maybe 5 cm long. My institution does not have any of the removed tissues that were analyzed for DNA, nor any products from that DNA, only the fish themselves. The researcher?s preference is for individual containers for each specimen should someone want to extract new tissue for DNA. Doing so would mean an approximately 10X increase in shelf space and material necessary to maintain these vouchers. Since we do not have the DNA samples or products, and are holding only the fish themselves, I submit that we should individually package each fish with its information but maintain all the samples from the same collecting locality in joint jars (4 jars instead of 35). Yes, cross-contamination would potentially occur between those jointly held samples, but since they are from the same collecting site cross-contamination would also be true in the natural environment where they were collected. Being small one option is to stuff them into individual tubes and put them in the freezers with tissues from other specimens where the vouchers are at this institution. That might work in this case but doesn?t lend itself to ready access for species verification, nor does it function well as policy or protocol should another project produce larger numbers of samples from larger species. Guess I?m addressing the balance between scientific need and budgetary/space constraints. From: John E Simmons > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 9:26 AM To: Thomas Labedz > Cc: NHCOLL-L at mailman.yale.edu Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] eDNA voucher question Tom, I am not sure I understand the question. Do you mean the fish are vouchers from which DNA has been extracted and you want to keep the specimen separate to link it to the DNA sample, or do you mean fish from which DNA will be extracted in the future? You will get contamination of the alcohol around the specimen from DNA from other specimens if you house them all together because protein is extracted over time by the alcohol (for example, see von Endt 1994, "Spirit collections: a preliminary analysis of some organic materials found in the storage fluid of mammals," Collection Forum 10(1):10-19). Whether that contamination would affect the DNA in the fish specimen itself has not been looked at, to my knowledge, but is an interesting question. If you are storing these as whole-specimen vouchers from which DNA has already been sampled, I would go with Andy's suggestion of vials with polyester fiber plugs. If you are storing these for future DNA extraction, then they should be in 95.6% ETOH if they must be kept in alcohol. Please let me know if I have misunderstood your question. --John John E. Simmons Writer and Museum Consultant Museologica and Associate Curator of Collections Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery Penn State University and Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM Thomas Labedz > wrote: Greetings from snowy central North America! Has anyone developed policy or protocol for the receipt, treatment, and maintenance of eDNA fish voucher specimens? Would you share? The individual fish are small and the researcher recommends keeping each individual in a separate container (how they were delivered) to prohibit cross contamination of DNA via the ethanol solution. That is understandable but will utilize lots of space and containers. Thomas Thomas E. Labedz, Collections Manager Division of Zoology and Division of Botany University of Nebraska State Museum Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A. tlabedz1 at unl.edu _______________________________________________ Nhcoll-l mailing list Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/nhcoll-l _______________________________________________ NHCOLL-L is brought to you by the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), an international society whose mission is to improve the preservation, conservation and management of natural history collections to ensure their continuing value to society. See http://www.spnhc.org for membership information. 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We at EvoKE seek to contribute to a world where people understand evolution and can use scientific knowledge and skills to make informed decisions that address societal problems thereby contributing to an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future. EvoKE is a diverse, open community that was seeded at the?EvoKE 2017 - a successful meeting?that took place in Porto, Portugal. The next meeting - EvoKE 2019 - will take place from 26th to 29th September 2019 in Split, Croatia. During these days, our international and interdisciplinary community will meet to learn, collaborate and develop creative and effective education and outreach projects. We would therefore like to offer workshops and workgroup sessions around five major topics: ? common misconceptions in evolution and how to deal with them; ? personal communication: training in body language and persuasive communication, concluding with a script/screenplay of a short evolutionary stand-up performance; ? how to communicate effectively with media, and how to engage journalists with evolutionary biology work and messages; ? how to organize an outreach event: identifying needs, finding partners and funders, planning actions and engaging with the public; ? how to evaluate the impact of an outreach event and use this information to improve it. ? producing and evaluating educational activities in evolution for different age groups. Do you have experience or expertise in one of the six topics listed? Do you have other great ideas that you could offer to the Evoke community not listed above? Would you like to share your expertise with the EvoKE community? 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For this reason, we are committed to fostering equity, recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and empowering staff members in developing an accessible and inclusive work environment. We also place a strong emphasis on providing an exceptional experience to every guest who visits the Museum or participates in any of our programs. We believe that everyone at NHMU, at every level and in all departments, are a critical part of providing this level of experience. Therefore, all staff members receive ongoing training and are expected to consistently contribute to creating exceptional, memorable, and inclusive experiences for our guests, partners, and the community. Janaki Krishna, Registrar Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH) www.nhmu.utah.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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During these days, our international and interdisciplinary community will meet to learn, collaborate and develop creative and effective education and outreach projects. We would therefore like to offer workshops and workgroup sessions around five major topics: ? common misconceptions in evolution and how to deal with them; ? personal communication: training in body language and persuasive communication, concluding with a script/screenplay of a short evolutionary stand-up performance; ? how to communicate effectively with media, and how to engage journalists with evolutionary biology work and messages; ? how to organize an outreach event: identifying needs, finding partners and funders, planning actions and engaging with the public; ? how to evaluate the impact of an outreach event and use this information to improve it. ? producing and evaluating educational activities in evolution for different age groups. Do you have experience or expertise in one of the six topics listed? Do you have other great ideas that you could offer to the Evoke community not listed above? Would you like to share your expertise with the EvoKE community? Then apply to organize one workshop at EvoKE2019! Deadline for applications February 28th. More information on the workshop formats and on the application process here:?https://evokeproject.org/workshops-at-evoke2019/ Proposals can be submitted to evoke2019 at gmail.com The EvoKE2019 team -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From John.Hart at nysed.gov Wed Feb 27 09:00:02 2019 From: John.Hart at nysed.gov (John Hart) Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:00:02 +0000 Subject: [Nhcoll-l] List Serve Post Message-ID: Hello, I am hoping you are willing to post the following job announcement on NHCOLL-L. Thank you, John Hart The New York State Education Department's Office of Cultural Education is seeking candidates for a Museum Scientist 2 position in the New York State Museum's (NYSM) Research and Collections Division. The Research and Collections Division is responsible for curation of New York State's natural and cultural history collections. Under the supervision of the Director, Research and Collections Division, the incumbent of this position will serve as manager of the MIMSY XG database, an Oracle relational database that is used to inventory and track the Museum's collections. Details on the position and application instructions are available at this address: http://www.nysed.gov/hr/employment/museum-scientist-2-1551097755 Applications are due by March 18, 2019. Confidentiality Notice This email including all attachments is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. 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In the role of the Collections Digitization Coordinator (CDC), you will plan, lead, and execute a collections-wide digitization effort to reach this goal in collaboration with other collections staff. We are looking for a team leader with strong written and interpersonal skills and proven project management practices, ideally with experience managing digitization projects or digital assets for museums or other collections repositories. This is a 5-year position; potentially longer term or permanent depending on funding. Required Skills: - At least 2 years of experience managing digitization projects or digital assets - Experience developing and/or implementing data standards - Demonstrable literacy in database use and management - Proficiency in image editing software and camera systems - Understanding of how to create archival quality digital assets - Demonstrated ability to handle a large volume of digital assets - Experience working with museum collections - Highly organized and detail oriented For full listing: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/89109 At the Natural History Museum of Utah, we recognize that our strength and sustainability as an organization stem from diversity and inclusion. For this reason, we are committed to fostering equity, recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and empowering staff members in developing an accessible and inclusive work environment. We also place a strong emphasis on providing an exceptional experience to every guest who visits the museum or participates in any of our programs. We believe that everyone at NHMU, at every level and in all departments, are a critical part of providing this level of experience. Therefore, all staff members receive ongoing training and are expected to consistently contribute to creating exceptional, memorable, and inclusive experiences for our guests, partners, and the community. Janaki Krishna Registrar Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH) Forms can be found here: http://nhmu.utah.edu/collections/policies-forms Search our collections: https://nhmu.utah.edu/search-our-collections Please consider the environment before printing this email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a 5-year position; potentially longer term or permanent depending on funding. Required Skills: - At least 2 years of experience managing digitization projects or digital assets - Experience developing and/or implementing data standards - Demonstrable literacy in database use and management - Proficiency in image editing software and camera systems - Understanding of how to create archival quality digital assets - Demonstrated ability to handle a large volume of digital assets - Experience working with museum collections - Highly organized and detail oriented For full listing: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/89160 At the Natural History Museum of Utah, we recognize that our strength and sustainability as an organization stem from diversity and inclusion. For this reason, we are committed to fostering equity, recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and empowering staff members in developing an accessible and inclusive work environment. We also place a strong emphasis on providing an exceptional experience to every guest who visits the museum or participates in any of our programs. We believe that everyone at NHMU, at every level and in all departments, are a critical part of providing this level of experience. Therefore, all staff members receive ongoing training and are expected to consistently contribute to creating exceptional, memorable, and inclusive experiences for our guests, partners, and the community. Janaki Krishna Registrar Natural History Museum of Utah (UMNH) Jobs at UMNH: https://nhmu.utah.edu/jobs-nhmu Please consider the environment before printing this email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cindy Opitz SPNHC Secretary email: secretary at spnhc.org web: spnhc.org Museum of Natural History 11 Macbride Hall The University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242 (319) 335-0481 -----Original Message----- From: "Regina Kipper" Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:31pm To: "Beatriz Gomez" , "Valerie Normand" Subject: CBD notifications related to the Nagoya Protocol Dear Madam/Sir, On behalf of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, I would like to draw your attention to the following CBD notifications related to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing which have been issued recently: Notification 2019-024: Submission of views and information further to decisions NP-3/13 on Article 10 of the Nagoya Protocol. The notification is available at the following link: [ https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2019/ntf-2019-024-abs-en.pdf ]( https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2019/ntf-2019-024-abs-en.pdf ). 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