[Nhcoll-l] Why retain physical specimens

[Dirk Neumann]

... and because you can't re-collect them back in time. Once they are 
gone, not only part of our cultural heritage is lost, loosing research 
samples would violate one of the core  principle of evidence based, good 
sciences, i.e. that research studies shall be repeatable using the same 
samples.

E.g. re-extraction of the same tissues will not necessarily help to 
discover mistakes that happened during extraction or downstream in the 
lab with retrieved DNA samples and subsequent PCR-products generated out 
of them after extraction.

All the best
Dirk


Am 26.09.2019 um 19:59 schrieb Sarah K. Huber:
>
> Recently I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about why our 
> collection should retain a physical specimen once it has been 
> digitized (e.g., CT-scanned, photographed, x-rayed, etc.). I’m curious 
> how often other museum professionals are asked this question and what 
> your general responses are for justifying the retention of a physical 
> specimen. Why do you tell people it’s important to retain a specimen?
>
> If anyone knows of article that have addressed this specific question 
> I would appreciate references so that I can have them on hand for 
> particularly curious visitors.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.
> Curatorial Associate, VIMS Nunnally Ichthyology Collection
> Office 804.684.7104 | Collection 804.684.7285
> skhuber at vims.edu | 
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