
CollectionsAustralia
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CollectionsAustralia
@AustNatHist
Australian Natural History Collections understanding Australia's biodiversity | Biosecurity | Genomics | Restoration | Digitisation













#VirtualCollectionTour: For our final tour (yes, we know 😢) we visit @CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection in Canberra. Olivia Evangelista provides an overview of the huge collection, with a whopping 12 million specimens (22,000 PRIMARY TYPES) & current research. #ECN2020


The @AMDigiVol project enabled by the @austmus and the @atlaslivingaust provides an avenue for self-isolators to contribute to important scientific research, through digitising Australian collections. #NCRISImpact australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science…








Workflow prep for .@WeDigBio is complete. Checking for reuse licensing is complete, instructions have been read, and first specimen in @CSIROnews project is transcribed with no issues. Now to settle in and get through the set! #WeDigBio #Flys



Why We Digitize! youtube.com/watch?v=GV41Np… Couldn't put it better myself than Dr. Christin Murphy in this @TEDTalks as she explains the value of natural science museum collections to bioinspiration (THINK, water repellent surfaces from Lotus leaves).