Adriana De Palma

@DisabledStem More support at meetings to either be truly hybrid/remote or if it must be in person, ensuring adequate nearby rest spaces.

Giving an important talk soon on #DisabledInSTEM and wondering if there’s any points people would want included!

🌱I'm hiring a research software engineer at @NHM_London! You'll need experience in Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP) in #RStats and interest in {targets}, #biodiversity loss, geospatial data @ResearchSoftEng Job ad: careers.nhm.ac.uk/templates/CIPH…

@PlantersA21 Is the cafe open too?

Christmas Opening Hours - just in case you have forgotten something or need some extra supplies... #christmasopeninghours

GBIF is not enough: national database improves the inventory completeness of Amazonian epiphytes link.springer.com/article/10.100… Evidence that using both global and national databases increases the overall #biodiversity knowledge and reduces inventory gaps, but spatial biases persist

This week is #SolitaryBeeWeek2022. We know we're all about the charismatic #bumblebee but we do like to highlight these hardworking #bees too! 🐝 Here are just some you may spot: ow.ly/QKnU50JHMkZ @SolitaryBeeWeek @BuzzingShrill 📷 Bex Cartwright #MaleRedMasonBee

Is #biodiversity science an obstacle to societal transformation by perpetuating the status quo in how we build and apply knowledge? asks excellent plenary speaker @EstherTurnhout Esther calls on us to be epistemically disobedient ontologically pluralistic #wbf2022

Build a Museum: A careers event for students from ethnic minority backgrounds who are interested in science and nature is back on 19th July! If you're a sixth form teacher who would like to bring their class, get in touch ➡️ nuzhat.tabassum@nhm.ac.uk #KS5 #Careers #Science

Congratulations to everyone who has been longlisted! We are so proud to have A Bug's World by @flygirlNHM, Julia and the Shark by @Kiran_MH and Spark by @MitchAuthor in the #WainwrightPrize22 longlist for Children's writing on nature and conservation😍

I am a co-author on this new @ScienceMagazine paper led by @jamesecology. It suggests that achieving conservation targets would require action on 44% of the earth’s land. I have been critical of calls for – #30x30, #HalfEarth etc. So why did I join this study? 3 reasons: 🧵

Great closing comments from @michaeljohng on museums and science centres encouraging more action, "We tend to think a lot about impactful entrance experiences, perhaps we should focus more on exit experiences - what do we want people to do after leaving us?" #Ecsite2022

🚨New paper🚨 We looked at over 1,400 publications on wild bees to provide perspective on best practices for collection, reporting, and data mgmt. This work is available Open Access in @conservationsp and involved quite a few time zones to coordinate! :P conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

Last chance to apply to work with the amazing Dr Jones!

New Job Alert! We are searching for a full-time Chair of Postgraduate Studies @NHM_London. This role is critical to our growing Graduate Centre, in particular for training & support of @NHM_Students across our many Master's & PhD programmes. Details at: careers.nhm.ac.uk/templates/CIPH…

Pleased to be joining the board of @NHM_London in addition to my current role. As an institution it inspires visitors of all ages and is an important leader in global scientific research.

Do you have an interest in #RShiny & #EvidenceSynthesis (#SystematicMap, #SystematicReview ) & have some spare time to help us develop EviAtlas further? eshackathon.org/software/eviat…. We have a little bit of funding & the tasks might suite a MSc student. Please Retweet

#BanUrbanPesticides Only 12 days to go - please sign this petition if you'd like pesticide use to be banned in urban areas. It is needless, ugly, destructive & dangerous. Pls RT petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5903… @PAN_UK

* NEW from @UniOfSurrey * Black UK PhD applicants wanted! ANY discipline 10 positions available Fully funded (fees waived +stipend) Mentorship and internship scheme Research expenses Shine Scholars *17th Jan Deadline* surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fundi… Please tell everyone!

Quite spectacular! Amazing new example of the genus first found by Joseph & Mary Anning down on the Dorset coast way back in 1811. I wonder which lucky museum is getting this beauty?

Want to start a campaign but don't know where to start? Check out all of our campaigning tips in @galdemzine! Thanks so much @KimiChaddah_ for interviewing us! It was a pleasure as always!

Hi friends! We are hiring a ‘Biodiversity Data Specialist’ for our team @calacademy! We need someone with experience in R, modeling and analyzing species occurance data (from @inaturalist iNaturalist and @GBIF) along with other data sets. 1/3