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~1.1 million specimens and home to Darwin's plant specimens from the Voyage of the Beagle. Tweets by the Curation Team @PlantSci

Cambridge, England
Joined March 2015
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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RT @CalltoActivism: This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal….
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RT @mark_carine: Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship on 'Understanding ‘Place’ in Historical Botanical Collections: science, commerce, empire….
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RT @mika_hyman: The Cambridge University Herbarium is extraordinary and it has been a privilege to work and volunteer there. This is an ama….
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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RT @CamGLAMresearch: 🚨 Come and join our team! Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities! @theUL and C….
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
7 months
Collection Manager: Collections & Digitisation Assistant: Please help us to get the word out there! Retweet, share, like. Will also be advertising in "the other place".
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
7 months
We are advertising two fabulous jobs at the Cambridge University Herbarium. A Collections Manager (5 year fixed term) and a Collections & Digitisation Assistant (4 years fixed term). Incredible collection including most of Voyage of the Beagle material. Job links in thread below.
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
9 months
Incredible job opportunity with close collaboration with @CUHerb collections 👇💚.
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Samuel Brockington
9 months
JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our expeditions, enrich our collections, support our conservation collaborations, and inspire through teaching and engagement. Please RT! 1/6 .
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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RT @plantsci: Applications now open for our Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Open Day on 11 February 2025. We welcome approaches from can….
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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RT @brockingtonian: JOB ALERT: We’re advertising for 2yr research associate to work on @Cambridge_Uni botanical collections at the @FitzMu….
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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RT @NealSpencer_: Come and join a major new Natural History Humanities initiative @CamGLAMresearch @Cambridge_Uni - to research botanical a….
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
1 year
@plantsci @CamUnivMuseums Thank you to everyone who worked on transcribing this set of Iridaceae, Solanaceae and Narcissus specimens. That's 600 records complete!.
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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Do you have a knack for deciphering 19th century handwriting? Our transcription project on Zooniverse is 92% complete and a few more transcriptions will put us past the finish line. Click here to get started: @plantsci @CamUnivMuseums
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
1 year
This week we say goodbye to Shelley James after 5 whirlwind weeks of digitisation. A huge congratulations to Shelley for a total of 13,887 Australian specimens imaged, including 472 probable type specimens & some beautiful illustrations. #WAHerbarium @ChurchillTrust @plantsci
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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Week 4 of work on the Australian collection with Shelley James of the Western Australian Herbarium has brought us past the 10,000 image mark, with 442 probable type specimens including these beautiful Verticordia and Darwinia. #WAHerbarium @ChurchillTrust. @plantsci
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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At the end of week 3 of her Churchill Fellowship, Shelley James of the Western Australian Herbarium and our dedicated team of volunteers have barcoded and imaged 7,649 specimens, including all of the Myrtaceae family! #WAHerbarium @ChurchillTrust @plantsci
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Welcome to visiting Churchill Fellow Shelley James of the Western Australia Herbarium. In just 2 weeks Shelley and the team have barcoded and imaged over 4,500 specimens from Australia and New Zealand, including over 160 type specimens! #WAHerbarium @ChurchillTrust @plantsci
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Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
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A big thank you to all who have contributed to our digitisation project on Zooniverse! The Narcissus collection has been completed and a new set of Iridaceae specimens is ready for transcription at 🌿 @CamUnivMuseums @plantsci
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RT @CamUnivMuseums: Help digitise the Cambridge University Herbarium 🌿.@CUHerb is home to over 1.1m plant specimens collected over 300+ yea….
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RT @CamGLAMresearch: #PhD Opportunity @CDPConnect Collaborative Doctoral Partnership @Fitz and @durham_uni , fully funded by @ahrc research….
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RT @CUBotanicGarden: We're thrilled to receive further funding from @ResEngland which recognises the value of our work making our excellent….
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