Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE)
@CUHerb
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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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Fully-funded AHRC PhD studentship on 'Understanding ‘Place’ in Historical Botanical Collections: science, commerce, empire, and the early-modern herbarium'. Come and work on the Sloane Herbarium! For details, see: https://t.co/wzXTEAEXu2
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The Cambridge University Herbarium is extraordinary and it has been a privilege to work and volunteer there. This is an amazing opportunity to work in a treasure trove of specimens.
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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🚨 Come and join our team! Postdoctoral Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities! @theUL and CCC! Apply now. ⏰ Deadline 17 January 2025 https://t.co/5TZqJOshTv
Come work with us! Excited to advertise this two-year fellowship for a Research Associate in Bibliography and Natural History Humanities, a collaboration between @theUL and @CamGLAMresearch. 💚
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Collection Manager: https://t.co/OmOz5nsYxM Collections & Digitisation Assistant: https://t.co/XZQn6j3d0e Please help us to get the word out there! Retweet, share, like. Will also be advertising in "the other place".
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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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Applications now open for our Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Open Day on 11 February 2025. We welcome approaches from candidates who are thinking of applying for externally funded Post-Doctoral Fellowships. Application deadline: 2 December 2024. 👉 https://t.co/FtnWGByWtL
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Come and join a major new Natural History Humanities initiative @CamGLAMresearch @Cambridge_Uni - to research botanical art @FitzMuseum_UK in tandem with collections in @CUHerb. https://t.co/VsrjH50mTy £36-44k, closes 29 Sept
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@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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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: https://t.co/U0blFt7iz2
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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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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
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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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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 https://t.co/U0blFt6KJu 🌿 @CamUnivMuseums @plantsci
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Help digitise the Cambridge University Herbarium 🌿 @CUHerb is home to over 1.1m plant specimens collected over 300+ years. The team is looking for online volunteers to transcribe specimen labels & make them accessible to biodiversity researchers. Join in: https://t.co/NzKeTYWpUI
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#PhD Opportunity @CDPConnect Collaborative Doctoral Partnership @Fitz and @durham_uni , fully funded by @ahrc researching @Fitz outstanding collection of rare books, prints and illuminated manuscripts https://t.co/wNiYpUeJgG Deadline: 26 May
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We're thrilled to receive further funding from @ResEngland which recognises the value of our work making our excellent living collection of plants accessible to researchers in the UK & around the world. Congratulations to our sister @CamUnivMuseums & @CUHerb on their grants too
Good news! 📢 We're delighted that @ResEngland is supporting nine @Cambridge_Uni museums & collections with vital investment of £3 million a year over the next five years, with @CUHerb & @SedgwickMuseum joining the existing portfolio this year. Read more: https://t.co/ShEequQx9A
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