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Excellent talk from Brennan Hays (Arizona State University) introducing us to “ecoPalette”. Environmental data is encoded directly into specimen images, creating a visually rich representation of the “extended specimen”. #ECN2024

Words of warning from Max Barclay this morning… Develop or Die! “Schroedinger’s Curator” is a danger and will result in collections becoming irrelevant. Collections MUST remain active. #ECN2024

Maria-Eugenia Losada takes us through the termite collection of the unstoppable Margaret Collins. A great breakdown of the assessment and curation of this incredible collection. #ECN2024

The McGuire Center houses 20,000+ genitalia slides in the collection! Megan Neal takes us through the microscopic digitization process & the tools used to capture & edit these high-resolution images. 📸 Read more in this blog post on dissection: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/news/2… #ECN2024

Michael Ferro introduces us to Natural History Literature Rescue. Their aim is to preserve literature, specimens, samples, equipment, & supplies associated with the study of natural history that would otherwise be destroyed or lost. “We Save Science” 🔗 goodoldpaper.org

Fresh from her PhD defence, Samanta Orellana provides an overview of her diligent work improving accessibility of collections for the study of Neotropical Anthribidae (Curculionoidea). 👏 Check out the new Weevil portal here: serv.biokic.asu.edu/weevil/portal/… #ECN2024

An invitation for collaboration from Oliver Keller Ph.D. now. The Michigan Pathogen Biorepository at University of Michigan want your specimens! They are particularly interested in specimens that are vectors. 🦟🩸 More information here: lsa.umich.edu/content/michig… #ECN2024

We’re into our LIGHTNING TALK session now, kicking off with Isa Betancourt 🦋🕷🌎 & Evan Waite 🪲 They share their forays with AI from a collections perspective NEON. #ECN2024

Coming Into Focus 📸 Knowledge sharing is one of the main aims of our network. This was a great lightning talk from Taylor Hori on standardizing the 3D Imaging Process at the The Nat. #ECN2024

Victoria Bayless now, with a warm welcome to Dr. Stephen Baca, the new Director of the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum 🪲 More information on the museum here: lsuagcenter.com/portals/our_of… Do get in touch if you want to visit (or return a loan)! #ECN2024

Another lightning talk now, with @CharlaReplogle on centralizing the insect collection at Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC). The collection contains over 1.3 million arthropod specimens, representing 140,000+ different species. Over 10,000 of these specimens are now in the new database! #ECN2024

See No Weevil. Brilliant Specimen Spotlight talk from Ainsley Seago! The specimen is an acorn that includes the preserved HEAD of a predated Curculio still attached!! 😲 #ECN2024

Our final talk is a beautiful love story from Natalie Dale-Skey (Hymenoptera curator Natural History Museum). She shares an exquisite slide preparation by Frederic Enock, of a mymarid in a spider’s web. It's a recreation of a slide that first sparked his love of Fairyflies.   #ECN2024

And with that, our hybrid 2024 meeting has come to an end! We hope you have been enlightened and inspired by the talks and our wonderful community.   May the conversations and ideas continue. We hope to see you again, at #ECN2025!

We had such a great time with Entomological Collections Network Thanks for having us and we look forward to Portland! 🐜🪲 #ECN2024

#ECN2024 would not have been possible without the incredible support of our sponsors! A huge thank you goes out to all our corporate, institutional & personal sponsors.

Why does it have to be one or the other? Both at the same time needed. "How to fill the biodiversity data gap: Is it better to invest in fieldwork or curation?" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

... a big hug from the #TETTRIsEU community to the #scientists who work daily with great passion and commitment to protecting #biodiversity! Our engagement to transform #taxonomy continues: don't forget the TAXONOMY RECOGNITION DAY May 23 #️⃣ #NameItToSaveIt Stay tuned on