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Our synthesis and analysis of >400k US freshwater mussel records is finally published! Big ups to @thepopenjay and @PhishBiologist!
Article - sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Smithsonian Magazine - smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nat…
Web app - musselmapr.shinyapps.io/hic_…
Natural history museums have millions of specimens, each with a story longer than the average person's attention spa-
NMNH is looking to contract a museum technician for up to 2 years to lead a project with USFWS to grow collections-based freshwater mussel genetic resources. See more info here - naturalhistory.si.edu/resear…
Gov contracting process can seem intimidating, please reach out w questions
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Thanks to @NMNH's Department of Invertebrate Zoology for a great #shellebration yesterday and all our partners who contributed to a successful end to our freshwater mussel collaboration yesterday! 139,794 Images and 48,196 Specimens digitized! #digitization #invertebrates
sitting at my desk looking a three copies of a specimen. the physical specimen, a printed model, and a digital twin in augmented reality. what a time to be alive
happy "Boston Clam Jam" day to those who celebrate
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hiring a Coordinator for its Early Detection Rapid Response Molecular Lab Network. These labs are using advanced surveillance tools, like environmental DNA, to detect invasive species.
Please consider applying!
usajobs.gov/job/805735100
can anyone make out the second and third lines on the label? id assume part of it is a location in eurasia #WhatTheShell
Over 280 3d models of freshwater mussels available at 3d.si.edu/explore?edan_local…
View them on all sorts of devices, in augmented reality, or print them - the world is your oyster! #ShellYeah
John Pfeiffer retweeted
I am excited to announce our @NSF grant has been funded to study the evolution and diversification of N American minnows, including genomics/phylogenomics and comparative phylogenetic methods.
This includes funds for a postdoc and PhD student! If interested, please reach out!
John Pfeiffer retweeted
Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus Poropuntius Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam (Hoang et al. 2024)
doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204…
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We're grateful for the footage, expertise and of course, the puns! Many thanks to @USFWS for highlighting our recent collaboration with @NMNH's Invertebrate Zoology historic collection of freshwater mussels!
Native freshwater mussels are one shell of a friend. These "livers of the rivers" help to indicate healthy aquatic systems. @SIxDIGI recently announced an exciting collaboration to digitize over 45,000 specimens in their historic collection of freshwater mussels.
John Pfeiffer retweeted
Native freshwater mussels are one shell of a friend. These "livers of the rivers" help to indicate healthy aquatic systems. @SIxDIGI recently announced an exciting collaboration to digitize over 45,000 specimens in their historic collection of freshwater mussels.
We have captured 118,986 images of the Smithsonian's freshwater mussel collection! #ShellYeah Check out the video describing our project!
youtube.com/watch?v=um6a24Bx…
John Pfeiffer retweeted
Check out a #MusselMonday feature on our collaboration with the Department of Invertebrate Zoology at @NMNH! The project will help researchers at the Smithsonian and beyond document the distribution and variation of freshwater mussels over time.
youtu.be/um6a24Bx7-4?si=B2UG…
#shellyeah
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Please consider applying and sharing with people who might be interested!
Also, John and I can answer questions about the position and application process if any potential applicants have then!
Great 2-year opportunity for someone interested in leading an effort to grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel genetic materials. Candidate will work closely w USFWS partners to archive endangered and cultured freshwater mussels
naturalhistory.si.edu/resear…
John Pfeiffer retweeted
Great 2-year opportunity for someone interested in leading an effort to grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel genetic materials. Candidate will work closely w USFWS partners to archive endangered and cultured freshwater mussels
naturalhistory.si.edu/resear…
Great 2-year opportunity for someone interested in leading an effort to grow a centralized biorepository of freshwater mussel genetic materials. Candidate will work closely w USFWS partners to archive endangered and cultured freshwater mussels
naturalhistory.si.edu/resear…
John Pfeiffer retweeted
#NewSpeciesAlert - Researchers publish a taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook #barb genus #𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑠, with the description of a new species from #Vietnam, 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑙𝑎𝑜𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠 (top left image). #Cyprinidae
🔓 bit.ly/3X9fdTG
ALT Hoang HD, Pham HM, Tran NT, Durand J-D, Wu L, Pfeiffer J, Chen X-Y, Page LM (2024) Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian brook barb genus 𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑢𝑠 Smith, 1931 (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) with description of a new species from Vietnam. ZooKeys 1204: 191-198. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1204.120873