Our study on the helical fibers that make up #pteropod #shells is out: link.springer.com/article/10.155…. We combine 3D (SEM + modelling) to reveal the helical nature with Katarzyna Berent C. Pimentel and others. Also thanks to a Martin Fellowship Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Use 3D 🕶️ for full experience!

Perfect subject for #WormWednesday from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center freezers! - Can a #worm fan on here tell me which species of annelid this is? Presumably caught near/attached to a buoy somewhere in the north-Atlantic 🪱

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📢Looking for a new 4y PhD position on plant hydraulics and anatomy, embedded in a new consortium with 5 other PhDs working on diverse aspects of wood formation and lignification.
Apply before Nov 15: form.jotform.com/222862425674360
Naturalis Biodiversity Center LeidenBiology Salma Balazadeh

It's not just our museum that is pretty: our offices are rather neat, too! And if it looks like a good place to work, well, we have some job openings at the moment:
naturalis.nl/en/about-us/jo…

Are you - or do you know anybody - working on moles in Europe? We are drafting European Red List assessments for multiple 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘢 species and would welcome input from people who have knowledge of any of the following magnificent moles:

This week, we are hosting a fairly large portion of all sponge researchers on the planet here in #Leiden . Welcome, everyone!

And we're off! Together with nine other institutions, we're working to integrate high-tech biodiversity monitoring solutions with research infrastructures such as our Arise-Biodiversity. You can read the press release here: alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Dis…

📢Don't miss the Sponge_2022 World Conference hosted by @MARBLES_EU's partner Naturalis Biodiversity Center Naturalis Biodiversity Center 🪸🌊
🗓️10-14 Oct
📍Leiden 🇳🇱
Wageningen U&R LeidenBiology Detmer Sipkema nicole de voogd Laboratory of Microbiology at WUR Pavlo Hrab Leiden2022

Automated methods for dealing with large amounts of combined #data and #metadata is key if we want to successfully manage, exchange and interpret knowledge in the future. We propose #FAIRDigitalObjects Care to talk about them? Join us!👉 fdo2022.org #FDO2022 #FAIRdata

New students are busy collecting and photographing #beach #meiofauna for Arise-Biodiversity. Improved DNA barcode reference databases are needed to better understand diversity & ecology of these taxa & ecosystems + will improve annotation of #metabarcoding data. Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Out Dutch account, Naturalis Biodiversity Center , is currently suspended by Twitter Support for reasons yet unclear to us. We hope to return soon.

ATTO scientists analyzed the species composition of bioaerosols above the Amazon to learn more about long-range transport & the healthiness of forest air. #AmazonResearch
📜Study in Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2…
📰Summary: attoproject.org/life-is-in-the…
Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Together with 32 (!) other institutions, we aim to take barcoding and genomics of European #biodiversity to a new level, to help prevent biodiversity loss. Find out more at biodiversitygenomics.eu

Please join Lisa Becking and me for the discussion with Carl Folke from Stockholm Resilience Centre, and pitches from young scientists Naturalis Biodiversity Center & 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering DeSIRE program to discuss what #resilience means for #biodiversity & #ClimateChange . Register for free here👇

Biomagnification of toxins is nothing new, of course. But our bird researcher Paola Movalli helps point out the risks of emerging contaminants in this piece by the The Guardian. theguardian.com/environment/20…