ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action: CONSENSA Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics www.cost.eu/actions/CA25... Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable

More to come. Pymatuning Lab of Ecology herbarium (PLE) going online soon! midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/colle...

Black doctors in England four times less likely to get training places than white counterparts

Black doctors in England four times less likely to get training places than white counterparts

For one placement, black applicants had a less than 1 in 100 chance of being offered a place, NHS data shows Black doctors in England are four times less likely to be offered a training place than their white counterparts, according to analysis. As part of their medical training, doctors across the NHS are able to apply to placements within specific branches of practice such as psychiatry, obstetrics and gynaecology, and emergency medicine. Continue reading...

theguardian.com

Congrats to our #TWT2026 awardees, to name 3 @bwwilliams.bsky.social @ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social @weevil-see.bsky.social recognizing their invaluable roles for work we do to empower #science #software #collaboration. See more of them at together.taxonworks.org

TaxonWorks@taxonworks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

TaxonWorks Together 2026 was lovely! A participant: "...the event was such a positive experience that I missed the group the next day. It was a very welcoming and inspiring space to learn." This years Award Winners get a "Don't Panic" towel. Help congratulate them! together.taxonworks.org#Awards

Whoop whoop! My first book, Animal Kingdom: A Natural History in 100 Objects is out again in a new reprint! 🤩 It explores the *astonishing* things we can learn about the natural world from incredible specimens in natural history #museums. Go get your hands on it! #OneHundredAnimals

T-1 Days until TaxonWorks Together together.taxonworks.org BTW there are a ton of #insect #taxonomy talks at TWT, come see what some cutting edge bug world informatics looks like! #entomology #beetles #grasshoppers #fleas #wasps

One of the underrated aspects of coding with AI is that you can discover new concepts as the AI works through the problem. For example, I knew about Hilbert curves, but not Jakub Červený’s modification the “gilbert” curve github.com/jakubcerveny... Thanks to Claude Code now I do!

GitHub - jakubcerveny/gilbert: Space-filling curve for rectangular domains or arbitrary size.

Space-filling curve for rectangular domains or arbitrary size. - jakubcerveny/gilbert

github.com

Less that 1 week until TaxonWorks Together! A marvelous slate of conversations to be had, some difficult, all amazing. Join registrants from over 25 countries at together.taxonworks.org. Registration processing is soon subject to time constraints, i.e. it's tough to work last second!

Smithsonian Fish Curator position announcement! Note the application dates of May 12 – June 2, 2026. Should be posted here tomorrow: trustcareers.si.edu#js-careers-j...

In celebration, and demonstration for TaxonWorks Together, we've create a #iNaturalist Bioblitz. We'll demonstrate the integration live during TWT. iNat is a wonderful way to illustrate the scope of a community, hope to see you on the map! www.inaturalist.org/projects/tax...

TaxonWorks Together 2026 Bioblitz

During TWT2026, please join our first iNat Bioblitz. iNat's community aligns perfectly with our vision to build software and tools to empower people to Describe Life, together.

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🧵8 #AI at #TWT2026? Of course. 5 sessions explore #dataviz #datacapture #naturalhistorycollections #literature extraction #imageanalysis #showandtell individual to #aggregator experiences. Details and register together.taxonworks.org & join the #iNat bioblitz!

🧵7 #TWT2026 May 19-21 An #Unconference on Day 2: Does It Do That? Should It? Bring your ideas, discover #TaxonWorks new features like auto-select and import #taxon names from a desired source. Details and register together.taxonworks.org & join the #iNat bioblitz!

🧵6 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On day 2 join Damla Cinoğlu & @jhhartman.bsky.social for Genomes, #eDNA, Barcodes: Should #TaxonWorks Engage DNA? Existing projects discuss needs in Conservation Genomics and more. Register together.taxonworks.org & join the #iNat bioblitz! @gbif.org @markdavis79.bsky.social

🧵5 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On day 2 14:30 UTC join Christiane Weirauch, John Heraty, and Toby Schuh to hear about milestones getting #truebug #taxonomy into #TaxonWorks. Details and to register see together.taxonworks.org and join the #iNat bioblitz! @moonirene.bsky.social @amnh.org #plantbug

Scientists at the Université de Montréal's affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute have identified a new family of natural molecules with strong antiviral activity, notably against the Ebola virus and SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for #COVID19. phys.org/news/2026-04...

Hidden plant molecules show up to 25 times stronger activity against Ebola and COVID-19

Scientists at the Université de Montréal's affiliated Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) have identified a new family of natural molecules with strong antiviral activity, notably against the…

phys.org

🧵4 #TWT2026 May 19-21. #hands-on #taxonomy with @taxonworks.bsky.social on day 1 at 18:30 UTC experience #TaxonWorks software. For details and to register see together.taxonworks.org and join the #iNat bioblitz!

🧵3 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On Day 2 at 12:30 UTC please join @bwwilliams.bsky.social @mccullermi.bsky.social on combining #survey and #crayfish #collections community and data in @taxonworks.bsky.social Register soon together.taxonworks.org and join the #iNat bioblitz!

🧵2 #TWT2026 May 19-21. On Day 1 at 16:30 UTC- join @gbif.org's Morten Høfft and the Species File Group Session on GBIF Hosted Community Portals Lightning Intro and Alignment Roundtable Discussion. Register together.taxonworks.org soonest and join the bioblitz!

🧵1 #TWT2026 May 19-21 TaxonWorks new features, #biodiversityinformatics, AI experiences, #datastandards, #taxonomy syncing (curious?!), #iNat #bioblitz, #geospatial data, and more -- see together.taxonworks.org @taxonworks.bsky.social Pls register soonest and join the bioblitz

Curious to learn more about our new Labs initiative from the Species File Group? Join us for #TWT2026 together.taxonworks.org < visit link to find out more about our online meeting from May 19 - 21 and join our @inaturalist.bsky.social #bioblitz too!

TaxonWorks@taxonworks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Derpy? ✓ Bad AI generated hands? ✓ Cutting edge labs? ✓ Need for responsible AI use disclosure? ✓ Our new Labs logo indicates experimental libraries, browser plugins, TUIs and more. Created with AI, or in a burst of quick-and-dirty hacks, it tags tools we find awesome, but perhaps unsustainable.

#open #digitalcuration if you're a human immersed in #biodiversity #data across collection, observation, research, outreach, vouchering, to #software and #standards development - please bring your @abtagenda.bsky.social style stories to our #TDWG2026 symposium!

Sabine von Mering@svmering.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💡 Please consider submitting an abstract to our session "Responsible AI, Open Digital Curation, and Round-Tripping for Biodiversity Data" at the Biodiversity Information Standards @tdwg.org conference in Oslo in Sept. Co-organised with @siobhanleachman.bsky.social & @debpaul.bsky.social #TDWG2026

Sessions have been announced. Register and join us for the #TDWG 2026 Online #WorkingSessions. This is an opportunity to have a first row view on how standards are developed. 🗓️11 to 22 May 💻 Registration is free Full list of sessions and registration here: 👉 tdwg.link/working-sess...

@tdwg.org #TDWG2026 opportunity! contribute to this #digitalcuration #roundtripping topic at the conference and in the BDJ. @sharifx.bsky.social @nickynicolson.bsky.social @miketrizna.bsky.social @evomri.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy @aguentsch.bsky.social @njdowdy.bsky.social @cabbageleek.bsky.social

Biodiversity Data Journal@bdj.pensoft.net · 6mo ago

📢 Call for submissions: "Beyond Digitization: Open Digital Curation of Collections-based Biodiversity Data." This topical collection aims to explore how #AI and human annotations can enhance #biodiversity #data and flow back to source systems. 📅 Deadline: 1 Sept 2026 Details 👇

Species descriptions should not be confined to "summary" PDFs only providing access to a fraction of the data underlying the conclusions. We here argue for "digitally native species" built around structured, specimen-linked, machine-actionable evidence from day one. rdcu.be/fcbwh

Digitally native species are a necessary shift in taxonomic practice

Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Biodiversity science laments how little is known about the planet’s biodiversity, yet routinely discards much of the taxonomic evidence generated during species...

rdcu.be

We just passed 3 million human curated Citations in the SFG instance of TaxonWorks. We see this as potential "gold" in Gold Standards usable to fuel next-generation AI-facilitated high-resolution processing of the science that circumscribes the Earth's species, #taxonomy

@tettris.eu please join us at #twt2026 May 19-21. #taxonomy #taxonomists #describeLife central to our conversations such as Syncing Taxonomy at a Global Scale Across System Aggregators and Plant Bug Taxonomy in TaxonWorks: Milestones from Past to Present, and future Data Capture.

#twt2026 Registration together.taxonworks.org Menu? spanning grand challenges for our collective communities - #data capture, global #opensource #software engineering, #geospatial data, #AI experiences, #taxonomy, cross-community #collaboration, #biodiversityinformatics, and #TaxonWorks, of course!

May 19-21 #TWT2026 see intriguing topics together.taxonworks.org join conversations with @jhhartman.bsky.social @bwwilliams.bsky.social @monotomidae.bsky.social @njdowdy.bsky.social @vmshirey.bsky.social @ddpichenumonidae.bsky.social & peeps from @marinespecies.bsky.social and more (see website).

TaxonWorks@taxonworks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

TaxonWorks Together 2026. We're now open to (free) registration. TWT is a little different, we do our best to build in as much time to converse as to listen, fear not the relentless presentations, embrace #chat, bring your perspective (kindly). Please join! #taxonomy together.taxonworks.org

BMD promotes mobilising data to FAIR platforms like @gbif.org, @obis.org, Catalogue of Life & ENA. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏻 💻 Our Access Gate offers access to tutorials from these platforms and serves as a base for the BMD training portal, hosted by @lifewatcheric.bsky.social. 🔗 training.lifewatch.eu/en/categorie...

🚀 The 2026 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is OPEN! Have an idea, tool or prototype that uses GBIF biodiversity data to advance open science, research or policy? Submit it to GBIF’s annual Challenge and compete for a share of €20,000 in prizes! 💸 ⭐ Deadline: 26 June 2026 🔗 gbif.link/ENC-2026