Mariko Kageyama
@marikkage.bsky.social
A museologist-lawyer metamorphosed into a university research administrator. A former natural history collections manager. Opinions are mine alone.
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Mariko Kageyama
@marikkage.bsky.social
· Jul 21
View of Open data in publications – non-copyrightability and attribution as drivers for equity, science and innovation
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu
It’s truly a product of long term collaborations among coauthors that have been all enthusiastically working on promoting open data as a driver for equity, science and innovation in the global biodiversity research context and beyond
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
wonder if commercial publishers would announce more creative oa business models
"Deposit of [Author's Accepted Manuscript] into [Public Access Repository] [without $] fulfills...requirements for publications and doesn't require payment of special fees to publishers..."
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
"Deposit of [Author's Accepted Manuscript] into [Public Access Repository] [without $] fulfills...requirements for publications and doesn't require payment of special fees to publishers..."
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
Policy Notice: Implementation of Policy Changes to Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 24-1, Supplement 2
The information set out in this notice takes precedence over existing policies and procedures in PAPPG 24-1. It applies for all financial assistance awarded on or after Jan. 22, 2026.
www.nsf.gov
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 AM
wonder if commercial publishers would announce more creative oa business models
"Deposit of [Author's Accepted Manuscript] into [Public Access Repository] [without $] fulfills...requirements for publications and doesn't require payment of special fees to publishers..."
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
"Deposit of [Author's Accepted Manuscript] into [Public Access Repository] [without $] fulfills...requirements for publications and doesn't require payment of special fees to publishers..."
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
Thought goes out to professional colleagues - the world’s top TB/HIV researchers, doctors, epidemiologists and global health officers I met in CDC Atlanta back in 2017
“Of the grants that were terminated or frozen, more than 800 were related to infectious diseases”
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
“Of the grants that were terminated or frozen, more than 800 were related to infectious diseases”
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Thought goes out to professional colleagues - the world’s top TB/HIV researchers, doctors, epidemiologists and global health officers I met in CDC Atlanta back in 2017
“Of the grants that were terminated or frozen, more than 800 were related to infectious diseases”
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
“Of the grants that were terminated or frozen, more than 800 were related to infectious diseases”
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Got copy printed afresh <1 mo ago - birders' classic “A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan" expanded & revised new ed. (=4th ed issued June 2015), 4th printing (Jan 2026). My old copy is 30+ years old, 1st ed, 6th printing (1994), but the price difference is only ¥300. Looking forward to the 5th ed.
January 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Got copy printed afresh <1 mo ago - birders' classic “A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan" expanded & revised new ed. (=4th ed issued June 2015), 4th printing (Jan 2026). My old copy is 30+ years old, 1st ed, 6th printing (1994), but the price difference is only ¥300. Looking forward to the 5th ed.
Thanks for including an example - but even in everyday usage without combining the term with University to form a proper noun, who would actually follow this guidance (and show me how to type these special characters...)
www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihon...
www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihon...
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Thanks for including an example - but even in everyday usage without combining the term with University to form a proper noun, who would actually follow this guidance (and show me how to type these special characters...)
www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihon...
www.bunka.go.jp/kokugo_nihon...
a thrilling read - worth rendering as a special exhibition
"Heritage science has long treated biology...a contaminant to be scrubbed away...but the Leonardo DNA project...reveals that biology is a feature. It is a new evidentiary layer that can bolster attribution."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Heritage science has long treated biology...a contaminant to be scrubbed away...but the Leonardo DNA project...reveals that biology is a feature. It is a new evidentiary layer that can bolster attribution."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: Have scientists found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?
Inside the decadeslong quest to reveal the genes of a genius—and revolutionize art authentication
www.science.org
January 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
a thrilling read - worth rendering as a special exhibition
"Heritage science has long treated biology...a contaminant to be scrubbed away...but the Leonardo DNA project...reveals that biology is a feature. It is a new evidentiary layer that can bolster attribution."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"Heritage science has long treated biology...a contaminant to be scrubbed away...but the Leonardo DNA project...reveals that biology is a feature. It is a new evidentiary layer that can bolster attribution."
www.science.org/content/arti...
A way to juxtapose botanists vs. zoologists (I belong to the latter) -- "botanists have successfully dealt with the [offensive racial epithet] 'caffra' problem, but zoologists have thus far chosen not to: Cape buffalo continues to be S. caffer and Cape robin-chat C. caffra”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Slow progress in mending the laws of botanical nomenclature - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Slow progress in mending the laws of botanical nomenclature
doi.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
A way to juxtapose botanists vs. zoologists (I belong to the latter) -- "botanists have successfully dealt with the [offensive racial epithet] 'caffra' problem, but zoologists have thus far chosen not to: Cape buffalo continues to be S. caffer and Cape robin-chat C. caffra”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Resilience, an 'imported' term where there had been no exact corresponding local term to conceptualize 'レジリエンス', seems too ambiguous to make it difficult to do a meaningful country-to-country comparison of people's perception / understanding of that very concept in question
doi.org/10.1016/j.pd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.pd...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Resilience, an 'imported' term where there had been no exact corresponding local term to conceptualize 'レジリエンス', seems too ambiguous to make it difficult to do a meaningful country-to-country comparison of people's perception / understanding of that very concept in question
doi.org/10.1016/j.pd...
doi.org/10.1016/j.pd...
just submitted public comments to the proposed amended standards of museums re: Article 8 on research to request adding museum studies/museology to the draft provision: 博物館は...博物館の運営、倫理及び評価等の博物館学に関する専門的な調査研究、博物館資料に関する専門的、技術的な調査研究...その他の調査研究の充実を図るよう努めるものとする
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Publ...
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Publ...
「博物館の設置及び運営上の望ましい基準の全部を改正する告示案」に関するパブリック・コメント（意見公募手続）の実施について｜e-Govパブリック・コメント
パブリックコメントの「「博物館の設置及び運営上の望ましい基準の全部を改正する告示案」に関するパブリック・コメント（意見公募手続）の実施について」に関する意見募集の実施についての詳細です。
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp
December 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
just submitted public comments to the proposed amended standards of museums re: Article 8 on research to request adding museum studies/museology to the draft provision: 博物館は...博物館の運営、倫理及び評価等の博物館学に関する専門的な調査研究、博物館資料に関する専門的、技術的な調査研究...その他の調査研究の充実を図るよう努めるものとする
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Publ...
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/servlet/Publ...
Thank goodness... A wakeup call for higher vigilance - it could've been a much worse incident if the community hadn't made such a rapid coordinated response to the initial signs of a malicious attempt for unauthorized access to the institution’s cyber infrastructure
www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/202...
www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/202...
【重要】本学サーバーへの不正アクセス事案について
このたび、12月9日に本学が管理するサーバーへの不正アクセスが確認されたことにより、関係の皆様にご心配とご不便をおかけしておりますことを、深くお詫び申し上げます。現在、警察および外部専門機関と連携のう...
www.tohoku.ac.jp
December 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Thank goodness... A wakeup call for higher vigilance - it could've been a much worse incident if the community hadn't made such a rapid coordinated response to the initial signs of a malicious attempt for unauthorized access to the institution’s cyber infrastructure
www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/202...
www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/202...
draft revised desirable standards for managing museums (‘ms') in Japan adds art. 3(5):
ms are to endeavor to take measures to improve their management with an international perspective, following international circumstances and trends seen in ms overseas
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/pcm/download...
ms are to endeavor to take measures to improve their management with an international perspective, following international circumstances and trends seen in ms overseas
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/pcm/download...
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp
November 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
draft revised desirable standards for managing museums (‘ms') in Japan adds art. 3(5):
ms are to endeavor to take measures to improve their management with an international perspective, following international circumstances and trends seen in ms overseas
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/pcm/download...
ms are to endeavor to take measures to improve their management with an international perspective, following international circumstances and trends seen in ms overseas
public-comment.e-gov.go.jp/pcm/download...
upon an encounter with a roadkill, my thought process: it would make a nice complete specimen (skin/skeleton); sensing a rotten smell, skin and tissue cannot be saved; I don’t have a salvage permit to begin with; it’s an invasive species so I may not need one; wait a second! I must go to work...
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
upon an encounter with a roadkill, my thought process: it would make a nice complete specimen (skin/skeleton); sensing a rotten smell, skin and tissue cannot be saved; I don’t have a salvage permit to begin with; it’s an invasive species so I may not need one; wait a second! I must go to work...
Consensus among museums worldwide is they are urged to act in a tense mode to grapple with the not so bright future - terms like emergency, disasters and resilience stand out on top of familiar sustainability and communities; but no mention of AI as a new threat (or not)
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icom.museum
November 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Consensus among museums worldwide is they are urged to act in a tense mode to grapple with the not so bright future - terms like emergency, disasters and resilience stand out on top of familiar sustainability and communities; but no mention of AI as a new threat (or not)
icom.museum/wp-content/u...
icom.museum/wp-content/u...
Wondering Japan has or should have in the future a harsh FCA equivalent or a similar enforcement mechanism for the Ministry of Justice to hold academic institutions instead of individuals accountable for failure to disclose in conjunction with treble damages...
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do...
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do...
DOJ Revives China Initiative Tactics: Investigating Academic Researchers by Targeting Universities Under the False Claims Act | JD Supra
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking a renewed and aggressive enforcement approach to educational institutions and researchers with affiliations...
www.jdsupra.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Wondering Japan has or should have in the future a harsh FCA equivalent or a similar enforcement mechanism for the Ministry of Justice to hold academic institutions instead of individuals accountable for failure to disclose in conjunction with treble damages...
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do...
www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/do...
It shows what we intuitively know but what would be the ideal forms of shared stewardship?
"call for international initiatives to promote fairer access to biological knowledge, including ... repatriation, improved accessibility protocols ... inclusive research partnerships"
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
"call for international initiatives to promote fairer access to biological knowledge, including ... repatriation, improved accessibility protocols ... inclusive research partnerships"
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
The hidden biodiversity knowledge split in biological collections | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Ecological and evolutionary processes generate biodiversity, yet how biodiversity
data are organized and shared globally can shape our understanding of these processes.
We show that name-bearing type ...
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It shows what we intuitively know but what would be the ideal forms of shared stewardship?
"call for international initiatives to promote fairer access to biological knowledge, including ... repatriation, improved accessibility protocols ... inclusive research partnerships"
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
"call for international initiatives to promote fairer access to biological knowledge, including ... repatriation, improved accessibility protocols ... inclusive research partnerships"
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Doesn’t make sense -- I’ve been an ICOM-US member as a museum professional, whether I worked with a collection institution or not, for 20+ yrs; now the local secretariat in Japan asks for a new membership fee $350 under a supporting membership category, nearly 5x the due for a regular voting member
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Doesn’t make sense -- I’ve been an ICOM-US member as a museum professional, whether I worked with a collection institution or not, for 20+ yrs; now the local secretariat in Japan asks for a new membership fee $350 under a supporting membership category, nearly 5x the due for a regular voting member
Developing strategic plans for ‘smarter’ collecting is something we should do with AI to mitigate depreciation of natural history collections
..and this statement is so true - “we can recapture spatial information about species occurrences [but] we cannot recapture time"
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
..and this statement is so true - “we can recapture spatial information about species occurrences [but] we cannot recapture time"
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections - Nature Communications
Natural history collections hold over two billion specimens representing Earth’s biodiversity, but their scientific value depends on continued specimen collection and digitisation. This study demonstr...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Developing strategic plans for ‘smarter’ collecting is something we should do with AI to mitigate depreciation of natural history collections
..and this statement is so true - “we can recapture spatial information about species occurrences [but] we cannot recapture time"
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
..and this statement is so true - “we can recapture spatial information about species occurrences [but] we cannot recapture time"
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Maybe the difference would be only significant in the prosecution process if an intervening individual’s gender is the opposite of the inventor themselves, particularly herself because of unconscious bias that innovation is not supposed to belong to female figures… www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
A simple intervention significantly improved patent outcomes for women inventors
Research by the University of Washington and the USPTO found that some simple interventions increased the probability that female inventors would get patents by 12%. For first-time applicants, that...
www.washington.edu
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Maybe the difference would be only significant in the prosecution process if an intervening individual’s gender is the opposite of the inventor themselves, particularly herself because of unconscious bias that innovation is not supposed to belong to female figures… www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
how cool is that: a new venomous animal species to be published based on an “... integrative experimental design combining taxonomy, molecular data, and oceanographic modeling to understand species range shifts and cryptic diversity in a changing ocean”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Frontiers | Physalia mikazuki sp. nov. (Phylum Cnidaria; Class Hydrozoa) Blown into Japan's Northeast (Tohoku) at the Whim of Marine Ecosystem Change
The discovery of Physalia mikazuki sp. nov. in the temperate waters of Gamo Beach, Sendai Bay (Miyagi Prefecture) in the Tohoku (northeast) region of Japan, ...
www.frontiersin.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
how cool is that: a new venomous animal species to be published based on an “... integrative experimental design combining taxonomy, molecular data, and oceanographic modeling to understand species range shifts and cryptic diversity in a changing ocean”
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
was recently invited (but declined) to apply for a position, where, after submitting a resume, would complete an AI-led interview to assess language ability and professional experience, then take a follow-up AI-led interview to assess professional background- may I speak with “human" resources
October 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
was recently invited (but declined) to apply for a position, where, after submitting a resume, would complete an AI-led interview to assess language ability and professional experience, then take a follow-up AI-led interview to assess professional background- may I speak with “human" resources
Sharp 'science of science' questions and challenges analyzing public fundings impact on drugs R&D ecosystems
“NIH...retains the right to veto publications...should...make data [on peer review scores and unfunded grants] available to metascience researchers"
goodscience.substack.com/p/what-if-ni...
“NIH...retains the right to veto publications...should...make data [on peer review scores and unfunded grants] available to metascience researchers"
goodscience.substack.com/p/what-if-ni...
"What If NIH Had Been 40% Smaller?"
“What If NIH Had Been 40% Smaller?”
goodscience.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Sharp 'science of science' questions and challenges analyzing public fundings impact on drugs R&D ecosystems
“NIH...retains the right to veto publications...should...make data [on peer review scores and unfunded grants] available to metascience researchers"
goodscience.substack.com/p/what-if-ni...
“NIH...retains the right to veto publications...should...make data [on peer review scores and unfunded grants] available to metascience researchers"
goodscience.substack.com/p/what-if-ni...
I doubt it was a mere bad word choice ‘hometown’ implying settlements of African labor force that has spurred controversy, devolving into diplomatic PR disasters.
“JICA...has never undertaken initiatives to promote immigration and has no plans to do so in the future"
www.jica.go.jp/english/info...
“JICA...has never undertaken initiatives to promote immigration and has no plans to do so in the future"
www.jica.go.jp/english/info...
Announcement regarding the “JICA Africa Hometown” Initiative ｜ News＆Publication - JICA
www.jica.go.jp
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I doubt it was a mere bad word choice ‘hometown’ implying settlements of African labor force that has spurred controversy, devolving into diplomatic PR disasters.
“JICA...has never undertaken initiatives to promote immigration and has no plans to do so in the future"
www.jica.go.jp/english/info...
“JICA...has never undertaken initiatives to promote immigration and has no plans to do so in the future"
www.jica.go.jp/english/info...
Career opportunity @ Macroecology Lab, Dept. Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences, Tohoku University....species distribution modeling, mapping of different dimensions of biodiversity (taxonomic, functional), wildlife monitoring, ecosystem restoration
jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...
jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Career opportunity @ Macroecology Lab, Dept. Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences, Tohoku University....species distribution modeling, mapping of different dimensions of biodiversity (taxonomic, functional), wildlife monitoring, ecosystem restoration
jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...
jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...
Though I disliked being labeled as an alien, I'd never abused my H1-B status in the nonprofit sector
Does this proclamation also mean my green card potentially is worth much more than $100,000 - I should safeguard it in a vault..
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Does this proclamation also mean my green card potentially is worth much more than $100,000 - I should safeguard it in a vault..
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United
www.whitehouse.gov
September 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Though I disliked being labeled as an alien, I'd never abused my H1-B status in the nonprofit sector
Does this proclamation also mean my green card potentially is worth much more than $100,000 - I should safeguard it in a vault..
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Does this proclamation also mean my green card potentially is worth much more than $100,000 - I should safeguard it in a vault..
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Japan is out since it hasn’t been investing as heavily?
“...now advising US-based researchers to look beyond Canada & Europe, to opportunities in Asian countries that have been investing heavily in science & technology in recent years, including China and South Korea"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“...now advising US-based researchers to look beyond Canada & Europe, to opportunities in Asian countries that have been investing heavily in science & technology in recent years, including China and South Korea"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
These scientists left the US in Trump’s first term: their tips on taking the leap
Nature talks to researchers about why they moved and how they relocated successfully.
www.nature.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Japan is out since it hasn’t been investing as heavily?
“...now advising US-based researchers to look beyond Canada & Europe, to opportunities in Asian countries that have been investing heavily in science & technology in recent years, including China and South Korea"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
“...now advising US-based researchers to look beyond Canada & Europe, to opportunities in Asian countries that have been investing heavily in science & technology in recent years, including China and South Korea"
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Definitely more peaceful to be alerted of sighting of bear than a wanted murder suspect near campus
“ATTN: Please be informed that a university staff has reported a bear sighting....On top of the tree on the north side of ...(see map). Number of bears sighted: 1, total length approximately 1 meter"
“ATTN: Please be informed that a university staff has reported a bear sighting....On top of the tree on the north side of ...(see map). Number of bears sighted: 1, total length approximately 1 meter"
September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Definitely more peaceful to be alerted of sighting of bear than a wanted murder suspect near campus
“ATTN: Please be informed that a university staff has reported a bear sighting....On top of the tree on the north side of ...(see map). Number of bears sighted: 1, total length approximately 1 meter"
“ATTN: Please be informed that a university staff has reported a bear sighting....On top of the tree on the north side of ...(see map). Number of bears sighted: 1, total length approximately 1 meter"