Sabine von Mering
@svmering.bsky.social
Botanist 🌿, data scientist; Natural history museums and collections, Open Science, Wikidata, Basketball 🏀
A case study by Rodrigo Campos & myself on German film expeditions to the #Amazon, part of the special collection #Wikidata across the #Humanities (Journal of Open Humanities Data). #LinkedOpenData related to film history, natural history collections and archives. Data on Wikidata and #Zenodo. 📽️🐊🐬⏬
Behind the Picture: German Filmmakers as Agents of Natural History Collections. The Case Study of Adolf Freiherr von Dungern in the Amazon doi.org/10.5334/johd... @svmering.bsky.social
Behind the Picture: German Filmmakers as Agents of Natural History Collections. The Case Study of Adolf Freiherr von Dungern in the Amazon | Journal of Open Humanities Data
doi.org
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A case study by Rodrigo Campos & myself on German film expeditions to the #Amazon, part of the special collection #Wikidata across the #Humanities (Journal of Open Humanities Data). #LinkedOpenData related to film history, natural history collections and archives. Data on Wikidata and #Zenodo. 📽️🐊🐬⏬
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📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal!
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📢 45 extended #conference #abstracts already made publicly & permanently available in the #LivingData2025 conference collection in our #journal!
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
💡Browse them by session to revisit the 2025 joint event by @tdwg.org, @gbif.org, @obis.org & @geobon.org!
biss.pensoft.net/collection/5... 🔓
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The result could be used as a blueprint by other cities in Germany and far beyond, says @svmering.bsky.social.
A Victorious Hamburg Climate Resolution Is a Model of Hope-Fueled People Power
While the current German government is rolling back or even boycotting climate action, Hamburg is showing the world that grassroots climate action is effective.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The result could be used as a blueprint by other cities in Germany and far beyond, says @svmering.bsky.social.
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@svmering.bsky.social shares how @mfnberlin.bsky.social is digitally cataloguing and digitizing its vast natural history collection of approximately 30 million objects and building a #Wikidata knowledge graph connecting taxa, specimens, people, places, publications, and events. #LivingData2025 🧪 🔗
October 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@svmering.bsky.social shares how @mfnberlin.bsky.social is digitally cataloguing and digitizing its vast natural history collection of approximately 30 million objects and building a #Wikidata knowledge graph connecting taxa, specimens, people, places, publications, and events. #LivingData2025 🧪 🔗
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The wonderful speakers from @tiagolubiana.bsky.social’s #Wikimedia & #BiodiversityData session at #LivingData2025 (we also had the fabulous @siobhanleachman.bsky.social online). 🧪🔗🌎👩🏼💻 @rdmpage.bsky.social @svmering.bsky.social @biodivlibrary.bsky.social @wikimediafoundation.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The wonderful speakers from @tiagolubiana.bsky.social’s #Wikimedia & #BiodiversityData session at #LivingData2025 (we also had the fabulous @siobhanleachman.bsky.social online). 🧪🔗🌎👩🏼💻 @rdmpage.bsky.social @svmering.bsky.social @biodivlibrary.bsky.social @wikimediafoundation.org
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Sabine von Mering @svmering.bsky.social will be talking about the creation of a Museum Knowledge Graph to open up and link the collection using #Wikidata (and the Wikiverse) and connecting this to content in BHL and data from GBIF. #LivingData2025 #DatosVivos2025 #ILoveBHL
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Sabine von Mering @svmering.bsky.social will be talking about the creation of a Museum Knowledge Graph to open up and link the collection using #Wikidata (and the Wikiverse) and connecting this to content in BHL and data from GBIF. #LivingData2025 #DatosVivos2025 #ILoveBHL
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20 Jahre Darßer Naturfilmfestival-im Oktober sind Naturschützer und Kreative an der Ostsee,um Natur zu bewundern und hieran zu erinnern:
„1990 war eine Sternstunde des deutschen Naturschutzes.
5 Nationalparks, 6 Biosphärenreservate und 3 Naturparks entstanden auf 4,5% der Landesfläche der DDR.“
„1990 war eine Sternstunde des deutschen Naturschutzes.
5 Nationalparks, 6 Biosphärenreservate und 3 Naturparks entstanden auf 4,5% der Landesfläche der DDR.“
October 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
20 Jahre Darßer Naturfilmfestival-im Oktober sind Naturschützer und Kreative an der Ostsee,um Natur zu bewundern und hieran zu erinnern:
„1990 war eine Sternstunde des deutschen Naturschutzes.
5 Nationalparks, 6 Biosphärenreservate und 3 Naturparks entstanden auf 4,5% der Landesfläche der DDR.“
„1990 war eine Sternstunde des deutschen Naturschutzes.
5 Nationalparks, 6 Biosphärenreservate und 3 Naturparks entstanden auf 4,5% der Landesfläche der DDR.“
Our article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" is part of this new issue of @annbot.bsky.social
See: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Result of a great #collaboration @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social Heidi Meudt! #Wikidata #LOD
See: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Result of a great #collaboration @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social Heidi Meudt! #Wikidata #LOD
🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!
🧬 Symbiosis, physiology & molecular responses
🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
🌾 Nutrients & root processes
📊 Open data & measurements
🌱 Seeds, seedlings & climate change
New issue👉 botany.fyi/91590f
#PlantScience #Botany
🧬 Symbiosis, physiology & molecular responses
🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
🌾 Nutrients & root processes
📊 Open data & measurements
🌱 Seeds, seedlings & climate change
New issue👉 botany.fyi/91590f
#PlantScience #Botany
![The cover image shows the Australian Queen of Sheba orchid, a plant which exhibits floral deception by mimicking buzz-pollinated tinsel lilies. Floral trait analyses, pollinator observations, and reproductive success metrics reveal how visual and olfactory signals interact to attract shared pollinators, advancing our understanding of the complex evolution of mimicry in deceptive pollination systems. [See Scaccabarozzi et al., pp. 583–595.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qowz7hsvbml54nxg6hzo7rrg/bafkreict3cbx4a2wcbm42ai6jlkabu3dkhk2d3rxbtkg4qq2hfqe3tqnvm@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Our article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" is part of this new issue of @annbot.bsky.social
See: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Result of a great #collaboration @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social Heidi Meudt! #Wikidata #LOD
See: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Result of a great #collaboration @siobhanleachman.bsky.social @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social Heidi Meudt! #Wikidata #LOD
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An article I collaborated on - "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" - is in this issue! See academic.oup.com/aob/article/... #Wikidata #Botanists #LinkedOpenData
🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!
🧬 Symbiosis, physiology & molecular responses
🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
🌾 Nutrients & root processes
📊 Open data & measurements
🌱 Seeds, seedlings & climate change
New issue👉 botany.fyi/91590f
#PlantScience #Botany
🧬 Symbiosis, physiology & molecular responses
🌸 Pollination & plant–insect interactions
🌾 Nutrients & root processes
📊 Open data & measurements
🌱 Seeds, seedlings & climate change
New issue👉 botany.fyi/91590f
#PlantScience #Botany
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An article I collaborated on - "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" - is in this issue! See academic.oup.com/aob/article/... #Wikidata #Botanists #LinkedOpenData
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Very excited to have this opportunity!
Manaaki Whenua have appointed Siobhan Leachman as their Wikimedian in Residence!
Supporting staff to share their expertise, @siobhanleachman.bsky.social will be assisting the group with contributing content from their nationally significant collections to openly accessible Wikimedia platforms.
Supporting staff to share their expertise, @siobhanleachman.bsky.social will be assisting the group with contributing content from their nationally significant collections to openly accessible Wikimedia platforms.
From Collections to Commons: Announcing a Wikimedian in Residence at Manaaki Whenua
From Collections to Commons: Announcing a Wikimedian in Residence at Manaaki Whenua Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Group now have a Wikimedian in Residence on board, […]
www.wikimedia.nz
September 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Very excited to have this opportunity!
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📸 Aus der Vogelperspektive ausgezeichnet: @tannebergerf.bsky.social ( @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social / @unigreifswald.bsky.social ) wird Ehrenmitglied der @dornitholges.bsky.social für ihr Engagement für den Seggenrohrsänger & den Moorschutz! 🥳👏 #ornithologie #moorschutz #artenvielfalt
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
📸 Aus der Vogelperspektive ausgezeichnet: @tannebergerf.bsky.social ( @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social / @unigreifswald.bsky.social ) wird Ehrenmitglied der @dornitholges.bsky.social für ihr Engagement für den Seggenrohrsänger & den Moorschutz! 🥳👏 #ornithologie #moorschutz #artenvielfalt
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Last night we were invited to the old town hall of Erfurt, which was mainly built between 1870 and 1875. It is an impressive building and we are thankful to the town of Erfurt for welcoming us.
September 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Last night we were invited to the old town hall of Erfurt, which was mainly built between 1870 and 1875. It is an impressive building and we are thankful to the town of Erfurt for welcoming us.
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During this year's conference we are celebrating the 175th anniversary of the German Ornithological Society! Today, we honored this event with a special session.
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
During this year's conference we are celebrating the 175th anniversary of the German Ornithological Society! Today, we honored this event with a special session.
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Carnivorous #bats that hug? 🦇
New study on the spectral bat reveals prey provision, grooming and even wing-wrapped greetings – complex social behaviour with big implications for #conservation! 🌎
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
📸 Marisa Tietge
#science #sciencenews
New study on the spectral bat reveals prey provision, grooming and even wing-wrapped greetings – complex social behaviour with big implications for #conservation! 🌎
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
📸 Marisa Tietge
#science #sciencenews
September 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carnivorous #bats that hug? 🦇
New study on the spectral bat reveals prey provision, grooming and even wing-wrapped greetings – complex social behaviour with big implications for #conservation! 🌎
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
📸 Marisa Tietge
#science #sciencenews
New study on the spectral bat reveals prey provision, grooming and even wing-wrapped greetings – complex social behaviour with big implications for #conservation! 🌎
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
📸 Marisa Tietge
#science #sciencenews
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🎉Meet Dmitry Sokoloff, session chair & speaker at the @annbot.bsky.social sponsored symposium “Evolutionary history of the Gnetales” during Botany 2025, and researcher at Tel Aviv University. Get to know his passion for evo-devo biology 🧵
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July 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🎉Meet Dmitry Sokoloff, session chair & speaker at the @annbot.bsky.social sponsored symposium “Evolutionary history of the Gnetales” during Botany 2025, and researcher at Tel Aviv University. Get to know his passion for evo-devo biology 🧵
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Have a look at the @botany.one blog post 🌿 about our #Wikidata article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data"!
With @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social & Heidi Meudt
With @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social & Heidi Meudt
Wikidata for Botanists: Connecting People, Plants, and Data
📚 Now in @botany.one 🌿
botany.fyi/7dtcvb
Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
📚 Now in @botany.one 🌿
botany.fyi/7dtcvb
Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
July 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Have a look at the @botany.one blog post 🌿 about our #Wikidata article "Wikidata for botanists: benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data"!
With @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social & Heidi Meudt
With @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social & Heidi Meudt
Have a look at this blog post about our new article "Wikidata for botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" with @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social and Heidi Meudt: blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/t... #Wikidata #LOD #botany
The power and potential of Wikidata for botany | Te Papa’s Blog
A new paper entitled Wikidata for Botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data has been published in the Annals of Botany. This publication is the result of a collaboration of …
blog.tepapa.govt.nz
July 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Have a look at this blog post about our new article "Wikidata for botanists: Benefits of collaborating and sharing Linked Open Data" with @siobhanleachman.bsky.social, @joaquimsantos1978.bsky.social and Heidi Meudt: blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2025/07/14/t... #Wikidata #LOD #botany
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Can't wait for Grace Exley and her research as Munby Fellow @theul.bsky.social and the Natural History Humanities initiative with us! #GLAM
Great talk in the #BSHS2025 Women in Natural History session today by Grace Exley on ‘How Women Shaped Geological Collections: The Case of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, 1813-1914’ - incoming Munby Fellow @theul.bsky.social / @camglamresearch.bsky.social Natural History Humanities.
July 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Can't wait for Grace Exley and her research as Munby Fellow @theul.bsky.social and the Natural History Humanities initiative with us! #GLAM
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This paper came about as a result of a wonderful collaboration with my colleagues including the marvellous @svmering.bsky.social as well as Carmen Ulloa, Sandy Knapp, Heather Lindon, Qianqian Gu and Sarah Vincent! It was a privilege to work with them all!
Whoohoo my new paper has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. See doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Women #Botanists #Wikidata
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This paper came about as a result of a wonderful collaboration with my colleagues including the marvellous @svmering.bsky.social as well as Carmen Ulloa, Sandy Knapp, Heather Lindon, Qianqian Gu and Sarah Vincent! It was a privilege to work with them all!
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Whoohoo my new paper has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. See doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Women #Botanists #Wikidata
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Whoohoo my new paper has just been published! The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality. See doi.org/10.1002/ppp3... #Women #Botanists #Wikidata
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Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment
How colonialism shaped the Scottish Enlightenment’s conception of race and humanity In the decades after 1750, an increasing number of former medical st...
yalebooks.yale.edu
May 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci
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If anyone is around London on June 27th and 28th, I'm presenting at this fabulous conference at the British Library on the global histories of plants and gardens. If interested, you can get your ticket using the link below. Hope to see you there!
events.bl.uk/events/garde...
events.bl.uk/events/garde...
Gardens and Empires | British Library
The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This conference investigates the impacts of these global connection
events.bl.uk
April 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
If anyone is around London on June 27th and 28th, I'm presenting at this fabulous conference at the British Library on the global histories of plants and gardens. If interested, you can get your ticket using the link below. Hope to see you there!
events.bl.uk/events/garde...
events.bl.uk/events/garde...
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The BHL global community met in Berlin last week for our #BHLAnnualMeeting and the #BHLDay2025 public symposium. Thank you to the speakers, participants, tour guides, and our wonderful host @mfnberlin.bsky.social (🙏@ehrmn.bsky.social) for making this such a fascinating and inspiring event.
April 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The BHL global community met in Berlin last week for our #BHLAnnualMeeting and the #BHLDay2025 public symposium. Thank you to the speakers, participants, tour guides, and our wonderful host @mfnberlin.bsky.social (🙏@ehrmn.bsky.social) for making this such a fascinating and inspiring event.
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Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Hi Bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest #OpenAccess digital library of biodiversity literature and archives. We're a global consortium of 660 contributors who've made 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge freely accessible online. www.biodiversitylibrary.org
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BHL Day 2025 on 9–10 April 🌍
Join us in #Berlin or online to explore how #OpenData is transforming #biodiversity research. With talks from @svmering.bsky.social on including BHL images in #Wikimedia Commons, strategies to improve accessibility and more! 🔍
🔗 Register now: s.si.edu/bhlday2025
Join us in #Berlin or online to explore how #OpenData is transforming #biodiversity research. With talks from @svmering.bsky.social on including BHL images in #Wikimedia Commons, strategies to improve accessibility and more! 🔍
🔗 Register now: s.si.edu/bhlday2025
March 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
BHL Day 2025 on 9–10 April 🌍
Join us in #Berlin or online to explore how #OpenData is transforming #biodiversity research. With talks from @svmering.bsky.social on including BHL images in #Wikimedia Commons, strategies to improve accessibility and more! 🔍
🔗 Register now: s.si.edu/bhlday2025
Join us in #Berlin or online to explore how #OpenData is transforming #biodiversity research. With talks from @svmering.bsky.social on including BHL images in #Wikimedia Commons, strategies to improve accessibility and more! 🔍
🔗 Register now: s.si.edu/bhlday2025