Samanta Orellana
@coleopterasam.bsky.social
Entomologist 🐞 | Anthribidae | Collections | Postdoc @KU Biodiversity Institute | Symbiota | biodiversidad.gt Portal Admin 🇬🇹
📍 https://en.bionomia.net/0000-0002-4098-5823
📍 https://en.bionomia.net/0000-0002-4098-5823
Our abstract for #LivingData about the use of #Symbiota portals in #LatinAmerica is out! At least 140 collections in 12 countries are actively using the portals 🥰. So far, less than 40% of collections in the region are available anywhere online. We'd love to help! 💚 biss.pensoft.net/article/1773...
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our abstract for #LivingData about the use of #Symbiota portals in #LatinAmerica is out! At least 140 collections in 12 countries are actively using the portals 🥰. So far, less than 40% of collections in the region are available anywhere online. We'd love to help! 💚 biss.pensoft.net/article/1773...
It was a lovely first day of #ECN2025!! 🥰Thanks to the presenters and organizers for all the wonderful sessions! The effort to provide a virtual format is really appreciated 😊🐞💚.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It was a lovely first day of #ECN2025!! 🥰Thanks to the presenters and organizers for all the wonderful sessions! The effort to provide a virtual format is really appreciated 😊🐞💚.
One last stop in Bogota! Of course, I couldn't miss the opportunity to visit Colombian collections!! Thanks to Juan Pablo Botero, Ericka Vergara, and John Cesar Neita for sharing their beautiful anthribids with me!! 💚 It was also great to meet @dimitriforero.bsky.social in person! Hasta la próxima!🤗
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One last stop in Bogota! Of course, I couldn't miss the opportunity to visit Colombian collections!! Thanks to Juan Pablo Botero, Ericka Vergara, and John Cesar Neita for sharing their beautiful anthribids with me!! 💚 It was also great to meet @dimitriforero.bsky.social in person! Hasta la próxima!🤗
Thank you, all! I had such a great time!!! 🥰🥰 #LivingData
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thank you, all! I had such a great time!!! 🥰🥰 #LivingData
If you missed any of our #Symbiota talks/posters, they are still available in the #LivingData platform! We'll also submit extended abstracts to BISS so you can check every detail later 💚.
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you missed any of our #Symbiota talks/posters, they are still available in the #LivingData platform! We'll also submit extended abstracts to BISS so you can check every detail later 💚.
I particularly loved learning about so many incredible initiatives around the world 🌎🌍🌏. It is beautiful to witness such passion and engagement for biodiversity data, and the desire to help and empower communities in every possible way 💚.
October 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I particularly loved learning about so many incredible initiatives around the world 🌎🌍🌏. It is beautiful to witness such passion and engagement for biodiversity data, and the desire to help and empower communities in every possible way 💚.
What a week! I enjoyed every day of #LivingData in Bogota!
October 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What a week! I enjoyed every day of #LivingData in Bogota!
Hi @gbif.org. Last time I tried it didn't work but I'm still interested in volunteering for GRSciColl! 😊 I have valuable contacts with collections across Latin America 💚. Let me know! 😁
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hi @gbif.org. Last time I tried it didn't work but I'm still interested in volunteering for GRSciColl! 😊 I have valuable contacts with collections across Latin America 💚. Let me know! 😁
Moving to the Grand Hyatt for #LivingData! Don't miss my poster (Wednesday) and presentation (Friday) about our work with #Symbiota digitizing collections in #LatinAmerica! 🌎
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Moving to the Grand Hyatt for #LivingData! Don't miss my poster (Wednesday) and presentation (Friday) about our work with #Symbiota digitizing collections in #LatinAmerica! 🌎
Finally for #GB32, the Governing Board Meeting in the beautiful Botanical Garden! What a privilege being able to join representing the #SymbiotaNode💚. Thank you, GBIF, it was truly a great experience 🥰. Now, on to #LivingData! 🤩
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Finally for #GB32, the Governing Board Meeting in the beautiful Botanical Garden! What a privilege being able to join representing the #SymbiotaNode💚. Thank you, GBIF, it was truly a great experience 🥰. Now, on to #LivingData! 🤩
The GBIF Nodes Meeting was also very special! It was great being able to finally meet so many (virtually) familiar faces from all over the world 🌎😊. Thanks to Universidad de Externado and Universidad de Los Andes for hosting! Thanks @gbif.org for the lovely group photo 🥰.
October 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The GBIF Nodes Meeting was also very special! It was great being able to finally meet so many (virtually) familiar faces from all over the world 🌎😊. Thanks to Universidad de Externado and Universidad de Los Andes for hosting! Thanks @gbif.org for the lovely group photo 🥰.
The #GBIF Nodes Training was amazing! A lot of work but also a lot of fun with an amazing global community. I really loved engaging with my #Magenta group 🇵🇱🇧🇯🇨🇵🇳🇴🇲🇬🇹🇩🇺🇸💚(🇬🇹)😊. Among many other subjects, there was certainly some passion for collections in the group 🥰😁. #SymbiotaNode #GB32
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The #GBIF Nodes Training was amazing! A lot of work but also a lot of fun with an amazing global community. I really loved engaging with my #Magenta group 🇵🇱🇧🇯🇨🇵🇳🇴🇲🇬🇹🇩🇺🇸💚(🇬🇹)😊. Among many other subjects, there was certainly some passion for collections in the group 🥰😁. #SymbiotaNode #GB32
Of course, I had to spend some time in the UNMSM Entomology Collection checking the weevils!!! 😍 Thanks to Dr. Mabel Alvarado (KU graduate!), Dr. Luis Figueroa and their wonderful students for their help. As a bonus, I digitized some anthribids in my research profile 🥰. ecdysis.org/collections/...
October 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Of course, I had to spend some time in the UNMSM Entomology Collection checking the weevils!!! 😍 Thanks to Dr. Mabel Alvarado (KU graduate!), Dr. Luis Figueroa and their wonderful students for their help. As a bonus, I digitized some anthribids in my research profile 🥰. ecdysis.org/collections/...
I can't thank our hosts at UNMSM enough for their hospitality and enthusiasm! 💚
October 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I can't thank our hosts at UNMSM enough for their hospitality and enthusiasm! 💚
October has been full of #Symbiota adventures in South America 🌎💚. It started last week in Peru🇵🇪, where we held a digitization workshop in collaboration with UNMSM Natural History Museum and Yale Peabody Museum. Around 80 participants from all over the country attended. We had a blast! 🌿
October 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
October has been full of #Symbiota adventures in South America 🌎💚. It started last week in Peru🇵🇪, where we held a digitization workshop in collaboration with UNMSM Natural History Museum and Yale Peabody Museum. Around 80 participants from all over the country attended. We had a blast! 🌿
Thanks to the KU Office of Research for the spotlight! Happy to be part of the @kunhm.bsky.social and continue contributing to preserving and digitizing the collections 🩵. #KUEntomology #PostdocAppreciationWeek #KUSEMC
➡️ research.ku.edu/news/article...
➡️ research.ku.edu/news/article...
September 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thanks to the KU Office of Research for the spotlight! Happy to be part of the @kunhm.bsky.social and continue contributing to preserving and digitizing the collections 🩵. #KUEntomology #PostdocAppreciationWeek #KUSEMC
➡️ research.ku.edu/news/article...
➡️ research.ku.edu/news/article...
It's #WeevilWednesday! Perfect day to introduce our #Symbiota Weevil Portal! Still under construction, but already with some data. This beautiful Curculio, deposited in #KUSEMC, was originally digitized in #Specify and has been mobilized to our portal 💚. ➡️ weevil.symbiota.org/portal/colle...
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's #WeevilWednesday! Perfect day to introduce our #Symbiota Weevil Portal! Still under construction, but already with some data. This beautiful Curculio, deposited in #KUSEMC, was originally digitized in #Specify and has been mobilized to our portal 💚. ➡️ weevil.symbiota.org/portal/colle...
One of my major motivations is sharing specimens I study with researchers around the world 🌎. None of this would be possible without the amazing support from #iDigBio and #Symbiota. Here are some of the collections also mobilized to #GBIF and @bionomia.net 💚.
➡️ www.gbif.org/network/0479...
➡️ www.gbif.org/network/0479...
September 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
One of my major motivations is sharing specimens I study with researchers around the world 🌎. None of this would be possible without the amazing support from #iDigBio and #Symbiota. Here are some of the collections also mobilized to #GBIF and @bionomia.net 💚.
➡️ www.gbif.org/network/0479...
➡️ www.gbif.org/network/0479...
Don't miss this important webinar today, during the webinar series by #iDigBio "Sustaining collections digitization beyond NSF funding", featuring @gbif.org: ➡️ ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Don't miss this important webinar today, during the webinar series by #iDigBio "Sustaining collections digitization beyond NSF funding", featuring @gbif.org: ➡️ ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The KU Entomology group is growing! So many ideas and so much work to do! 🥰🐞🦋🐝
September 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The KU Entomology group is growing! So many ideas and so much work to do! 🥰🐞🦋🐝
#LivingData is quickly approaching 😱. Who is going to Bogota? 🥳. Who is attending remotely? 🌎. You can't miss our presentations (in English and Spanish) about #Symbiota and our collaborations with collections all over the world to make their data available 💚🌎.
➡️ livingdata2025.com/registration...
➡️ livingdata2025.com/registration...
September 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#LivingData is quickly approaching 😱. Who is going to Bogota? 🥳. Who is attending remotely? 🌎. You can't miss our presentations (in English and Spanish) about #Symbiota and our collaborations with collections all over the world to make their data available 💚🌎.
➡️ livingdata2025.com/registration...
➡️ livingdata2025.com/registration...
A long weekend was perfect to catch up on digitization 🥰. Let us know if you want your own profile to digitize and mobilize your arthropod/plant/vertebrate/fungi/fossil data 💚: help@symbiota.org. #Symbiota
➡️ ecdysis.org/collections/... 🐞
➡️ ecdysis.org/collections/... 🐞
September 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A long weekend was perfect to catch up on digitization 🥰. Let us know if you want your own profile to digitize and mobilize your arthropod/plant/vertebrate/fungi/fossil data 💚: help@symbiota.org. #Symbiota
➡️ ecdysis.org/collections/... 🐞
➡️ ecdysis.org/collections/... 🐞
First full day of the #WeevilCourse2025 at the Southwestern Research Station, AZ! Awesome lectures, demonstrations and subfamilies identification 😄. #Curculionoidea #Weevils
July 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
First full day of the #WeevilCourse2025 at the Southwestern Research Station, AZ! Awesome lectures, demonstrations and subfamilies identification 😄. #Curculionoidea #Weevils
Leaving the beautiful #CostaRica 🇨🇷 after a few wonderful weeks! I deeply appreciate the hospitality of local researchers at Universidad de Costa Rica (in San José and Guanacaste 🥰), and the support given by @kunhm.bsky.social to make this trip possible! More soon! #Anthribidae #FranzLab #Collections
July 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Leaving the beautiful #CostaRica 🇨🇷 after a few wonderful weeks! I deeply appreciate the hospitality of local researchers at Universidad de Costa Rica (in San José and Guanacaste 🥰), and the support given by @kunhm.bsky.social to make this trip possible! More soon! #Anthribidae #FranzLab #Collections