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🟨 At the 2nd CETAF Directors’ Summit, Klement Tockner, Gilles Bloch, Ursula Warnke, and Esme Ward discussed key challenges for natural history museums, highlighting their role not only in preserving heritage but also as bridges between science, society, and governance.

#CETAF #ScienceForNature
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today we explored how multi-stakeholder collaboration drives sustainable transformation — with insights from Dr. Helge Maas @capgeminiglobal.bsky.social and Robert-Alexandre Poujade @group.bnpparibas on the Biodiversity Roadmap. 🌱

#CETAF58 #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #ScienceForFuture
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🟨 Day 2 of the CETAF Directors’ Summit in Berlin
We kicked off this second day with opening remarks by Prof. Dr. Thomas Borsch, Director of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, and CETAF President Mr. Edwin van Huis.
#CETAF58 #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #ScienceForFuture
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Today we kick off our 2nd CETAF Directors’ Summit, an event hosted together with the Botanic Garden Berlin and the Freie Universität Berlin.

This new edition will continue the dialogue on the ever-evolving role of natural history museums and botanical gardens in a rapidly changing world.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🟨 🦞 A team of marine biologists has unveiled three new species of squat lobsters from one of the most remote places on Earth, the Saya de Malha Bank, a vast submerged plateau in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

📖 Read the full study: europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🔵 Join the Berlin Botanical Garden! @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

🟨Publishing and Graphics position

➡️ Apply now: bewerbung@bo.berlin

🔗For more information: www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

#JobOpportunity #Publishing #Graphics #Botany #Garden #Berlin #Vacancy
October 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
📜 Postdoctoral Researcher – Environmental Historian (Ref. 1002) - Investigate how forestry transformed societies and environments in 18th–19th century Europe.

📍 Location: Brno, Czech Republic
🗓️ Start: January 2026 | Deadline: 13 Nov 2025
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🔬 Ph.D. Student – Department of Invasion Ecology (Ref. 1001) - Explore how genome size and polyploidy shape plant evolution and adaptation.

📍 Location: Průhonice, Czech Republic
🗓️ Start: January 2026 | Deadline: 2 Nov 2025
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🔵 Join the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences!

➡️ Apply now: recruitment@ibot.cas.cz | For more information: www.ibot.cas.cz/en/career/va...

#JobOpportunity #Research #PhD #Postdoc #Botany #Ecology #EnvironmentalHistory #CzechAcademyOfSciences
October 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🟨 A team of scientists has unveiled a hidden world of hoverflies in the Caucasus, focusing on the genus Cheilosia. By combining literature review, field expeditions, and DNA analysis, they identified 14 species new to science, each with its own unique traits.

📖Read the full study: shorturl.at/i3L4L
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
➡️ Access all the information about this position here: recruit.visma.com/spa/public/a...
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🟨 Join the department of Geosciences at the Swedish Museum of Natural History!
🔹 The museum is looking for a Postdoc in geology and geochemistry.

#Hiring #JobOpportunity #ScienceJobs #ResearchJobs #SwedenJobs #Biodiversity #Postdoc #Geology #Geochemistry
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🔹 Technical Assistant for Data Management
👉 Apply by 17 October 2025
Access all the information about this position here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🔹 Researcher (m/f/d) – Text Mining for Biodiversity Knowledge (Entomology and Legacy Texts)
👉 Apply by 17 octuber 2025
Access all the information about this position here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🟨 Join the Entomology Information Center at the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute (SDEI)!

The SDEI is looking for motivated professionals to join their team in Müncheberg (Brandenburg).

#Hiring #JobOpportunity #ScienceJobs #ResearchJobs #GermanyJobs #Biodiversity #Entomology #DataScience
October 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
And, of course, you will receive a prize if you are the winner 👇
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Are you interested in it? So, you should know how to apply 👇
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This edition is dedicated to Early Career Researcher 👇
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don’t you know what it is exactly? Then, read this👇
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🟡 Call for Applications: 7th Edition of the E-SCoRe Award 🏆

The E-SCoRe Award (Excellence in Scientific Collections-based Research) is a CETAF community initiative that celebrates the new generation of scientists.

#taxonomy #biodiversity #PhD #Opportunity #escoreaward
October 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ana Casino Rubio (Executive Director @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org and Deputy Coordinator @dissco.bsky.social ) took part in the Biodiversity Genomics Europe – #BGE Connects event. 🌿✨

#Biodiversity #Genomics #OpenData #CETAF #DiSSCo #Conservation #ResearchInfrastructure #EuropeScience #SciencePolicy
October 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🔵 Do you want to learn how to make biodiversity data more accessible, reusable, and FAIR? Join the #DEST training session!

✍ Register now in this link: www.cognitoforms.com/CETAFDEST/Li...

#Taxonomy #biodiversity #training #course #session #opendata
September 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🟡Join the Young Systematists' Forum on 14th November 2025!

It represents an exciting setting for postgraduate students and early postdoctoral researchers to present their work to a scientific audience interested in taxonomy and systematic biology.
September 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🟡Prof. Dr. Jörg Overmann has been appointed full-time Director General of the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, a CETAF member. He will also hold the Chair of #Biodiversity Research at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🖊️Authors:
- Angela Rincon. Purdue University
- Ryan Lumen (Museum and Institute of Zoology, @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social)
- Marcin J. Kamiński (Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polska Akademia Nauk)
- Aaron D. Smith. Purdue University

🔗Read the full revision: h1.nu/1d8Fs
#Taxonomy #Biodiversity
September 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM