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wetconservatrix.bsky.social
wetconservatrix (Claire Smith)
@wetconservatrix.bsky.social
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PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant (AFHEA) at the Cole Museum of Zoology. (She/her)
Talk to me about Things In Jars!
(Particularly if they're in propylene phenoxetol or liquid paraffin!)
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My husband went to a Welsh copper mine, and brought me back... a lump!
A close up view of a tennis ball sized round piece of rock. It is pale grey, and the surface is slightly bumpy. It's sitting on a layer of brown paper, which is torn to reveal the rock. It is being held up in the palm of a hand.
June 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Hello! I turned up here in January and immediately wandered off. What have I been up to since? Writing about fluid preserved collections, talking about colonialism, preserving fish, photographing fish, writing about fish... I know very little about fish, but lots about fluid preservation! #PhDLife
A middle-aged woman with short pink hair and round black glasses is peeping over a printed journal - it's Issue 13 of the Journal of Natural Science Collections A middle-aged woman with short pink hair and round black glasses is standing to the left of the image. They are wearing a green patterned shirt with a red and white name badge and a white patterned lanyard. They are standing by a large window next to a sign which says "Private Event, Colonies, Hives and Queens: Insects and Colonialism". There are logos for the University of Reading and the Natural History Museum (London).
June 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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@flygirlnhm.bsky.social came for a sneaky peek around the new storage space for our fluid-preserved collection, and photographed some of my favourites 😍
flygirlnhm.bsky.social Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · Jan 22

Fingers, tongues and toes. Part of the historic collection that has been used continuously for the last 100 years (and more) by students at the University of Reading

#ColeMuseum @acallazoo.bsky.social @wetconservatrix.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Just had a peak in the amazing new collections storage space of the #ColeMuseum

This is @wetconservatrix.bsky.social modelling a GIANT polychaete with @chrisfoster.bsky.social, @acallazoo.bsky.social and myself have specimen selfies with it
January 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM