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🔬 Yesterday, we attended the @erc.europa.eu Annual Conference

In the keynote, Ilaria Capua presented Circular Health, highlighting the shift from an ego-centred to an eco-centred view of health and the need for convergence across human, animal and environmental systems.
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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🟡 On European Data Protection Day, CETAF highlights its cybersecurity statement approved at the Directors’ Summit in Berlin, reaffirming the need to protect scientific data, digital collections, and institutional trust.
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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🎉 Big news! CETAF has secured Horizon Europe funding for the new project TETTRIX, with an excellent evaluation score of 14.5/15.

An exciting new phase for collaboration in biodiversity research across Europe 🌍

👉 Full details on our website: cetaf.org/cetaf-secure...
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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🟨 An illustrated catalogue revisits bee species collected by Alfred Russel Wallace and described by Frederick Smith, based on historical museum collections.

Published in the @ejtaxonomy.bsky.social europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ej...
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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🗣️ "Natural history museums play a key role in bridging science and society through education and public engagement." Rafael Zardoya, Director of Spain's Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC) - CSIC @mncn-csic.bsky.social

👉Read the complete interview: cetaf.org/why-taxonomy...
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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Don’t miss the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Info Days!

📅 22–23 Jan 2026

The most relevant cluster for the CETAF community and biodiversity research.

🤝 Brokerage event: 21 Jan 2026 (Brussels)

🔗 Info & registration: register.event-works.europa.eu/dgscic/CL6_I...

#CL6INFODAY #HorizonEurope #EUFunding
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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If a species has no name, it is invisible to science, policy and conservation

In this article, Michael Magee (@nhmdk.bsky.social ) explains how #TETTRIs is tackling Europe’s taxonomic capacity crisis—making taxonomy visible,connected and future-ready

🔗 Read more
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January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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The @mfnberlin.bsky.social is looking for a Strategic Lead for Collection Development and Senior Scientist.

📍Berlin, Germany
📭Application deadline: 18 January 2026.
🔗https://jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/33584db482fdece321689ec27be78b233a8c2cec0
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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✨ Season’s wishes from CETAF! ✨

Wishing our community happy holidays and a New Year full of health, joy, and new opportunities. 🌱🌍

📬 e.pulse #15, our final newsletter of the year, features a round-up of CETAF’s 2025 highlights and the latest taxonomy news 👉 lnkd.in/eDqyFqMB
December 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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🌍 Horizon Europe 2026–2027 is here!

🌱 Cluster 6 (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment) is the most relevant for the CETAF community.

📅 Join the Cluster 6 Info Days: 22–23 January 2026 (Brussels & online)
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December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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📣Over 1,000 people attend the Citizen Science Fair at MUSE-Museo delle Scienze in #Trento 🇮🇹

🔗 tettris.eu/2025/12/16/c...
December 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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🐝 Pollinators are in decline.

The EU’s new EU PoMS sets a unified, science-based way to monitor them.

🎯 CETAF helped shape the methodology, ensuring taxonomic expertise is central to accurate pollinator monitoring.

🔎 cetaf.org/cetafhelps-s...

#Biodiversity #Pollinators #TaxonomyMatters
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🟠TETTRIs goes to Africa!
Maarten Van Steenberge, Dr. Rodrigue Pelebe, and Prof. Maarten Vanhove delivered a four-day workshop at the University of Parakou.

#TETTRIs #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #Africa #CapacityBuilding
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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🟨CORE (Collection Research) Grant 2026 – Apply Now!

The OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH in Austria is inviting applications for the CORE program, supporting short-term research visits to study their world-class biological and paleontological collections.

🔗https://www.ooekultur.at/wettbewerbe-und-stipendien
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🌍 CETAF joins the Crete Declaration on One Health 🐾🌱

People, animals, plants & ecosystems are connected. Together, we advance #OneHealth, share data, drive innovation & strengthen Europe’s resilience.

Read the complete declaration: lnkd.in/dF4T46wW
#OneHealth #Innovation #Biodiversity #CETAF
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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📣 Don’t miss the Citizen Science Fair in Trento!

🔬Explore over 20 citizen science projects from the region, learn about their work, and connect with the people behind them.

Join us for a day of discovery!
📅 14 December | 📍 Trento

#TETTRIs #Taxonomy #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #Trento #Italy
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The pre-registration period for specimen datasets to join @dissco.bsky.social is almost done (Oct 31) but here is a funny fact: if you have a #DarwinCore archive already, it'll take you 15 minutes to fill in the form. We'll create only 20M #DOIs in 2025 so hurry! dissco.eu/ds-enrollment/
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Laura Tilley (CETAF) and Olle Hints (TalTech) presented at the #SwissCollNet Workshop on publishing Earth Science collection data. Highlights: GeoCASe, Estonia’s SARV portal, FAIR data, and open science. 🌍

#CETAF #GeoCASe #EarthScience #FAIRdata #OpenScience
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🤝 #CETAF58 was made possible thanks to the active participation of all attendees. Their commitment and contributions were essential to the success of the meeting, reinforcing the spirit of #dialogue, #openness, #cooperation, and dedication that defines the CETAF #community.
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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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
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🟨 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
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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
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🟨 🦞 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
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🔵 Join the Berlin Botanical Garden! @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

🟨Publishing and Graphics position

➡️ Apply now: [email protected]

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

#JobOpportunity #Publishing #Graphics #Botany #Garden #Berlin #Vacancy
October 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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🎥 CETAF and DiSSCo contributed to #LivingData2025, where Laura Tilley presented the CETAF/DiSSCo Specialisation Tool advancing open and FAIR biodiversity data across Europe 🌍

▶️ Watch her presentation ⬇️

#biodiversity #FAIRdata #DiSSCo #CETAF
The CETAF/DiSSCo Specialisation Tool in support of European biodiversity data integration
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October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM