John Jackson
@johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social
Natural History Museum London science and humanities research, collections, laboratories and libraries - Head of Science Policy and Communication - own views - 🦇🐝🦂🐞🦖🦀🦒🌳🍄🌎☄️ &c
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Library & Archives Open Day (free)
19 September 2025
When: 10.00 - 16.00
Where: Lasting Impressions Gallery (red zone)
Our team have developed four themed displays:
🐋 Whales, science and conservation
🌱 Ordering and naming nature
✏️ Writing from the field
❄️ Polar expeditions
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
19 September 2025
When: 10.00 - 16.00
Where: Lasting Impressions Gallery (red zone)
Our team have developed four themed displays:
🐋 Whales, science and conservation
🌱 Ordering and naming nature
✏️ Writing from the field
❄️ Polar expeditions
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
September 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Library & Archives Open Day (free)
19 September 2025
When: 10.00 - 16.00
Where: Lasting Impressions Gallery (red zone)
Our team have developed four themed displays:
🐋 Whales, science and conservation
🌱 Ordering and naming nature
✏️ Writing from the field
❄️ Polar expeditions
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
19 September 2025
When: 10.00 - 16.00
Where: Lasting Impressions Gallery (red zone)
Our team have developed four themed displays:
🐋 Whales, science and conservation
🌱 Ordering and naming nature
✏️ Writing from the field
❄️ Polar expeditions
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
Eileen Cox NHM on symmetry and structure in taxonomy for naviculoid diatoms – microscopic plant plankton of huge importance in marine and freshwater systems.
Systematic relationships are revealed through wall structure and should be the basis for diatom systematics. doi.org/10.5091/plec...
Systematic relationships are revealed through wall structure and should be the basis for diatom systematics. doi.org/10.5091/plec...
Symmetry and structure re-visited: is symmetry still over-emphasised as a taxonomic character for naviculoid diatoms?
Background and aims – Over 40 years ago, I explored the use of symmetry and structure as taxonomic criteria for naviculoid diatoms, arguing that structure was the more informative character. This pape...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Eileen Cox NHM on symmetry and structure in taxonomy for naviculoid diatoms – microscopic plant plankton of huge importance in marine and freshwater systems.
Systematic relationships are revealed through wall structure and should be the basis for diatom systematics. doi.org/10.5091/plec...
Systematic relationships are revealed through wall structure and should be the basis for diatom systematics. doi.org/10.5091/plec...
Apply now! Sillitoe Distinguished Research Leader in economic geology, Natural History Museum - working with the Resourcing the Green Economy Research Theme. Deadline 17 October 2025
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Sillitoe Distinguished Research Leader, Economic Geology:South Kensington
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August 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Apply now! Sillitoe Distinguished Research Leader in economic geology, Natural History Museum - working with the Resourcing the Green Economy Research Theme. Deadline 17 October 2025
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NHM London is looking for a Director of Research as part of our leadership team. Guide a world-class research community, set a strong vision for collections-based research, and ensure research excellence across NHM activities.
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July 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
NHM London is looking for a Director of Research as part of our leadership team. Guide a world-class research community, set a strong vision for collections-based research, and ensure research excellence across NHM activities.
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‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth - looking forward to the new NHM Space exhibition
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‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth
Extraterrestrial rocks, recently delivered by a space probe, could answer the big questions about alien lifeforms and human existence
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April 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth - looking forward to the new NHM Space exhibition
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106 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Mimetite:
- A lead arsenate chloride mineral
- Forms in arsenic-bearing lead deposits
- Part of a mineral series with pyromorphite and vanadinite
- Its name comes from the Greek word "μϊμητής/mimetes" (imitator) since it looks like pyromorphite #minerals
Mimetite:
- A lead arsenate chloride mineral
- Forms in arsenic-bearing lead deposits
- Part of a mineral series with pyromorphite and vanadinite
- Its name comes from the Greek word "μϊμητής/mimetes" (imitator) since it looks like pyromorphite #minerals
April 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
106 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Mimetite:
- A lead arsenate chloride mineral
- Forms in arsenic-bearing lead deposits
- Part of a mineral series with pyromorphite and vanadinite
- Its name comes from the Greek word "μϊμητής/mimetes" (imitator) since it looks like pyromorphite #minerals
Mimetite:
- A lead arsenate chloride mineral
- Forms in arsenic-bearing lead deposits
- Part of a mineral series with pyromorphite and vanadinite
- Its name comes from the Greek word "μϊμητής/mimetes" (imitator) since it looks like pyromorphite #minerals
#GlobalSeaweed-Protect researches biodiversity, aquaculture & sustainable livelihoods with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines: led by Juliet Brodie #NHMLondon plus @samsocean.bsky.social - @ukri.org funded
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Natural History Museum leads seaweed resilience research project - Oceanographic
The UK's Natural History Museum has launched a project to protect seaweed farming in southeast Asia from the worst impacts of climate change.
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April 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#GlobalSeaweed-Protect researches biodiversity, aquaculture & sustainable livelihoods with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines: led by Juliet Brodie #NHMLondon plus @samsocean.bsky.social - @ukri.org funded
oceanographicmagazine.com/news/natural...
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Naturally curious? The team at @nhm-london.bsky.social developed our new on-demand, online learning platform naturallycurious.nhm.ac.uk
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April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Naturally curious? The team at @nhm-london.bsky.social developed our new on-demand, online learning platform naturallycurious.nhm.ac.uk
And we've been shortlisted for a Webby! Please do sign up and vote for us! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
And we've been shortlisted for a Webby! Please do sign up and vote for us! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
Whaling and natural history collections - @sophianicolov.bsky.social explores skeletal evidence and tales of whales in her historical research in this #NHMScience blog, part of Natural History Museum's development of a Culture and Collections Theme www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
Re-examining Britain’s role in whaling | Natural History Museum
Dr Sophia Nicolov explores what the Museum’s whale, dolphin and porpoise collection can tell us about Britain’s role in whaling.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whaling and natural history collections - @sophianicolov.bsky.social explores skeletal evidence and tales of whales in her historical research in this #NHMScience blog, part of Natural History Museum's development of a Culture and Collections Theme www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
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We're not just 🐋 and 🦕 at the Natural History Museum.
Looking forward to this Generation Hope event @ NHM on reproductive health & colonial history with an environmental lens. 3rd May. Speakers: me, Akosua Paries-Osei, Annabel Sowemimo, & Mitzi Jonelle Tan. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/from-...
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Looking forward to this Generation Hope event @ NHM on reproductive health & colonial history with an environmental lens. 3rd May. Speakers: me, Akosua Paries-Osei, Annabel Sowemimo, & Mitzi Jonelle Tan. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/from-...
#HistMed
March 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We're not just 🐋 and 🦕 at the Natural History Museum.
Looking forward to this Generation Hope event @ NHM on reproductive health & colonial history with an environmental lens. 3rd May. Speakers: me, Akosua Paries-Osei, Annabel Sowemimo, & Mitzi Jonelle Tan. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/from-...
#HistMed
Looking forward to this Generation Hope event @ NHM on reproductive health & colonial history with an environmental lens. 3rd May. Speakers: me, Akosua Paries-Osei, Annabel Sowemimo, & Mitzi Jonelle Tan. www.nhm.ac.uk/events/from-...
#HistMed
FREE COURSE: Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna
Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May.
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Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May.
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April 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
FREE COURSE: Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna
Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May.
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May.
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
FREE COURSE: Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality. Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course running 19-23 May. Applications close 24 April!
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April 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
FREE COURSE: Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality. Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course running 19-23 May. Applications close 24 April!
www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/...
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103 of #365Minerals
Bastnäsite:
- A group of three carbonate-fluoride mineral species which contain cerium, lanthanum or yttrium
- Forms in alkali granite and syenite
- Named after the type locality Bastnäs Mines in Västmanland, Sweden #minerals
Bastnäsite:
- A group of three carbonate-fluoride mineral species which contain cerium, lanthanum or yttrium
- Forms in alkali granite and syenite
- Named after the type locality Bastnäs Mines in Västmanland, Sweden #minerals
April 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
103 of #365Minerals
Bastnäsite:
- A group of three carbonate-fluoride mineral species which contain cerium, lanthanum or yttrium
- Forms in alkali granite and syenite
- Named after the type locality Bastnäs Mines in Västmanland, Sweden #minerals
Bastnäsite:
- A group of three carbonate-fluoride mineral species which contain cerium, lanthanum or yttrium
- Forms in alkali granite and syenite
- Named after the type locality Bastnäs Mines in Västmanland, Sweden #minerals
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A new Denisovan fossil has been found!
Remains of this ancient human species are rare, and generally found as bone fragments or individual teeth.
Now, a jawbone dredged from under the sea is revealing more about their lives. Find out what it shows 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Remains of this ancient human species are rare, and generally found as bone fragments or individual teeth.
Now, a jawbone dredged from under the sea is revealing more about their lives. Find out what it shows 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Denisovan jawbone helps to reveal appearance of ancient human species | Natural History Museum
The fossil expands the Denisovan's known range by thousands of kilometres and provides new insights into how this species looked.
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April 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A new Denisovan fossil has been found!
Remains of this ancient human species are rare, and generally found as bone fragments or individual teeth.
Now, a jawbone dredged from under the sea is revealing more about their lives. Find out what it shows 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Remains of this ancient human species are rare, and generally found as bone fragments or individual teeth.
Now, a jawbone dredged from under the sea is revealing more about their lives. Find out what it shows 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
We were honoured yesterday to be a part of return of ancestral remains to Wathithi, Warrgama and Woppaburra representatives, who will take these Old People back to Country, also escorting ancestors from the Yadhaigana people and other communities in Queensland
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April 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We were honoured yesterday to be a part of return of ancestral remains to Wathithi, Warrgama and Woppaburra representatives, who will take these Old People back to Country, also escorting ancestors from the Yadhaigana people and other communities in Queensland
www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...
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From phantom pregnancies to using frogs as pregnancy tests, medieval historian Dr. Isabel Davis joined BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to discuss elements of her new book, "Conceiving Histories": www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
Conceiving Histories - our NHM colleague @drbeldavis.bsky.social discusses the ambiguities of pregancy over time on Woman's Hour BBCRadio4 from 44:46 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Woman's Hour - Friendships, Nursery safety, Sudan - BBC Sounds
Can friendships between three people work?
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April 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
From phantom pregnancies to using frogs as pregnancy tests, medieval historian Dr. Isabel Davis joined BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour to discuss elements of her new book, "Conceiving Histories": www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...
Conceiving Histories - our NHM colleague @drbeldavis.bsky.social discusses the ambiguities of pregancy over time on Woman's Hour BBCRadio4 from 44:46 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Woman's Hour - Friendships, Nursery safety, Sudan - BBC Sounds
Can friendships between three people work?
www.bbc.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Conceiving Histories - our NHM colleague @drbeldavis.bsky.social discusses the ambiguities of pregancy over time on Woman's Hour BBCRadio4 from 44:46 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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#FossilFriday A beautiful 'seed fern' from the opening spread of the plant chapter in 'Fossils. The Essential Guide'.
March 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#FossilFriday A beautiful 'seed fern' from the opening spread of the plant chapter in 'Fossils. The Essential Guide'.
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If you missed my public lecture on stegosaurs last night at the @geolsoc.bsky.social, you can watch it here: youtube.com/live/MqSROKj...
Public Lecture - The Stegosaurian Dinosaurs
YouTube video by The Geological Society
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March 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
If you missed my public lecture on stegosaurs last night at the @geolsoc.bsky.social, you can watch it here: youtube.com/live/MqSROKj...
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We're hiring! Are you our new Digital Systems Librarian? #NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumJobs #LibraryJobs #ArchiveJobs buff.ly/lAVSLg9
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We're hiring! Are you our new Digital Systems Librarian? #NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumJobs #LibraryJobs #ArchiveJobs buff.ly/lAVSLg9
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Become a member of our Library and Archives and use our Reading Room.
Gain access to:
✔️A wide range of online resources.
✔️A world leading collection of printed books, journals, unique manuscripts, artwork and archives.
✔️ L&A membership is free.
Learn more buff.ly/412DnR7.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
Gain access to:
✔️A wide range of online resources.
✔️A world leading collection of printed books, journals, unique manuscripts, artwork and archives.
✔️ L&A membership is free.
Learn more buff.ly/412DnR7.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
February 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Become a member of our Library and Archives and use our Reading Room.
Gain access to:
✔️A wide range of online resources.
✔️A world leading collection of printed books, journals, unique manuscripts, artwork and archives.
✔️ L&A membership is free.
Learn more buff.ly/412DnR7.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
Gain access to:
✔️A wide range of online resources.
✔️A world leading collection of printed books, journals, unique manuscripts, artwork and archives.
✔️ L&A membership is free.
Learn more buff.ly/412DnR7.
#NaturalHistoryMuseum
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I'm speaking on my @nhm-london.bsky.social community science #earthworm research in a free webinar with @biologicalrecording.co.uk on 24 March, sign up here: 🪱
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Earthworm Watch: Insights Into Urban Earthworm Communities
Join Dr Victoria J. Burton (Natural History Museum) to hear abou using citizen science to gain insights into UK urban earthworm communities.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm speaking on my @nhm-london.bsky.social community science #earthworm research in a free webinar with @biologicalrecording.co.uk on 24 March, sign up here: 🪱
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earthworm-...
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Rapid advances in scanning technology and data analysis open up new understanding of evolution and form - Morphological evolution in a time of phenomics, from @evoswami.bsky.social & Julien Clavel
👉paper doi.org/10.1017/pab....
👉paper doi.org/10.1017/pab....
March 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rapid advances in scanning technology and data analysis open up new understanding of evolution and form - Morphological evolution in a time of phenomics, from @evoswami.bsky.social & Julien Clavel
👉paper doi.org/10.1017/pab....
👉paper doi.org/10.1017/pab....
Seabirds in crisis: plastic ingestion produces dementia-like symptoms and signals of multiorgan failure: from @alixdejersey.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social @adriftlab.bsky.social
👉news www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
👉paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
👉news www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
👉paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plastic pollution causing dementia-like signs in seabird chicks | Natural History Museum
Looking fit is no guarantee of health for one of the world’s most plastic polluted birds.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Seabirds in crisis: plastic ingestion produces dementia-like symptoms and signals of multiorgan failure: from @alixdejersey.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social @adriftlab.bsky.social
👉news www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
👉paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
👉news www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
👉paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We're saddened by the death of our colleague Richard Fortey last week - an inspirational palaeontologist, expert on trilobites, famous fungal enthusiast, and a much-valued part of #NHMLondon life. A Guardian obituary...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Richard Fortey obituary
Palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum who was also a bestselling science writer and accomplished TV presenter
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March 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We're saddened by the death of our colleague Richard Fortey last week - an inspirational palaeontologist, expert on trilobites, famous fungal enthusiast, and a much-valued part of #NHMLondon life. A Guardian obituary...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...