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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · 15d

The pre-registration period for biological/geological specimen datasets to join the @dissco.bsky.social #DigitalSpecimen data infrastructure is open! Deadline for the 1st selection process: Oct 31st. Hurry! We will create only 20M #DOIs in 2025. Know more: www.dissco.eu/ds-enrollment/

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · 27d

We wouldn't have it any other way! @dissco.bsky.social
participates in the OSCA (Open #ScientificCollections #Austria) Perspectives talks, hosted by our partners @nhmwien.bsky.social 👉https://osca.science/osca-veranstaltung-11-12-09-2025/ @disscoflanders.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Aug 20

Proud to announce a big milestone: over 5M digital specimens and digital media objects are now available in
@dissco.bsky.social! You can either find out more about this 👉 dissco.eu/five-million... or go see them right now on our DiSSCover platform! 👉 disscover.dissco.eu Congrats, all!

Five million digital specimens and images in DiSSCo: millions more to come - DiSSCo

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Jul 3

Last June 26, our colleagues from @mnhn.fr conducted an online workshop on one of the flagship services of @dissco.bsky.social, the European Loans and Visits System, #ELViS. Watch the recording! 👉 youtu.be/hf49JuoCfFU Take a look! @horizoneu.bsky.social @disscoflanders.bsky.social #naturalshistory

Get to know the European Loans and Visits System for Natural History Collections (by DiSSCo)

YouTube video by DiSSCo RI

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Jun 4

Check this out: SpLAT, @dissco.bsky.social's Specimen Label Automatic Transcription service, uses #AI to capture text from labels of #naturalhistory specimens. The text is formatted and added to the #DigitalSpecimen as an annotation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gA... @horizoneu.bsky.social

Get to know SpLAT (Specimen Label Automatic Transcription Service) by DiSSCo

YouTube video by DiSSCo RI

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Jun 3

Take a look at @dissco.bsky.social latest publication: "Extraction of Quantitative Specimen Data using Machine Learning as a Service in the DiSSCo Research Infrastructure" 👉 preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php...

Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · May 27

As the private sector's dependence on biodiversity continues to grow, so does the need to invest in #biodiversity #data. Interesting article with participation of Veronika Johansson (manager of our Swedish node): doi.org/10.32942/X27... @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Sharif Islam🐧🎸 @sharifx.bsky.social · May 23

See paper👇Physical evidence in museums are crucial as definitive reference points for species identification. Highly relevant for 'Digital Extended Specimen' work across projects @dissco.bsky.social @iboleurope.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @arisenl.bsky.social 🧪🌏

Iker Irisarri @ikeririsarri.bsky.social · May 23

For about 2y, colleagues from @leibnizlib.bsky.social @sgn.one @univie.ac.at‬ @mncn-csic.bsky.social met to discuss how to contribute to #biodiversity #taxonomy research by sequencing #genomes of type natural history #collection specimens. The result is published at @systbiol.bsky.social

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · May 8

The last of BioDT's webinars on 14 May will explore the essential role of Research Infrastructures (#RIs) in powering #biodiversity #DigitalTwins: biodt.eu/events/data-... Join us! @horizoneu.bsky.social #DigitalSpecimen #FAIRdata #machinelearning

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

The 2nd meeting of @dissco.bsky.social Interim Council marked the end of two days dedicated to explaining the developments and future plans of #DiSSCoRI. Thank you all participants for the great effort you put into our endeavor. It really is inspiring @horizoneu.bsky.social #biodiversity #ESFRI

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social 7th interim General Assembly: The last stretch of our iGA7 goes for financial planning until #DiSSCo has reached the #ERIC legal status, and for final notes from DiSSCo's iGA chair Edwing van Huis. Interesting times lie ahead! Thanks all! @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social iGA7: The members of the DiSSCo coordination and support office give an overview of their work supporting DiSSCo partners during 2024, and future plans for 2025. They cover policy, engagement, technical, and budget aspects of DiSSCo. @horizoneu.bsky.social #ESFRI #ERIC

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social iGA7: The technical fireworks begin! Sam Leeflang (@naturalis.bsky.social) explains the #DiSSCo platform MVP (more info here: dissco.pageflow.io/dissco-mvp-i...). Demos of #ELViS (elvis.dissco.eu) and #DiSSCover (disscover.dissco.eu) will follow. @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social 7th interim General Assembly: Service provision is crucial for #DiSSCo, but we must regulate the dialogue between DiSSCo #ERIC and individual service providers from our community. Our general framework agreement aims to do the trick @horizoneu.bsky.social

Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social 7th interim General Assembly: Some recommendations on procurement policy by Stefaan Pijls (Meise Botanic Garden): use a centralised procurement service when acquisition is in function of DiSSCo #ERIC, and rely on our community for provision before going to 3rd parties.

Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Welcome to @dissco.bsky.social 7th interim General Assembly at @naturalis.bsky.social! Ana de Castro, chair of our Interim Council, and Jennifa Dorleijn, representing the #Dutchgovernment, give an update on the request to the #EuropeanCommission for setting up DiSSCo #ERIC. @horizoneu.bsky.social

Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 1

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social Transition wrap-up: Time to close the event, but we are not done yet. We still have some more months of work ahead. Tomorrow we will celebrate our interim General Assembly (the 7th!) and the 2nd meeting of our Interim Council (info: www.dissco.eu/dissco/gover...)

Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 1

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social Transition wrap-up: Each country is a microcosmos, so we have decided to gather some of our national nodes to discuss lessons learned during the preparatory and transition phases of #DiSSCo and key recommendations for the future DiSSCoRI. @horizoneu.bsky.social #FAIR

Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 1

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social Transition wrap-up: Time to talk about tech developments. Claus Weiland from #DiSSCo partner @sgn.one showcases the latest about ELViS (elvis.dissco.eu/en), DiSSCo's #data management plan and our latest machine #annotation services hackathon (lnkd.in/egcxNUJW).

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 1

Live♨️from @dissco.bsky.social Transition wrap-up event: All work package leaders of the #DiSSCoTransition project explain the developments to date, but also the recommendations they have for the future #DiSSCoRI. An opportunity to show everything we've learned along the way
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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Apr 1

Proud of having taken our @dissco.bsky.social Transition project to its wrap-up event at @naturalis.bsky.social. This is one of the last steps towards the conclusion of our transition phase, and the preamble to finally entering the construction stage of #DiSSCoRI! #FAIR @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Mar 20

Our colleague Tom Dijkema provides a complete introduction to DiSSCover, the unified #curation and #annotation system for #NaturalScience Collections, by @dissco.bsky.social . youtu.be/xgm1nrHerjg
@naturalis.bsky.social @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org @tettris.eu #biodiversity #machinelearning #FAIRdata

DiSSCover - Full Tutorial (DiSSCo's unified curation & annotation system)

YouTube video by DiSSCo RI

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Mar 13

Sometimes posting is a pleasure: We just heard that 💥100 BILLION DOIs have been resolved already! They who have ears, let them hear! (For those who are not familiar with Digital Objects Identifiers, you may want to read this: www.dissco.eu/first-digita...) @datacite.org
#FAIRdata #biodiversity

First scientific publication using digital specimen DOIs is out - DiSSCo

www.dissco.eu

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Mar 11

The #DigitalSpecimen architecture positions @dissco.bsky.social in the very select club of "connecting RIs" able to catalyze cross-RI endeavours. Our
@sharifx.bsky.social explains it today during the Workshop on Synergies / Overlaps between ESFRI ERICs and RIs by
PRO-GRACE @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Distributed System of Scientific Collections @dissco.bsky.social · Feb 28

Welcome Veronika Johansson, new node manager of @dissco.bsky.social #Sweden! Veronika leads strategic initiatives in #biodiversity #informaticss and is also node manager of #GBIF SE. She focuses on mobilization, standards, and access to biodiversity data for research & policy @horizoneu.bsky.social

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