Samanta Orellana

Our abstract for #LivingData about the use of #Symbiota portals in #LatinAmerica is out! At least 140 collections in 12 countries are actively using the portals 🥰. So far, less than 40% of collections in the region are available anywhere online. We'd love to help! 💚 biss.pensoft.net/article/1773...

Yes! The tools are available in all Symbiota portals but the keys have to be built in each one. I think Evan is working in the NEON portal biorepo.neonscience.org 😊.

It was a lovely first day of #ECN2025!! 🥰Thanks to the presenters and organizers for all the wonderful sessions! The effort to provide a virtual format is really appreciated 😊🐞💚.

A sea of ECN attendees taking their seats.

Oliver at the podium

Huge welcome to all you lovely folks joining us today, both in-person and online! Great to have so many first-timers!

Let’s get to it, with a welcome from our President @drfirefly.bsky.social!

#ECN2025

One last stop in Bogota! Of course, I couldn't miss the opportunity to visit Colombian collections!! Thanks to Juan Pablo Botero, Ericka Vergara, and John Cesar Neita for sharing their beautiful anthribids with me!! 💚 It was also great to meet @dimitriforero.bsky.social in person! Hasta la próxima!🤗

Thank you, all! I had such a great time!!! 🥰🥰 #LivingData

If you missed any of our #Symbiota talks/posters, they are still available in the #LivingData platform! We'll also submit extended abstracts to BISS so you can check every detail later 💚.

I particularly loved learning about so many incredible initiatives around the world 🌎🌍🌏. It is beautiful to witness such passion and engagement for biodiversity data, and the desire to help and empower communities in every possible way 💚.

What a week! I enjoyed every day of #LivingData in Bogota!

Sounds great! It is a little confusing how the herbaria many times are set as institutions instead of collections 😅. I haven't touched those codes for our collections because they come from Index Herbariorim but would love to help organize at some point!

Thank you! Will give it another try 💚.

Hi @gbif.org. Last time I tried it didn't work but I'm still interested in volunteering for GRSciColl! 😊 I have valuable contacts with collections across Latin America 💚. Let me know! 😁

Moving to the Grand Hyatt for #LivingData! Don't miss my poster (Wednesday) and presentation (Friday) about our work with #Symbiota digitizing collections in #LatinAmerica! 🌎

Finally for #GB32, the Governing Board Meeting in the beautiful Botanical Garden! What a privilege being able to join representing the #SymbiotaNode💚. Thank you, GBIF, it was truly a great experience 🥰. Now, on to #LivingData! 🤩

The GBIF Nodes Meeting was also very special! It was great being able to finally meet so many (virtually) familiar faces from all over the world 🌎😊. Thanks to Universidad de Externado and Universidad de Los Andes for hosting! Thanks @gbif.org for the lovely group photo 🥰.

The #GBIF Nodes Training was amazing! A lot of work but also a lot of fun with an amazing global community. I really loved engaging with my #Magenta group 🇵🇱🇧🇯🇨🇵🇳🇴🇲🇬🇹🇩🇺🇸💚(🇬🇹)😊. Among many other subjects, there was certainly some passion for collections in the group 🥰😁. #SymbiotaNode #GB32

Gracias Dimitri! La estoy pasando súper bien 😁.

Second stop, Colombia! So much going on here 🤩. First, the GBIF Annual Meeting #GB32 and then Living Data!

Of course, I had to spend some time in the UNMSM Entomology Collection checking the weevils!!! 😍 Thanks to Dr. Mabel Alvarado (KU graduate!), Dr. Luis Figueroa and their wonderful students for their help. As a bonus, I digitized some anthribids in my research profile 🥰. ecdysis.org/collections/...

I can't thank our hosts at UNMSM enough for their hospitality and enthusiasm! 💚

October has been full of #Symbiota adventures in South America 🌎💚. It started last week in Peru🇵🇪, where we held a digitization workshop in collaboration with UNMSM Natural History Museum and Yale Peabody Museum. Around 80 participants from all over the country attended. We had a blast! 🌿

Fungus gnat! 🍄😆

Thanks to the KU Office of Research for the spotlight! Happy to be part of the @kunhm.bsky.social and continue contributing to preserving and digitizing the collections 🩵. #KUEntomology #PostdocAppreciationWeek #KUSEMC

➡️ research.ku.edu/news/article...

It's #WeevilWednesday! Perfect day to introduce our #Symbiota Weevil Portal! Still under construction, but already with some data. This beautiful Curculio, deposited in #KUSEMC, was originally digitized in #Specify and has been mobilized to our portal 💚. ➡️ weevil.symbiota.org/portal/colle...

One of my major motivations is sharing specimens I study with researchers around the world 🌎. None of this would be possible without the amazing support from #iDigBio and #Symbiota. Here are some of the collections also mobilized to #GBIF and @bionomia.net 💚.
➡️ www.gbif.org/network/0479...

Don't miss this important webinar today, during the webinar series by #iDigBio "Sustaining collections digitization beyond NSF funding", featuring @gbif.org: ➡️ ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, we are celebrating our Independence Day in #Guatemala. I'm proud to keep contributing to my country from afar, helping local collections to share their data online 🇬🇹🌎. Thanks to the #Symbiota team for making it possible, and to the amazing #BiodiversityData community for their support 🥰💚.

The KU Entomology group is growing! So many ideas and so much work to do! 🥰🐞🦋🐝

Join us! The Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History is hiring a curatorial associate! For more information : careers.amnh.org/postings/4529

#LivingData is quickly approaching 😱. Who is going to Bogota? 🥳. Who is attending remotely? 🌎. You can't miss our presentations (in English and Spanish) about #Symbiota and our collaborations with collections all over the world to make their data available 💚🌎.

➡️ livingdata2025.com/registration...