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We have directions, too Learn more Intranet Useful Links for BNHM Staff - Password Required Access Willi Hennig Society-May 26-31 May 17, 2019 Written by Michelle Koo The Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society will take place May 26-31 at UC Berkeley’s Clark Kerr campus with tours of the natural history museums on campus! Hosted by the BNHM museums of UCMP, MVZ, Essig, and UC & Jepson Herbaria, this conference of Phylogenetics and Evolution has contributed talks and symposia that are […] Events Leave a Comment Read More Welcome new and transfer students! August 23, 2018 Written by Michelle Koo We had an informal event tonight to give students an opportunity to meet some of the staff of the six natural history museums on campus, and learn all the students opportunities. Here’s our presentation; come and get involved! Events Leave a Comment Read More Update: Letter to Chancellor Christ April 26, 2018 Written by Michelle Koo On Wednesday, April 25th, Sara Kahanamoku-Snelling (UCMP graduate student who started the petition) gathered comments from the Change.org petition and sent a more formal letter to Chancellor Christ which you can read below. As of this writing, Thursday morning, April 26th, there are close to 3,500 signatures on the online petition to show campus administrators […] news Leave a Comment Read More Urgent Petition! Calling all current and... April 13, 2018 Written by Michelle Koo To current and former students of the BNHM, including the UC Botanical Gardens, UC & Jepson Herbaria, Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Museum of Paleontology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology: The Berkeley Natural History Museums (BNHM) and Field Stations (FS) are currently slated to receive a massive and devastating […] Events 1 Comment Read More Spatial phylogenetics of the native Cali... January 3, 2018 Written by BNHM A new study, described as “The first “big data” analysis of California’s native plants”, was published by the University and Jepson Herbaria, and available on BMC Evolution. The authors focused on the diversity and endemism in the California flora, applying a novel “spatial phylogenetics” approach that makes it possible to evaluate biodiversity from an evolutionary standpoint, […] news Leave a Comment Read More Featuring Essig Museum and Pete! October 2, 2017 Written by BNHM Look who got featured in a special issue of the California Alumni magazine! Essig Museum’s Pete Oboyski is featured in a video cast on “How to Mount a Moth” followed by Episode 2 “How to Kill the Specimen” Lessons to learn on your way to becoming an entomologist! news Leave a Comment Read More Bioinformatics Workshop coming up! September 19, 2017 Written by Michelle Koo A message from Ke Bi: Dear Berkeley genomics enthusiasts, The CGRL will organize two genome assembly workshops next week in 238 Koshland Hall: Part I: Project Design, Sequencing Technologies and Library Methods 9/25/2017 (Monday) 1-5pm Part II: Bioinformatics 9/26/2017 (Tuesday) 1-5pm The presenter will be Stefan Prost (stefan.prost@berkeley.edu), previously in […] Events , Informatics Leave a Comment Read More Integrative Biology graduate student tea... June 27, 2017 Written by BNHM UCMP Grad student Sara ElShafie is highlighted in the Berkeley News for her leadership in teaching scientists to communicate to broader audiences. Her first official workshop was entitled “Science Through Story: Strategies to Engage Any Audience,” in November 2016 at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists in Monterey, and was a success. […] news Leave a Comment Read More CalDay 2017 April 21, 2017 Written by BNHM CalDay is here! BNHM has activities and surprises in store; come visit us! See all that the Berkeley Natural History Museums have to offer Each museum offers something unique: Visit the Entomology Collection at Essig Museum’s Events Drop-in learn to be a Maker at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology Workshop Museum of Vertebrate Zoology […] Events Leave a Comment Read More New video project March 21, 2017 Written by Michelle Koo New Videos added featuring the UC&Jepson Herbaria and grad students! Science In Real Life (IRL) is a YouTube series to show you what being a scientist is like, in real life. Molly Edwards is your tour guide to behind-the-scenes look at the UC & Jepson Herbaria and other spots you find scientists going about their […] Events Leave a Comment Read More A consortium of the natural history collections and field reserves at the University of California, Berkeley, we integrate biological and cultural repositories with cutting-edge informatics and research. Together, we curate over 12 million voucher specimens in anthropology, botany, entomology, herpetology, mammalogy, ornithology, and paleontology. Sign in to access BNHM Community listserve here! Copyright © Berkeley Natural History Museums and the Regents of the University of California | Login...