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Collections Manager of the BRIT Philecology Herbarium at @brit_org ๐ŸŒฑ & Certified Map Maker ๐ŸŒ โ€ข she/her

Texas, USA
Joined August 2019
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
It's a trend for taxonomists in general. If we lose the ability to identify different life forms, we cannot quantify/recognize/understand invasions, extinctions, & ecosystem function. Imagine trying to repair a steel structure if you can't distinguish different types of bearings.
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Balanophora papuana (Balanophoraceae), a newly recorded species for Thailand li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.phโ€ฆ
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Herbarium collections remain essential in the age of community science - goo.gl/scholar/vSksjU #ScholarAlerts
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The Budke Lab @UTK_EEB is recruiting #PhD students to start fall 2025. Applications due Dec 1. Check out our lab website to see if your research interests are a good fit jmbudke.github.io & then reach out via email. Please RT & thanks! #gradschool #phdjourney
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Whilst digitising the #Hymenoptera slide collection at the museum, we came across this beautifully preserved specimen labelled "The Anatomy of an Insect" ๐Ÿ“ธ ย  It clearly shows the full external structure of the Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris.
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
This is how we volunteers look like after 6 days of work at #IBC2024 โ€“ at Madrid, Spain
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
When I say Iโ€™ve got that dog in me this is what I mean
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Congrats! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ Michelle LeFebvre is a recipient of this yearโ€™s @UF excellence awards for assistant professors. She is our curator of South Florida archaeology and ethnography, as well as Caribbean archaeology. About her collaborative work: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sciencโ€ฆ @UFExplore
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŽจ From the new #PlantSciBull's #SciArt special issue ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŒฑ Illuminations: Past, Present, & Future of #Fern Research By Dornith Doherty, @avascog, Tiana Rehman, Ana Niรฑo & Kimberlie Sasan issuu.com/botanicalsocietyofโ€ฆ #botany #plantjoy
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
We are recruiting @NSF-funded #Postdoc in #plant #systematics, #biodiversity, #evolution, #taxonomy, #phylogenomics Apply here: paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.โ€ฆ Deadline: 31 July 2024 ๐Ÿ“… Please share #IAmABotanist #BotanyJobs @fwbotanicgarden @KewAfrica
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
A great example of an herbarium specimen capturing a larger cultural context. This specimen was mounted with a newspaper article describing plans to convert part of southern Michiganโ€™s dunes into a sand mine. Despite protests, the state commission approved the mining operation.
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Replying to @fwbotanicgarden
@fwbotanicgarden has openings for paid internships this summer & fall, ideally for JR/SR undergrads or recent bach grads living in DFW. Please share w your networks! App deadlines vary from THIS FRI May 3rd to May 18th. All position & details at fwbg.org/internships.
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Oops I did it again ๐Ÿคญ #TotalSolarEclipse
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
โ€œWeโ€™re really looking forward to seeing what kinds of birds, insects, and other animals will be picked up with this device before, during, and after the eclipse.โ€ - Bales Learn more about Eclipse Soundscapes: go.nasa.gov/4aC1fOd
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
Volunteers Sheryl Schickedanz and Ashley Bales set up recording devices at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden ahead of the eclipse.
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
We're in Texas preparing to watch the total solar #eclipse! One project is planning to do more than just look at the eclipse โ€” theyโ€™ll be listening, too. The Eclipse Soundscapes project is enlisting citizen scientists to help study how the eclipse affects animals and plants.
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
If you're looking for a positive herbarium story: a photo essay on our climate impact work in @GuadalupeMtnsNP. We're comparing 50-yr old specimens to modern collections, funded 100% internally. It's great to work @TexasTech where admin recognizes the value of collections!
Then and now. A group of botanists made up of Texas Tech faculty & students caravaned to the Guadalupe Mountains National Park and collected data that will be compared to research done 50 years ago in the same area.

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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
A view into my reference collection of plant seeds with around 1000 species at the moment
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Ashley Bales ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿ retweeted
See also: botanists
Hahaha hahaha hahaha Sooooooooooo true
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