TCN: Collaborative Research: Digitization and Enrichment of U.S. Herbarium Data from Tropical Africa to Enable Urgent Quantitative Conservation Assessments: Difference between revisions

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opportunity to visit behind-the-scenes areas to meet scientists and learn about their research projects, including a display
opportunity to visit behind-the-scenes areas to meet scientists and learn about their research projects, including a display
about this project in the Imaging Lab.
about this project in the Imaging Lab.
In April and July 2024, interested members of the public were able to attend open tours at the University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley, advertised to the public ahead of time.  The tours of the herbarium including a demo of the digitizing lab, showing people the process of digitizing and using African specimens as an example.


====[#AfricanPlants series]====
====[#AfricanPlants series]====
https://twitter.com/WeDigBio/status/1619899508351201282
https://twitter.com/WeDigBio/status/1619899508351201282
Tweet about outreach activities with volunteers who barcoded over 12,000 specimens as part of the African Plants Data Project.
Tweet about outreach activities with volunteers who barcoded over 12,000 specimens as part of the African Plants Data Project.
In April and July 2024, interested members of the public were able to attend open tours at the University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley, advertised to the public ahead of time.  The tours of the herbarium including a demo of the digitizing lab, showing people the process of digitizing and using African specimens as an example.


=== Project Leadership  ===
=== Project Leadership  ===
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