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Overview

The ZooMu Network is funded by an NSF Research Coordination Networks Grant (RCN) to build a lasting network of biological collections staff who are equipped to work between collection types, and will open broad new opportunities for biological collections research by linking living and preserved collections, databases, and professionals.

For more information on the NSF RCN, see here.

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Project Information

To read more about the project, see our BioScience paper:

https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac022
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Events

  • ZooMu Network RCN Kickoff

    Monday, December 9 @ 3 - 4pm EST

    This is the kickoff meeting for the 5-year ZooMu Network RCN. Please join us for a webinar event to get the next 5 years of ZooMu RCN started.

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  • Symposium: The ZooMu Initiative

    Friday, July 14, 2023

    This symposium was held at JMIH 2023 in Norfolk Virginia, USA and was sponsored by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH), Herpetologists' League (HL), and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) to provide support for presenters to attend JMIH 2023.

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  • Linking and Leveraging Biological Collections: Zoos and Natural History Museums (Workshop)

    Monday–Wednesday, May 3–5, 2021

    Zoos and aquariums hold a wealth of biological resources in their live collections that is unique to these institutions and cannot be simulated with traditional natural history collections in museums. As modern zoos transition from exhibits to conservation organizations, zoos are starting to focus on ways to enhance their contribution to the advancement of biological sciences. In recent years, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has placed increasing emphasis on the need for zoos to invest in scientific advancement through basic and applied research.

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