Natural History Museum London science and humanities research, collections, laboratories and libraries - Head of Science Policy and Communication - own views - 🦇🐝🦂🐞🦖🦀🦒🌳🍄🌎☄️ &c #NHMLondon #NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon #NHMSciencehttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lymynjntls2hEileen Cox NHM on symmetry and structure in taxonomy for naviculoid diatoms – microscopic plant plankton of huge importance in marine and freshwater systems. Systematic relationships are revealed through wall structure and should be the basis for diatom systematics. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.15274812 Sep 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lymynjntls2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lxkdhwebu22gApply now! Sillitoe Distinguished Research Leader in economic geology, Natural History Museum - working with the Resourcing the Green Economy Research Theme. Deadline 17 October 2025 https://jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=55329 Aug 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkdhwebu22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3ltokdal6ss2uNHM London is looking for a Director of Research as part of our leadership team. Guide a world-class research community, set a strong vision for collections-based research, and ensure research excellence across NHM activities. https://plusportal.perrettlaver.com/VacancyDetail/eb6d52cc-bb33-6dff-8e7e-3a1a6785397d11 Jul 2025 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltokdal6ss2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lnblg7mln22r‘It blew us away’: how an asteroid may have delivered the vital ingredients for life on Earth - looking forward to the new NHM Space exhibition https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/20/it-blew-us-away-how-an-asteroid-may-have-delivered-the-vital-ingredients-for-life-on-earth20 Apr 2025 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnblg7mln22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lmwzbcfous2j#GlobalSeaweed-Protect researches biodiversity, aquaculture & sustainable livelihoods with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines: led by Juliet Brodie #NHMLondon plus @samsocean.bsky.social - @ukri.org funded https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/natural-history-museum-leads-seaweed-resilience-research-project/ https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/new-ukri-funded-research-project-will-develop-climate-resilient-.html16 Apr 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwzbcfous2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lmwvytd2hs2pNaturally curious? The team at @nhm-london.bsky.social developed our new on-demand, online learning platform naturallycurious.nhm.ac.uk And we've been shortlisted for a Webby! Please do sign up and vote for us! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/websites-and-mobile-sites/general-desktop-mobile-sites/education https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting..16 Apr 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwvytd2hs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lmugfm52g22sWhaling and natural history collections - @sophianicolov.bsky.social explores skeletal evidence and tales of whales in her historical research in this #NHMScience blog, part of Natural History Museum's development of a Culture and Collections Theme https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/blog/re-examining-britains-role-in-whaling.html15 Apr 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmugfm52g22shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lmrf6peb422fFREE COURSE: Field workshop on the taxonomy and natural history of freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course 27 Aug - 11 Sept. Applications close 31 May. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/taxonomy-and-natural-history-of-freshwater-and-limno-terrestrial-meiofauna.html14 Apr 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrf6peb422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lmreaqmrws2fFREE COURSE: Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality. Apply now for a free place on the NHM NERC-funded upcoming short training course running 19-23 May. Applications close 24 April! https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/freshwater-ecology.html14 Apr 2025 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmreaqmrws2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lmkd6rdkpk2pWe were honoured yesterday to be a part of return of ancestral remains to Wathithi, Warrgama and Woppaburra representatives, who will take these Old People back to Country, also escorting ancestors from the Yadhaigana people and other communities in Queensland https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/natural-history-museum-hosts-formal-ceremony--attended-by-tradit.html11 Apr 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkd6rdkpk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lma3itaops2nConceiving Histories - our NHM colleague @drbeldavis.bsky.social discusses the ambiguities of pregancy over time on Woman's Hour BBCRadio4 from 44:46 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029rl807 Apr 2025 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lma3itaops2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lko2lvuic22cRapid advances in scanning technology and data analysis open up new understanding of evolution and form - Morphological evolution in a time of phenomics, from @evoswami.bsky.social & Julien Clavel 👉paper https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2024.3518 Mar 2025 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko2lvuic22chttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lko2ct4rk22cSeabirds in crisis: plastic ingestion produces dementia-like symptoms and signals of multiorgan failure: from @alixdejersey.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social @adriftlab.bsky.social 👉news https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/march/plastic-pollution-causing-dementia-like-signs-seabird-chicks.html 👉paper https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads083418 Mar 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko2ct4rk22chttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lkdtgkf7xc2tWe're saddened by the death of our colleague Richard Fortey last week - an inspirational palaeontologist, expert on trilobites, famous fungal enthusiast, and a much-valued part of #NHMLondon life. A Guardian obituary... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/13/richard-fortey-obituary14 Mar 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdtgkf7xc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lkdmbmhvoc2sLife with the Neanderthals - a great interview with Chris Stringer #NHMLondon in Current Biology, starting from first encounters at the age of nine.... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222400663814 Mar 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdmbmhvoc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lkdm5shvws2sConcerns on coral reefs and climate change loom large, but do turbid waters mean that giant clams are better adapted to environmental stress? #NHMLondon Nadia Santodomingo & Ken Johnson + colleagues from Universiti Malaysia Sabah @cardiffuni.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social t.co/ppS2Gr4aGt14 Mar 2025 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdm5shvws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lkdlumjow22sDead wood is a significant part of the Carbon Cycle, but what are the factors involved in carbon storage and release - microbes, animals, water and temperature? Paul Eggleton NHM and colleagues investigate and consider implications for models https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110421-10232714 Mar 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdlumjow22shttps://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3limp23xvxk24Cambrian predation: Kuamaia lata has spiny frontal appendages instead of trilobites' sensory antennae Greg Edgecombe #NHMLondon, Robert J O'Flynn, Yu Liu & al MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology & Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan University https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2024.3320 Feb 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3limp23xvxk24https://bsky.app/profile/johnjacksonnathist.bsky.social/post/3lhtavsydc22cBodies in the Thames - radiocarbon dating of human remains shows high proportion from Bronze Age and Iron Age, raising questions about funerary practices - research from @nic-arthur.bsky.social @drheatherbonney.bsky.social #NHMScience and Jane Sidell Historic England https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.23310 Feb 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:7hfs7tmsncgbmxtpihjfeold/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtavsydc22c