The ZooMu Initiative:
Enhancing the value of zoo collections to advancing biological sciences by bridging the gap between zoos and museums
A Symposium to be held at JMIH 2023 in Norfolk Virginia, USA
Friday, July 14, 2023
We are excited to present the list of talks along with information on speakers! For a full program including abstracts, please see the JMIH 2023 website: http://burkclients.com/JMIH/meetings/2023/site/program_online.html
This symposium is 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. Please join us for the talks and for lunch on Saturday, July 15 at 12 PM (Location TBD).
Symposium co-organizers: Alex Shepack, Sinlan Poo, Greg Watkins-Colwell, and Steven Whitfield
State of the “ZooMu Nation”: progress toward bridging gaps between zoos and museums.
Gregory Watkins-Colwell| Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History |
www.peabody.yale.edu
Arctos: Bridging the gap between museums and zoos with the multidimensional extended specimen
Michelle S. Koo| Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley | www.orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-722X
Collaborating with Museums to improve the Value and Management of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Cuba Crocodile Population
Lauren Augustine| Philadelphia Zoo | www.philadelphiazoo.org
What to do at the Zoo: The Use of Captive Tortoise Populations in Physiological Research
Alyssa Hartzheim| North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | www.alyssahartzheim.weebly.com
Perceptions of scientific value of zoo-housed specimens by zoo and museum collections staff
Steven Whitfield| Zoo Miami | www.stevenmwhitfield.wixsite.com/home
Zoo vs. Mu: How zoo and museum cultural differences can impact specimen transfers
Joseph R. Mendelson III| Zoo Atlanta & Georgia Institute of Technology | www.researchgate.net/profile/Joseph-Mendelson-Iii
Creating exciting exhibits for conservation
Dennis McNamara| Virginia Zoo | www.virginiazoo.org
Who’s at the Zoo?: A Study of Unaccessioned Freshwater Turtles at the Memphis Zoo
Jennifer Terry| Arkansas State University | www.jenterry.weebly.com
Creating a Reintroduced Population Using Captive-Bred Frogs: Wild Establishment by Zoo-Bred L. sevosus and its Research Opportunities
Allison Bogisich| Memphis Zoological Society | www.researchgate.net/profile/Allison-Bogisich
It’s frustrating being a user: High investment and low yield
Patricia Brennan| Department of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College | www.pattybrennan.com