This video was streamed live on March 31, 2022
Our campus is home to a number of biological collections, from fossils and insects to pressed plants and yeasts. 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú recently celebrated Biodiversity Museum Day, which invites the public to visit and explore some of our collections. Joining us on this episode of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú LIVE are the curators of three of our museums to talk about their collections and how they support research, teaching and outreach on campus.
- is a professor of entomology and director of the R. M. . Founded in 1946, the museum houses the seventh largest insect collection in North America, with about 7 million specimens of arthropods.
- is manager of the . The conservatory’s collection of live plants supports research and teaching on campus, as well as for other academic institutions including K-12 schools.
- is curator of the in the . It is one of the largest public collections of wild yeasts in the world, including original yeast strains used in California wine fermentation.
As a reminder, we are taking your questions during this livestream broadcast. Leave them in the comment section and we'll do our best to have our experts answer your questions on the next 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú LIVE: Biodiversity Museums on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12 p.m. PDT.