Ep. 506 - The Digital Future of Herbaria

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The herbarium world is a fascinating one. These botanical repositories are goldmines of data and help us understand the present by looking at the past. But what kind of future questions can herbaria help solve? Experts say the opportunities are endless, but we will need new technologies to take full advantage. Join me and Curator and Director of the Herbarium at Missouri Botanical Garden, Dr. Jordan Teisher, as we look at how new technologies are helping scientists look at herbarium collections in entirely new ways! This episode was produced in part by Linda, Alana, Sigma, Max, Richard, Maia, Rens, David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:03.9	Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone
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0:30.0	supporting the show today. Speaking of today, I have a really fun discussion lined up for you,
0:35.4	and it's all about the data gold mines that are
0:38.0	Urbaria. I've said this before on this podcast. We've had some great discussions about it,
0:42.4	but it's one of those discussions that just needs to keep going, and we need to start looking at it
0:47.3	in many different ways, and Dr. Jordan Tyshire is here to do just that. He works at the Missouri
0:52.6	Botanical Garden Herbaria, which has around 8 million
0:55.5	specimens, and to try to get their heads wrapped around all of that data, both past and present,
1:00.9	but also think about all of the different ways that can be used in the future is the subject of
1:04.6	this episode. They are applying some really cool new technologies that is going to really blow
1:09.5	the lid off the world of plant research.
1:12.3	I don't want to steal any of us thunder. This is such a fascinating and fun discussion,
1:15.8	so how about we just jump right into it? Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Jordan Tyshire.
1:20.8	I hope you today. But first, let's start off with an introduction. Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. Yeah, well, thank you so much for
1:48.2	having me. I'm very excited to be here. So I am the director of the herbarium at the Missouri Botanical
1:54.4	Garden. I don't know how often herbaria come up even on a plant heavy podcast. So just in case there's anybody for whom that's not a household word.
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