Join us next Tuesday (3/10) for a Cambridge Entomological Club meeting!

[Amine Kousba]

Please note: We are now meeting at a new dinner venue -- Nirvana at 1680 Massachusetts Ave. 

Join us for a meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club! 

Date: Tuesday, March 10 @7:30 PM EST 

Location: In Person in MCZ101A, or on Zoom

I'm beyond excited for this one! We are lucky enough to get a talk from Crystal Maier, the Curatorial Associate in the Entomology Collection at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology. How awesome is it that we get to hear from someone who works in the same building as our meeting room?? 

Title:  Adventures in the Entomology Collections at the MCZ: from microscope slides to giant moths

Speaker: Crystal Maier

Summary: The MCZ Entomology Collection is one of the largest and most diverse university insect collections in the country, and is rich with historically important specimens. Here, we'll explore some of the history and current projects of the MCZ Entomology Collection, including our recent efforts to rehouse and database our microscope slide collection as part of the NSF-funded INSLIDE Project. Crystal Maier is the Curatorial Associate in the Entomology Collection at the MCZ, and along with the staff in MCZ Entomology Collection, she manages the day-to-day needs of the nearly 8 million insect specimens in the collection and the researchers that use the collection.

NOTICE: We will be holding hybrid meetings to accommodate COVID-19 precautions and audience members from around the world. You can join our Zoom meeting by clicking here.

For those able to attend, we will have an informal dinner at 6:00 pm at Nirvana (1680 Massachusetts Ave) with the speaker, followed by our formal meeting (7:30 - 9:00 pm) in room MCZ101A of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (there will be signs to help direct). The meeting will begin with club announcements, followed by a 60-minute presentation by the invited speaker and Q&A.