About this episode

This episode features a discussion on type localities and topotypes with experts Prosanta Chakrabarty and Bruno Soares.

For this episode, we're joined by Prosanta Chakrabarty, Director of Louisiana State University's Museum of Natural Science, where he is also the Fish Curator and a professor. Also joining us is Bruno Soares, Scientist and Adjunct Professor at the University of Regina in Canada. Dr. Soares holds a Collaborator-Professor appointment at the Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, in Brazil. They were here to talk about their recent publication in BioScience on the concept of type localities, and how their use can help make taxonomic research more equitable and efficient.

People in this episode

Guests: Prosanta Chakrabarty, Bruno Soares

Topics covered

• type localities
• topotypes
• taxonomic research
• equity in science
• fish curation

Keywords

• type localities
• topotypes
• taxonomic research
• equity
• fish curation
• BioScience

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Organizations: Louisiana State University, University of Regina, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, BioScience

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