Malacology receives a collection of shells
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Adam Baldinger, Curatorial Associate for the Malacology department of the MCZ, recently traveled to Connecticut to accept a donation of shells from a private collector.
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Malacology specimens on display at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
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The MCZ lends Malacology specimens to the Harvard Graduate School of Design to complement their exhibit "Landscape Infrastructure" on display through December 2011. (August 2011)
Malacology Collection Policies
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Access to the collection is open to qualified visitors, researchers and students. In addition to its own collection policies, the Department of Malacology adheres to the general MCZ policies and procedures. A limited amount of funding is available for...
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Gonzalo Giribet elected to the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
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Congratulations to MCZ Director and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology and Malacology, Gonzalo Giribet, recently elected Académico Extranjero (Foreign Member) to the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España (the Spanish Royal Academy...
Mandë Holford elected a Fellow of AAAS
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Congratulations to Mandë Holford, incoming MCZ Curator in Malacology and Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology professor, who was elected a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)! Election as a Fellow honors...
Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm exhibit now open in the Harvard Museum of Natural History
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MCZ specimens from the Malacology collection are highlighted in the HMNH exhibit "Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm" on display through November 2015. (February 2012)
Malacology History
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The mollusk collection began in 1860 with the purchase of the land and freshwater snails of J.G. Anthony, who later joined the staff of the MCZ in 1865 as its first curator. Until his death in 1877, he carried on a very active exchange with museums and...
Adam J. Baldinger
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Adam Baldinger came to the MCZ in 1997 and served as the Curatorial Associate (Collection Manager) in the Department of Malacology until February 2022. In 2008, he became the Curatorial Associate (Collection Manager) in the Department of Invertebrate...
How to Discover a New Species
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The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) featured recent graduate Arianna Lord (PhD '26, Gonzalo Giribet, Advisor) in the Griffin GSAS News. Lord, a native of New Zealand, came to the United Stated to pursue undergraduate studies at...
Venom’s Healing Potential: Mandë Holford Joins MCZ to Advance Drug Discovery
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From the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology: Mandë Holford, a leader in venom research currently at City University of New York's Hunter College, will join OEB in July 2025 as Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator in...