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    1. The Charles McC. Mathias Laboratory. Behind the sign is a series of cascading wetland pools containing native plants. Photo by Kira Sobers, September 12, 2015.

      The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

      • Date: October 13, 2015
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: With nineteen museums and research centers, the Smithsonian Institution is so much more than just the buildings on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. In fact, if you drive about 33 miles east of the National Mall, you will find the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), located in Edgewater, Maryland, and this year, the site is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.

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    3. Black and white photograph of a scientific experiment, involving an unknown specimen and multiple light fixtures attached together. Scientific measurement instruments such as a microscope and other supplies can be seen in the background. The experiment is in a basement room with a brick ceiling.

      Establishment of the Smithsonian Radiation Biology Laboratory

      • Date: February 16, 2021
      • Creator: Jessica Scott
      • Description: On this day in 1965, the Smithsonian Radiation Biology Laboratory became an independent research entity at the Smithsonian Institution.

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      Another Smithsonian Gem

      • Date: November 19, 2019
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The Archives also preserves ecological research.

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    7. SERC blog post as appears online, with embedded YouTube video on river

      Fashion in Place of Fish: A Glimpse into Web Preservation

      • Date: August 13, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Why would a fashion video appear on an environmental blog? That’s the question I found myself asking while performing web quality assurance (aka web QA) on the blog for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), which has more to do with fish than it does with fashion. As an intern in the Digital Services Division at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, my work in

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    9. Faust holds her hands clasped in front of her. She is not smiling at the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Maria A. Faust

      • Date: May 11, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2018

      • Date: May 22, 2018
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: This is the latest post in our "Hot Topix" series. In each quarterly edition we show you what the reference team has been up to, and bring you some of the more notable inuqires we have received.Vicarious research is one of the great joys of the reference desk at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. From our front-row (well, only-row) seat outside the reading room, we catch

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    13. Dr. Melissa K. McCormick, Plant Ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, studies the interaction between plants and soil microbes. She uses genomics to understand endangered orchids. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Melissa K. McCormick

      • Date: April 15, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Dr. Melissa K. McCormick, Plant Ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, studies the interaction between plants and soil microbes. She uses genomics to understand endangered orchids. #Groundbreaker

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    15. A woman wearing glasses poses for a photograph in front of nature scene.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Judy Gradwohl

      • Date: May 22, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Judy Gradwohl was a researcher, curator, environmental policy specialist, digital content developer, and leader at the Smithsonian, 1985–2016. She conducted research at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and National Zoo, and eventually became the MacMillan Associate Director for Education and Public Engagement at the National Museum of American History in 2004.

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    17. Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonians Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Cynthia Gilmour

      • Date: February 25, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Senior scientist, Dr. Cynthia Gilmour, is the Director of the Microbial Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian's Environmental Research Center where studies microbes that produce methylmercury in order to reduce the risk of mercury pollution. #Groundbreaker

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      See Here: 9/22/2010

      • Date: September 22, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="293" caption="Aerial view of the Rhode River and the site of the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies (CBCES), now known as the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), in Edgewater, Maryland, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 549 Box 2

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    21. Senior Scientist, Dr. Denise Breitburg, directs the Marine & Estuarine Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and has developed novel ways to investigate the impacts of dead zones and acidification on Chesapeake Bay fish and invertebrates. #Groundbreaker

      Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Denise Breitburg

      • Date: January 28, 2015
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Senior Scientist, Denise Breitburg, directs the Marine & Estuarine Ecology Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and has developed novel ways to investigate the impacts of dead zones and acidification on Chesapeake Bay fish and invertebrates. #Groundbreaker

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    23. Dr. Clifford Evans and Dr. Betty J. Meggers, anthropologists at Museum of Natural History, 1968.

      Betty J. Meggers: Pioneer in Environmental Archaeology

      • Date: March 7, 2017
      • Creator: Tad Bennicoff
      • Description: The life of Betty J. Meggers, an Anthropologist, who speciailized in pottery identification, conducted extensive field work in Amazon Rainforest region of South America, and was associated with the Smithsonian for more than five decades.

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