Associate Professor of the University "go away" during a visit to the Specimens Museum at Zhongshan Botanical Garden in Nanjing.

Recently, there are media reports, there are university teachers in Nanjing Zhongshan Botanical Garden (The Institute of Plant Research institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiangsu Province) when visiting the specimen museum, while people are not prepared, will be a number of important specimens (some specimens are lonely) "go away".
partially destroyed specimens according to Zhongshan Botanical Garden Information Center Jiang surname director and specimen museum Xu surname deputy director said, because the staff found in time, the associate professor on the day of the incident returned the "shun" specimen fragments, but because there is no search authority, so whether the professor still has hidden not returned is not known.
said the botanical garden is asking each other's universities to assist in the investigation, the two sides are also communicating follow-up measures.
would like to give the associate professor more detailed identity information and information about his university, the Botanical Garden said it would not be easy to disclose.
Xu, deputy director, said that this is nearly 90 years since the museum was established, in addition to the war years, encountered a larger human-caused specimen loss and damage incident.
while people are not ready, the deputy director of the specimen Xu surname told the reporter, the incident occurred from November 15 to 16, the associate professor took two students to visit the museum to review the specimen, 16 near lying, the museum management found something wrong, and then stopped the professor's access.
later, through communication, the professor handed over three sample bags containing fragments of the specimen. On the afternoon of
16, the professor returned four more sample material bags.
comparison, the fragments of these specimens were taken from specimens that were examined in the museum on that two days.
", "Usually visitors want to see which specimen, our staff will take the specimen out on the table for him to see, the staff sit opposite him."
" Jiang surnamed director told the news, the teacher should be while the staff did not pay attention to, hand-picked some specimen fragments.
"pure ornamental type is impossible to show him, must be a professional engaged in this research, there is a letter of introduction or the school call to allow access.
" Jiang said that the general research professionals for the specimen to get close-up research, the museum has rarely occurred in the past similar "walking away" events.
can be seen from the images exposed online, the "walking away" specimen fragments are mostly the seed flower sequence of the specimen.
Jiang told the news that the fragments of these specimens can help scholars to study plant cells, DNA, morphology and so on.
Xu said that after the incident, the museum has thoroughly examined the loss of specimens, as of today, has basically identified 7 plants, a total of 12 specimens (each plant may have more than one specimen) have different degrees of loss of different parts.
and "shun" specimen's teacher returned the seven sample bags are each containing the seven plant specimen fragments, but because has not yet begun to repair, the return of the fragments is not yet complete.
at this time, the museum is asking the other school to assist with the investigation.
Xu said that some of the specimens that were "shuned" were isolated in the museum, and some had a history of more than 50 years.
according to his observation, the extent of the specimen damage varies, including one or two minor injuries, repair basically does not hinder the follow-up researchers to study.
some of them, even with the use of recovered debris repair, can only be repaired 70 per cent, "not as good as ever".
has not yet resorted to the law, but the behavior "never let go" incident, Zhongshan Botanical Garden staff because of anger will be the incident in the network exposure, the news, causing the industry outside the surprise: as a university teacher, why do you do such a thing? It is understood that although some studies do not have specimens are not good to carry out, but the way to seek the specimen more than one, such as to the source of the specimen to find, or through the formal channels to the specimen museum, to submit a sampling application, after examination and consideration by the specimen museum to obtain sampling.
Jiang surname director told the news, if you go to the specimen to find, you may have to run a lot of places, spend money time and energy, also may not be able to find.
and if the specimen museum through the formal channels to apply for sampling, the specimen museum will also be based on the specific circumstances of the specimen to decide whether to permit.
"If there is a long history or relatively rare is certainly not approved, recently taken or samples are easy to obtain is easy to sample, the premise of sampling is not to damage the specimen, does not prevent follow-up researchers to consult the study."
", Xu's deputy director told the news agency that according to this criterion, specimens of the seven plants that were "shuned" were not allowed to be sampled.
but Xu believes that no matter how important a specimen is, it cannot be premised on destroying the specimen.
each specimen museum's specimens are hard to come by, either their own long time, or heritage, or with domestic and foreign universities or research institutions exchanged.
and the specimens are permanently preserved in the specimen museum, which is convenient for the follow-up researchers to study.
Although Zhongshan Botanical Garden has not yet brought the act to justice, but "we do not cherish the specimen behavior is absolutely not let go, such as this must pursue the fault, inform its units please deal with."
" Xu said they had received an initial response from the other university, which said it would launch an investigation and handle it carefully. Zhao Wen, a lawyer at the law firm of Jiangsu Fad Yongheng, told reporters that the specimen of the botanical garden belongs to state-owned property and public resources, and that if the unit is lost should be in line with the position of protecting state-owned property and combating crimes, the judicial authorities should intervene, otherwise the relevant management personnel may be held liable if they cause significant losses.

But if the fragments of the "shun" specimen have been basically recovered, and the plant specimen is not particularly rare, can be re-cultivated and manufactured, then whether the criminal filing standards can be met is also open to discussion.
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