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Scientist in the Spotlight: Jennifer Zaspel
SPNHC 2020 Educational Materials Share Session
Biodiversity Spotlight: July 2020
Report: Fourth Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference
Scientist in the Spotlight
Research Spotlight: July 2020
Contributed by: Aaron Goodman, Graduate Student Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences.
Our Message of Solidarity
Research Spotlight: June 2020
Article by: Zoliswa Nhleko, PhD candidate at the UF School of Natural Resources and Enviroment
Biodiversity Spotlight: June 2020
Article by: Zoliswa Nhleko, PhD candidate at the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment
Workshop Report: Georeferencing for Paleo
The Paleo Digitization Working Group held a virtual workshop, Georeferencing for Paleo: Refreshing the approach to fossil localities, on April 28-29, 2020 with 52 participants based at 29 institutions.
May 2020 Biodiversity Spotlight
Article by: Nattapol Kraisitudomsook, PhD student from the Smith Lab at the University of Florida
José Fortes, iDigBio PI, Awarded 2019-20 Teacher/Scholar of the Year
Virtual Resources for Your Life During Social Distancing
Many things have changed rapidly and these are unprecedented and stressful times, but one positive for our team now all working remotely are all of the new coworkers!
Research Spotlight: April 2020
Contributed by Luis D. Verde Arregoitia.
Find him on Twitter @LuisDVerde or on his Website.
April 2020: Biodiversity Spotlight
Margay
Article by: Nicholas Gengler, PhD student from UF School of Natural Resources and the Environment
February 2020 Biodiversity Spotlight
Aye-aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis
Biodiversity Next 2019: vision, inspiration, action for our collective future
Deborah L Paul, Capacity Development Manager
Erica Krimmel, Digitization Resource Coordinator
Caitlin Chapman, Biodiversity Informatics Coordinator
Overview.
2019 TCN and PEN Awards
Welcome to all of the newly NSF-funded Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) projects. This year we have three new Thematic Collections Networks (TCNs) and six Partners to Existing Networks (PENs) joining the community.
2019 TCNs:
oVert Workshop: 3D Vertebrates, From Museum Shelves to Classrooms
Article contributed by Julie Bokor (UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training)
SoRo Mountain TCN Field to Digital Object Workshop introduces undergraduate students to museum careers
Contributed by: J Ryan Allen, Dina Clark and Erin Tripp (University of Colorado)
BioQUEST and QUBES Summer Workshop 2019
Contributed by: Molly Phillips, iDigBio's Education, Outreach & Diversity Coordinator
Images courtesy of Adam Fagen
American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) 2019
The 99th Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration of the American Society of Mammalogists took place 28 June to 2 July 2019, at the birthplace of ASM, Washington, DC. iDigBio helped to mark this important milestone through organizing a session on broadening representation in mammalogy as well organizing the first ever Data Help Desk at ASM.
Research Spotlight: April 2019
Climatic Niche Modeling for Beetleweed
(Galax urceolata, Diapensiaceae)
Contributed by: Shelly Gaynor
iDigBio Hosts the Life Discovery Conference
Bioblitz group photo (Florida Museum Photo Department)
Research Spotlight: March 2019
Emerging frontiers in phenological research
Libby Ellwood, Katelin Pearson, and Gil Nelson
First Ever iDigTRIO Biology Conference
Research Spotlight: February 2019 (Phylogenetics)
Spatial Phylogenetics of Florida Vascular Plants: The Effects of Calibration and Uncertainty on Diversity Estimates