The Terrestrial Parasite Tracker (TPT) TCN will be leading an invited two-day workshop in Chicago, IL for representatives of their TCN.

The goals for this workshop include:

-Providing tools for project management to participants in the TPT TCN, particularly in progress tracking and reporting.

-Sharing best practices among TPT participants in digitization workflows for scanning images, high resolution image capture, and data label transcription.

-Integrating biotic interactions and association data into workflows and how to work with GLoBI to create data linkages.

-Exposing individuals to Macropod Imaging demonstrations for use in TPT and future projects.

-Contributing to the Broader Impacts portion of the TCN by creating a Brain Scoop episode related to Parasite Tracker through the Field Museum.

The expected outcomes of the workshop are:

-Improved data standardization and optimization for uploading data within the TPT network.

-Increased knowledge of digitization workflows for arthropod parasites.

-Improved GLoBI linkages for datasets.

- Begin imaging phase for TPT after Macropod training.

- Content creation for citizen science and public outreach pertaining to Parasite Tracker.

Visit the workshop wiki page for more information. [1] 

The planning team includes: Jen Zaspel (Milwaukee Public Museum), Petra Sierwald (Field Museum), Kat Sullivan (Milwaukee Public Museum), John Bates (Field Museum), Maureen Turcatel (Milwaukee Public Museum), Jill Goodwin (iDigBio), Gil Nelson (iDigBio)