Part of iDigBio's Vision and Mission is to promote a better understanding and appreciation of biodiversity by engaging the research community, collections community, citizen scientists, and general public through outreach. iDigBio's outreach activities include hosting and participating in a variety of events, creating outreach materials and resources, and engaging with a diverse audience online through our website and social media.
Photo Courtesy of Vic Berardi
Using convolutional neural networks to automate tropical pollen counts and identification
Contributed by: Derek Haselhorst, Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois
CT scans reveal details of internal anatomy without damaging specimens. Florida Museum of Natural History figure by Ed Stanley
A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch a new initiative to “teleport” specimens from museum shelves to the internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public.
Reposted from: https://fsulib.wordpress.com/2017/07/20/data-carpentry/
by Libby Ellwood, Katelin Pearson, Katja Seltmann, Deb Paul and Shelley James
Contributed by Dylan Ricke and Annika Rose-Person, Archbold Biological Station
Nummulites and Alveolina from the Eocene of Madagascar.
Contributed by Dr. Laura Cotton
