iDigBio and NANSH Host Small Herbarium Digitization Workshop at Botany 2014
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iDigBio Collaborations Enabling Research
To facilitate the study of biodiversity, a number of software products are being collaboratively developed with researchers and projects. These websites, tools, and workflows take advantage of the data being digitized at US and global institutions and made available by iDigBio through our data services. Many other tools and services can be found through the Biodiversity Catalogue.
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UF launches newest preeminence initiative aimed at biodiversity
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The variety and abundance of plants, animals and insects in a given area define its environmental health.
iDigBio Retreat 2014: Increasing Engagement and Strengthening Partnerships
Title: iDigBio Retreat 2014: Increasing Engagement and Strengthening Partnerships
Setting: Austin Cary Forest Campus
At the Helm: iDigBio's Project Manager, David Jennings
Members of the crew: iDigBio Staff
Out of the Darkness - Bringing Biological Collections into the 21st Century
Larry Page would like to get back to his fishes, the catfish and loaches he studies as a University of Florida ichthyologist, but first he and his colleagues have some work to do on plant, animal and fossil specimens — millions of them.
Page and an army of helpers are on year three of iDigBio, a 10-year, $12 million effort to digitize the biological specimens tucked away in museum collections across the country. He estimates there could be 1 billion nationally, representing the collected knowledge of biological diversity for vast swaths of the planet.
Graduate Course Announcement: Broader Impacts of Science on Society
Dr. Bruce J. MacFadden, Distinguished Professor and Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, and Dr. David L. Reed, Professor and Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History, have announced a Graduate Course entitled “Broader Impacts of Science on Society.”
iDigBio Grad Student, Claudia Segovia, Awarded 2014 Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship
Claudia Segovia, a Graduate Student working with Dr. Pam Soltis on the iDigBio project, has been awarded the 2014 Association for Academic Women “Lockhart Dissertation Fellowship,” which honors an outstanding female graduate student. Claudia works in the Molecular Systematic and Evolutionary Genetics Lab at UF's Florida Museum of Natural History.
iDigBio Retreat 2014
Welcome!
Welcome to the second annual iDigBio Retreat! The retreat will provide an open forum for the entire iDigBio team to review iDigBio’s progress and our plans for the future. In addition, the retreat will provide an opportunity for us to get to know one another better and enhance our teambuilding.
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