Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference

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Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference

Please join us for the 8th Annual Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference: Synthesizing & Harmonizing Data for Integrated Biodiversity Research.

9:00am CDT

Welcome Burge UnionJillian Goodwin Managing Biodiversity Data in the Blockchain: Full Tracking of All Data Transactions Through Time in Managing Systematic Collections Burge UnionAndrew Townsend Peterson

9:30am CDT

Hosts, parasites, and microbiomes: A system for studying natural complexity in a changing world. Burge UnionKelly Speer

10:30am CDT

Exploring Harmful Algal Blooms in the Caloosahatchee River Burge UnionKit Lewers Overcoming large scale challenges in tomography: introducing resources from the Non-Clinical Tomography Users Research Network (NoCTURN) Burge UnionJaimi Gray Innovations in Collections-Focused Education and Outreach Burge UnionShyla Davidson

10:45am CDT

Combining Museum Collections and Predictive Modeling to Survey a Cryptic Taxon Burge UnionCaitlin Bloomer Sphaeroptica: A tool for 3D taxonomy and geometric morphometrics on arthropods Burge UnionYann Pollet New Professional Development Offerings from the iDigBio Digitization Academy Burge UnionKalina Jacymec

11:00am CDT

Further Development of SC Herbarium Data Entry Standards to Streamline Data Entry & Species Tracking Burge UnionCsilla Czako A Novel Cryptogam Herbarium Specimen Imaging Procedure Prioritizing Both Specimen and Label Burge UnionHannah Berberich

11:15am CDT

Entomology meets engineering: Deciphering the workings of the bee stinger and beyond Burge UnionFiorella Esquivel

11:30am CDT

Using TaxonWorks Visualization Tools to Improve Data Quality at the INHS Insect Collection Burge UnionThomas "Tommy" McElrath MorphoSource 3D Data Repository: New Features and Capabilities Empowering Media Contributors and Consumers Burge UnionJulie Winchester

11:45am CDT

The impact of digital data on systematic, phylogenetic, and genomic research Quantifying the impact of MorphoBank on systematic and phylogenetic research Burge UnionBrooke Long-Fox

12:00pm CDT

M-PABI: A Database Model for the Extended Specimens of a Pathogen Biorepository Burge UnionSummer Mengarelli

12:30pm CDT

Lunch Burge Union

2:00pm CDT

MorphoSource: Sustaining 3D Data Access Boyer Burge UnionDoug Boyer Neural Radiance Field and Gaussian Splatting techniques for 3D modeling of biodiversity Burge UnionAlex Adkinson

2:15pm CDT

The diffusion diaries: using diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography for high-throughput imaging of the anatomy of natural history specimens in 3D Burge UnionJaimi Gray

2:30pm CDT

NASA BioSCape: Modeling Biodiversity and Invasion in the Greater Cape Floristic Region Using Advanced Remote Sensing and MultiScale Imagery Techniques Burge UnionKit Lewers

3:00pm CDT

Documenting Biodiversity with 360-degree Photography and Videography Burge UnionAustin Mast

3:15pm CDT

Advances in Digital Media Discussion Burge Union

5:00pm CDT

Collection Tours & Evening Reception Burge Union

9:00am CDT

Outer membrane protein identification and AI generation. Burge UnionJoanna Slusky

10:00am CDT

Bridging the gap: connecting biodiversity data to other disciplines Burge UnionJocelyn Colella

10:29am CDT

Discussion Session: Sustaining Access to Biodiversity Data Burge Union

10:30am CDT

Planning for Sustainability Burge UnionDavid Jennings Curation, Digitization, and Digital Extended Specimen: Sustaining a template for basic biodiversity research in the Caraga Region, Philippines Sanguila Burge UnionMarites Sanguila

10:40am CDT

MorphoSource: Sustaining 3D Data Access Burge UnionDoug Boyer

10:45am CDT

Consolidating diatom ecology and trait data to decipher their hieroglyphic forms and enigmatic functions Burge UnionJoseph Mohan The diffusion diaries: using diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography for high-throughput imaging of the anatomy of natural history specimens in 3D Burge UnionJaimi Gray

10:55am CDT

Sustaining Access to Biodiversity Occurrence Data Burge UnionJose Fortes

11:00am CDT

Enabling biodiversity research in Guatemala with a customized Symbiota portal Burge UnionSamanta Orellana

11:05am CDT

Open Source Software, Stakeholders and $ustainability Burge UnionJim Beach

11:15am CDT

NSF and NobleReach Emerge selects 11 Projects to Speed Biotechnology Development and Translation Burge UnionCharlene Marini Georeferenced herbarium specimen data improve NatureServe global conservation assessments Burge UnionDiana Soteropoulos

11:25am CDT

Environmental Data Initiative Burge Union

11:30am CDT

Niche Overlap in American Asclepias: The use of herbarium data in broad-scale ecological niche modeling Burge UnionDavid Kunkel

11:35am CDT

Adventures in sustaining the USA National Phenology Network Burge UnionTheresa Crimmins • Rob Guralnick

11:45am CDT

iDigBio: Sustaining the digitization, mobilization, accessibility, and use of biodiversity specimen data in U.S. museum and academic collections Burge UnionDunrie Greiling Making RBG Kew Collection Data Globally Accessible Burge UnionJohn Adcock

12:00pm CDT

The impact of digital data on systematic, phylogenetic, and genomic research Why designing UCEs probes is necessary for weevil museomics? Burge UnionKevin Cortes Hernandez

12:15pm CDT

eDNA Explorer: Designing a digital tool for unlocking biodiversity secrets Burge UnionJennifer Kim

12:30pm CDT

Lunch Burge Union

2:00pm CDT

The ecocomDP R package: Tools to facilitate biodiversity data FAIRness in ecological synthesis Burge UnionEric Sokol Digital Collections Data and Tracking Disease Workshop Burge Union

2:15pm CDT

Visualizing Mongolian Mammal Specimens and their Parasites Through Time Burge UnionLitsa Wooten

2:30pm CDT

Data-centric species distribution modeling of invasive European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.) Burge UnionSara Hansen

2:45pm CDT

Deep Data Analysis for Exploring the Deep Ocean: Using Aggregated Specimen Records to Explore Deep-Sea Ecology Burge UnionRandal Singer

3:00pm CDT

Dynamics of Carabid Beetle Communities: Initial Insights from NEON Data Products Burge UnionBrennan Hays

3:15pm CDT

AnnotateVid.Io: A platform for crowd-annotation of behavioral videos Burge UnionMark Fisher

4:00pm CDT

Exploring the AI kaleidoscope with VoucherVision: a spectrum of techniques for specimen label transcription Burge UnionWilliam Weaver

4:15pm CDT

Developing An Oriented Object Detection Model For Museum Image Datasets Burge UnionBahadir Altintas

9:00am CDT

From Digital Data to Causes of Extinction: Climate Change, Physiology, and the Survival of the Sluggish Burge UnionBruce Lieberman

9:30am CDT

Opportunities to Synthesize Data Provided by Long Term Research Burge UnionAllen Moore

10:00am CDT

Data Cleaning Break Out Room Burge Union Extended Sessions: Workshops and Discussion Sessions Burge Union

10:30am CDT

Data cleaning for maximum impact: Tools and workflows for data providers to efficiently find and fix data quality issues. Burge UnionKatie Pearson GBIF Workshop: eDNA Mobilization and Sharing to Global Biodiversity Data Portals Burge Union