Distributed Databases with Backbone (Funded by the National Science Foundation)
Berkeley, CA
Joined April 2011
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VertNet Project retweeted
Is the Humboldt Extension for Ecologcial inventories important to your work? Take the opportunity and contribute to the latest review!⌛️Deadline is approaching! tdwg.github.io/hc/.
VertNet Project retweeted
Public review is open for proposed changes to #DarwinCore: of note, the introduction of the MaterialEntity class and the materialEntityID, which help people talk about records based on evidence from physical material: tdwg.org/news/2023/public-re…
h/t @tdwg Material Sample Taskgroup
The @tdwg Material Sample Taskgroup did their job! Now its your turn, @GBIF @SPNHC @DiSSCoEU @IcomNathist and others, to review the proposed changes to darwin core #pubic #review #standards tdwg.org/news/2023/public-re…
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New guide and DwC extension: Publishing DNA-derived data through biodiversity data platforms doi.org/10.35035/doc-vf1a-nr…
Thanks to all contributing experts! 🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰🇪🇪🇦🇺
ALT Velvet shank (Flammulina velutipes) by Oleg Ryzhkov - https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2550027893 (CC BY-NC 4.0)
VertNet Project retweeted
Call for nominations for 2021 GBIF #YoungResearchers Award is OPEN:
gbif.org/news/6SrTuANNJyRweO…
This annual programme recognizes innovative research & discovery in #biodiversity informatics by two early-career researchers.
Global deadline🗓️: 21 June 2021 (local deadlines apply)
ALT Holacanthella paucispinosa—a short-legged springtail—observed in Mokoreta, Southland, New Zealand. Photo 2020 Damien Brouste via iNaturalist Research-grade Observations, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0.
VertNet Project retweeted
Co-funding opportunity for collaborative projects: GBIF invites the submission of concept notes for project funding from current GBIF Participants through the Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP) gbif.org/news/2umIiuEraYJkc2…
VertNet Project retweeted
Today at 0900 Pacific 1200 Eastern "What we wish we had learned in Graduate School - a data management training roadmap for graduate students" Webinar by @ESIPfed fellows @EleanorPierel @douglas_rao @Ben_RP845 More info and registration at: dataone.org/webinars/what-we…
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7 days to The Biodiversity Information Standards #TDWG2020 Conference (starts Oct 19th at 15:00 UTC). Registration is OPEN! Please RT @iDigBio @SPNHC @DiSSCoEU @GBIF @VertNetOrg and you too! thank you. ow.ly/Ox6p50BQjXI
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What do you use for sharing your #biodiversity data with @GBIF @iDigBio @VertNetOrg etc.? What would you like these tools do in the future? Conversation with @timrobertson100 & Jörg Holetschek now @tdwg
#TDWG2020. JOIN tdwg.org/conferences/2020/wo… and see doi.org/10.35035/cdps-md62
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57 votes • Final results VertNet Project retweeted
Join online session to discuss new objectives and scope for the RDA #Biodiversity Data Integration IG. You do not need to be a member to attend and there are no costs for attending. Agenda+link to register: rd-alliance.org/group/biodiv… For discussion: zenodo.org/record/3724025
VertNet Project retweeted
A large paper we have been working on for around three years has been published.
Chapman AD, Belbin L, et al. (2020) Developing Standards for Improved Data Quality and for Selecting Fit for Use Biodiversity Data. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 4: e50889.
VertNet Project retweeted
Join @MartyDowns of the LTER Network Communication Office to learn about collaboration and publication across the @USLTER network during our webinar tomorrow, 03/10 at 0900PT 1200noon Eastern dataone.org/upcoming-webinar @EDIgotdata
VertNet Project retweeted
Calling all biodiversity data enthusiasts: have your say on the new objectives for the RDA Biodiversity Data Integration IG rd-alliance.org/node/68427
VertNet Project retweeted
GBIF's 2020 #Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is now open! The annual incentive prize aims to recognize innovative entries that leverage open biodiversity data and tools from the GBIF network to advance scientific understanding.
DEADLINE: 27 July 2020
gbif.org/news/6GodyGUxuNbjAy…
VertNet Project retweeted
Calling all librarians and information professionals, our next webinar is for you! Learn about the free, online educational program - the Research Data Management Librarian Academy - that explores RDM best practices. Tue Feb 11 0900 Pacific dataone.org/upcoming-webinar. @The_RDMLA
VertNet Project retweeted
Call for nominations to 2020 GBIF #YoungResearchers Award is now open: deadline 15 May 2020.
Eligible graduate students have research that relies on GBIF-mediated data & are either from or studying in a GBIF member country. Full requirements and details: bit.ly/3a674o0
VertNet Project retweeted
Want FAIR'er Data? Learn about the value of semantics and the work that the @arcticdatactr @EDIgotdata and @DataONEorg have been doing to enhance the FAIRness of content as part of the DataONE webinar series next Tuesday, Jan 14th at 0900 PST / 1200 EST dataone.org/upcoming-webinar
VertNet Project retweeted
The fifth BIFA (Biodiversity Information Fund for Asia) call for proposals is currently open. Concept notes due by 05 January 2020. Make sure to submit your project in time! bit.ly/35rBvlW
VertNet Project retweeted
Final del workshop de Georreferencias en el #MACN, gracias a todos por el trabajo y la buena onda! Gracias a @VertNetOrg, @MNHNcl, @GBIFChile, @GBIF y #SNDB por el trabajo y el soporte recibido y gracias nuevamente a todos por sumarse a este proyecto, que recién empieza! 😉
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4 years ago I got a 0 on a quantum physics exam. i met with my professor fearing i needed to change my major & quit physics. today, i’m in a top tier astrophysics Ph.D program & published 2 papers.
STEM is hard for everyone—grades don’t mean you’re not good enough to do it.
VertNet Project retweeted
New Paper Imagines getting credit for #curatorial work beyond publications -- specimen ID, #curation, data correction, data/image enhancement. @resdatall @tdwg collaboration doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2019-054 Please RT@iDigBio @DiSSCoEU @GBIF @VertNetOrg @BioDivLibrary @NHM_Digitise