iDigBio Interns go to Botany Conference with UF Soltis Lab
Written by: Makenize Mabry
Botany
iDigBio at BOTANY 2022
Anchorage
Alaska
Biodiversity Spotlight: March 2022
Draba verna flowering. Image taken from: https://awkwardbotany.com/2018/05/23/tiny-plants-draba-verna/
Every year around this time I think about Aldo Leopold’s ode to Draba, a tiny, inconspicuous plant that can serve as an early sign of spring in some areas for the extra observant.
iDigBio at Botany 2021
iDigBio researchers and staff joined nearly 2000 other attendees from over 60 countries at the virtual Botany Conference, July 18-23, 2021. Talks throughout the conference showcased the essential role of herbaria–and digitized data associated with herbarium specimens–in the botanical sciences.
BOTANY 2020 Symposium: Biodiversity Research Collecting Is More Important Than Ever—Ushering in a Collecting Renaissance
Dena'ina Center
Anchorage
Alaska
Botany 2016
International Trade and Convention Center
Savannah
Georgia
Webinar: Shaping the semantic layer by mining digitised data: an encounter between iDigBio's plant records and the Environment Ontology (ENVO)
Bremen, Germany and East Lansing, MI, USA
Article Highlights Plant Blindness
"By not paying attention to this whole kingdom of life, we lose something really important -
I work every day to combat it," Christopher Martine
Dr. Lena Struwe working with graduate student Lauren Frazee (front), and undergraduate Alisha Sharma. (Rutgers University)
iDigBio Botany 2012 Digitization Workshop - Open Registration
Registration is open for the Specimen Digitization Tools and Practices Workshop at the Botany 2012 Conference. The workshop will introduce current and future biological and paleontological specimen collections staff to resources and workflows that can lead to greater efficiencies in the digitization of their collections. The workshop will be held from 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM on Thursday, July 12, the day after the conference at the conference facility. Note: you do NOT have to attend the conference to attend the workshop.