February 2018 - BID-Community

JRS Biodiversity Foundation reminder of March 9 grant application deadline
by Don S. Doering 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for the interest that you have expressed in the JRS Biodiversity Foundation call for proposals by registering yourself or your organization on our website , by drafting or submitted a grant funding application, or by submitting questions to JRS through our website. (My apologies for this form email and also if we may have already determined that your work does not fall within our scope.) This email is a reminder that our call for proposals closes at 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Friday, March 9th. All proposals must be submitted on our web portal and be in English. We continue to provide feedback and advice on project concepts and proposal drafts. With each passing day it becomes more difficult to meet all of the requests for input. We encourage you to send your final questions within the next few days to give us time to reply so that you can meet the submission deadline. Many questions can be found answered at http://jrsbiodiversity.org/how-to-apply/current-opportunities/2018_rfp_faqs/. Please note the sections on Geographic Scope and Planning Grants as areas where we receive many questions. {We also note that JRS does not fund livelihoods projects such as fishing and beekeeping or direct conservation work such as reforestation and landscape rehabilitation.} Thank you again for your interest, time, and effort. We are very grateful for your creativity and work and we will do our best to give you any requested feedback in the remaining days of our open call for proposals. Thank you and best wishes, Don ------------------------------------------- Don S. Doering, Ph.D. Executive Director JRS Biodiversity Foundation Fluke Hall, Room 304E Box 352141 4000 Mason Road Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 454-7915 ddoering(a)jrsbiodiversity.org<mailto:ddoering@jrsbiodiversity.org> www.jrsbiodiversity.org<http://jrsbiodiversity.org/> Investing in the people and institutions who share biodiversity knowledge for Africa.

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Today! Darwin Core Hour: Making DNA and tissue collections available
by Deborah Paul 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Hello Everyone, A quick reminder - please join us today for Darwin Core Hour: Making DNA and tissue collections available by using the GGBN extensions with IPT Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Time: 5 PM CET, 11 AM EST, 1 PM Buenos Aires Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room Details: https://www.idigbio.org/content/darwin-core-hour-making-dna-and-tissue-coll… Related Links 2017 Darwin Core Hour Webinars <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2D…> Submit your question <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_dwchour-2Dinput&…> Contribute an answer <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2D…> - please share your expertise and experience! See questions-answered-so-far <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_tdwg_dwc-2D…> on the Darwin Core Q & A site Best, Darwin Core Hour Team -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member SPNHC Liaison, Member-At-Large and Member International Relations Committee SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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DwC Hour: Making DNA and tissue collections available
by Motz, Gary 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Welcome to our first Darwin Core Hour of 2018! Making DNA and tissue collections available by using the GGBN extensions with IPT Date: Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Time: 5 PM CET, 11 AM EST, 1 PM Buenos Aires Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room In this Darwin Core hour we will give a brief overview about the Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN) and the GGBN Data Standard. This standard covers facts about DNA and tissue samples and complements Darwin Core and ABCD. It can be used with both and is not a stand-alone solution. GGBN is dedicated to DNA and tissue collections and makes use of the GBIF infrastructure to reference to the underlying specimens. We will demonstrate how to use the GGBN extensions with IPT in detail and how it finally looks like in the GGBN Data Portal. Today more than 400,000 DNA and tissue samples and 200,000 voucher specimens are available through the GGBN portal. Specify has now included an automated export for the GGBN extensions in its latest release. But many others partners also have started to implement the standard into their systems (e.g. Arctos) and more than 1.7 million new sample records will be made available in 2018. Presenters: Gabriela Dröge, Research Group Biodiversity Informatics, Coordinator, DNA-Bank Network, Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanic Museum Berlin and Katherine Barker, Program Manager, Global Genome Initiative and Global Genome Biodiversity Network, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Moderators: Katharine Barker, Deborah Paul Relevant links Technical requirements page: http://wiki.ggbn.org/ggbn/IT_requirements Main GGBN site: http://www.ggbn.org/ggbn_portal/ GGBN Data Portal publication: https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/42/D1/D607/1068053 2017 Darwin Core Hour Webinars<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki/Webinars> Submit your question<http://bit.ly/dwchour-input> Contribute an answer<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/issues> - please share your expertise and experience! See questions-answered-so-far<https://github.com/tdwg/dwc-qa/wiki> on the Darwin Core Q & A site Start Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 11:00am to 12:00pm EST Location: Berlin, Germany and the Smithsonian AdobeConnect URL: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room ???

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